Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had better not invest it in the stock market , because she could n't afford to lose a penny and there was no such thing as a safe share . |
| 2 | Ooh better not leave him in the kitchen or the dogs 'll eat him |
| 3 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |
| 4 | I 'd much sooner guard it from the inside , ’ he grinned . |
| 5 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 6 | So why invite her into the castle ? |
| 7 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 8 | For example , individuals brought up in a truly Marxist society would presumably not regard themselves as the subjects of history , whereas those in bourgeois society believe that they are intentional agents . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
| 10 | The records management staff could no longer only involve themselves in the review of paper records they should also safeguard electronic records from inappropriate destruction . |
| 11 | Liverpool 's performance was based more on perspiration than inspiration as Spartak provided confirmation that the Anfield club can no longer automatically regard themselves among the European soccer giants . |
| 12 | Besides , Alf can only just about drag hisself to the King 's Arms and back once a day , and then e's finished . |
| 13 | He thought he could just about make it up the stairs . |
| 14 | Fewer and fewer Labour people can any longer distract themselves from the common assertion that Mr Kinnock is surrounded by men who are more able and winning than he is . |
| 15 | But what people notice about Anthony is the way he holds his head down , that he 'll hardly ever look you in the eye , and the manner in which he will suddenly turn his whole head away if ever there is disagreement or he is challenged in some way . |
| 16 | But whatever the proportion agreed with the taxman , the cost of superfluous luxury , of expensive servicing and of trading-in a fully-depreciated old faithful for a new machine would once again mean something to the wallet of Mr Toad 's great-grandson . |
| 17 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 18 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 19 | Could you also please advise us on the copyright position regarding the C.E. mark ? |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll probably never recognise you without the towel . ’ |
| 21 | Some individuals have no worries ; they have planned the event for years , made maximum pension contributions , carefully invested their savings , covered themselves and family in insurance policies , budgeted ahead and can even gleefully tell you about the exotic round-the-world trip they intend to take just as soon as their new life begins . |
| 22 | For instance , Wordsworth 's famous poem ‘ My heart leaps up ’ is in 6/8 metre , and one could quite easily fit it to the 6/8 tune of ‘ Jack and Jill ’ : Of course , the result is horrific . |
| 23 | When a politician assisted a freeholder with a gift of a patronage appointment , he would almost always give it in the guise of an act of friendship , and it was the friendly relationship which was the truly significant factor . |
| 24 | Thus if my main concern is to have a vast stock of personal possessions and control over the lives of others , I can doubtless only have them at the expense of others . |
| 25 | Referring to the burden which subsidies placed on the state budget , Ben Ali said that " we can no longer do nothing in the face of the growth of the compensation costs , which alone absorb one-quarter of state expenditure " . |
| 26 | And if King Fahd refuses to have them there , then he can no longer present himself as the guardian , on behalf of the Muslim world , of the holy places . |
| 27 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 28 | Since then , communism has fallen , and his once-faithful compatriots will no longer welcome him with the same fervour when he arrives for his fourth visit on June 1st . |
| 29 | Thus the Somme offensive dragged on until , with the advent of winter rains in mid-November , when the exhausted , hungry men could no longer drag themselves through the deepening mud , it died away in disappointment and despair . |
| 30 | But it will happen … not quite yet but at the point where he will no longer hinder me with the pretence that he would have me stay . |