Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law of averages , if I have got this right , means that if six monkeys were thrown up in the air for long enough they would land on their tails about as often as they would land on their |
| 2 | erm I think the consensus is that you would n't — that either space is infinite , or at the very least it it 's finite it has no edge , so if you went in one direction for long enough you would come back in the other direction . |
| 3 | If you sit for long enough you can feel the energy swirling around the rim . |
| 4 | ‘ Should Pears be out for much longer I would have to think about a contingency plan . |
| 5 | Last time he came home she said if things went on as they are for much longer he 'd lose the manor and the farm on the turn of a card ! ’ |
| 6 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 7 | But despite the fact we 've had that law for so long you 'll find that not many people know about it . |
| 8 | I 've been going for so long I can do everything . |
| 9 | He said , o I hope you 're not thinking of away so I can have these tickets he said ? |
| 10 | And at the end of the village there lived an old woman who was very very wise and said if you want to live for ever then you must speak to the person who 's the oldest person I know . |
| 11 | And then , then , I will restore him what I denied him , and graciously accept the proffer of it again as a tribute to me , so that for ever afterwards he shall know who is master between us two friends . |
| 12 | ‘ If I was ye , ’ the man said , ‘ I 'd take a walk away from here then I 'd get a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | If you ca n't cope in here then you can go and find a job in some cotton-wool private school for rich brats . |
| 14 | I ca n't hear what you 're saying darling , you better come in here so I can hear you . |
| 15 | When his mother took him to school on the first day , he decided from then onwards he could make his own way to school and did n't hesitate in telling his mother just that . |
| 16 | Let's put them in there then I can put them upstairs . |
| 17 | Yeah there 's somebody in there now I 'll go and get the ticket . |
| 18 | Yeah but I du n no how much I got in there cos I only just put so much in there so I 'll check it on Monday . |
| 19 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 20 | This adds up to a very substantial collection , and I hope before too long we may find another set with the Organ and Piano Concertos , along with Prêtre 's recordings of the Gloria and Stabat Mater ( the earlier one with Régine Crespin ) and the almost unknown Sept Responses des Ténèbres , a simply glorious choral and orchestral piece with Prêtre recorded in 1983 and which appeared on a Pathé Marconi LP in 1984 . |
| 21 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 22 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 23 | the round number plate if it had if it had gone round to there again it would have done it . |
| 24 | If there is anything that comes up and one feels sensitive about then then we can ask for them to switch the machine off . |
| 25 | You ring them up , give your credit-card number , and they talk dirty to you for however long you can afford . |
| 26 | My vet — an older man who lived out on the Downs — has just retired , so I 'll try both your practices which will be to my advantage , because when one practice is too busy to come out at once then I can call on the other . ’ |
| 27 | Mrs Wood has found that John can be distracted from this early morning behaviour by food , so that when she wakes up at about 7.30am she can put on the TV for him ( he likes the advertisements for toys ) and give him crisps , peanuts and a tin of Coke . |
| 28 | At least tonight he would return halfway sober . |
| 29 | Erm now we advise you to fill that in once you do return to work because at least then they can let you know if you are going to exceed the limit . |
| 30 | At least then you 'll know ! ’ said Jamie . |