Example sentences of "[adv] to [pron] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 2 | The basic overdrive was there , but unless shielded in a mix the distortion sounds needed some tweaking to get close to what I 'd call a ‘ real ’ distorted guitar sound . |
| 3 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 4 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 5 | I did n't give this observation a lot of thought until my father 's death left me with no one else to whom I could turn . |