Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 2 | They knew where I was , and it left them free to follow up other leads and so on . |
| 3 | They all laughed , not one of them willing to step out into the coldest night of the winter . |
| 4 | They can all go in the hall and then that 'll leave me free to go out first like I should do . |
| 5 | He leaves me free to get on with it and I like that . |
| 6 | I bloody to pack up I can smoke . |
| 7 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 8 | Finding someone willing to give up time just to listen seems to be a problem for many people . |
| 9 | How much longer am I supposed to put up with this ? " |
| 10 | Well yeah , but that 's just it what am I supposed to put on ? |
| 11 | ‘ What am I supposed to live on in the meantime ? ’ |
| 12 | Am I supposed to lie down and be killed , then , so that your horse sha n't be frightened ? ’ |
| 13 | How am I supposed to stay in ? |
| 14 | ‘ I ask if I supposed to check out and hand in my keys , like a hotel . ’ |
| 15 | well that , what , he works late , how am I supposed to get out there then ? |
| 16 | And that is why I long to burst out of the world of money and into — into what ? |
| 17 | Mrs Webster was very understanding about my wanting to team up with Wendy , which was how I put it to her ; and when I left she gave me a Victorian glass inkwell and a brown ironstone plate , because I ‘ liked old things ’ . |
| 18 | The staff here are very friendly and helpful , but in some situations the children need someone independent to confide in . |
| 19 | In fact , there is almost always someone keen to take over a neglected historic building , so when a council serves a repairs notice , or the planning committee sends a warning letter , the owners tend to realise there may be some value in the property and either sell it or repair it themselves . |
| 20 | All I want to do now is stagger back to the hotel , steep in a hot bath filled with spices and unguents , order a snack from room service , and key in my remote to check up on Rainbow . |
| 21 | It was time for someone new to take over . |
| 22 | Made in 100 per cent cotton , they have adjustable hooks and loops which make them easy to put on , an extra cotton inner pad for more absorbency , are washable and reusable . |
| 23 | If you open it up , if you do get it open , and advertise it at Boddingtons a pound a pint , get them straight to come in . |
| 24 | Of course the retention of material on library shelves also costs money , in a sense , although a librarian may argue that it costs nothing extra to fill up shelf space which is lying empty . |
| 25 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 26 | As she disposes of quality adult players , with apparent ease , this 15-year old displays a remarkable poise that will see her well-equipped to take on the best in the world . |
| 27 | Experience suggests that this may not be long enough to detect changes in the baby 's symptoms — although some babies recover within 24 hours of the mother eliminating offending foods from her diet , others can take many days , sometimes as much as two weeks , for their colic to settle down . |
| 28 | They went home via Connemara , because they wanted to , and despite the fact it would make her late to pick up Martin Parr at Aldergrove ( perhaps because of that ) . |
| 29 | But Lewis found himself unable to dredge up the appropriate simile . |
| 30 | Many a teenager has been drawn into behaviour he would rather have avoided simply because he finds himself unable to stand up to his peers or to be the one who is ‘ different ’ . |