Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not explain what he meant , but went on rather quickly to tell me about the appointment , and for a while we talked about Cambridge , and places and people that we both knew well . |
| 2 | Twin Oaks , one of the backmarkers on the first circuit , ran on remarkably well to finish fifth without ever looking likely to take a hand in the finish . |
| 3 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 4 | But demonstration is rarely enough both to sell a product and to establish a brand . |
| 5 | They moved to a flat in Kensington that Ken financed for them — to the point that he made Carry On Regardless solely to recoup some of his losses . |
| 6 | Statutory services have , however , done little so far to encourage the development of such services , even though they can bring very significant emotional benefits to individuals , particularly those living alone or who are estranged from their families . |
| 7 | Right so just to summarize erm let's , let's remind ourselves of the , the issues we 've raised here . |
| 8 | Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night . |
| 9 | After two trials which saw some established crowns toppled , Mains ' men played three tests against a World XV put together rather haphazardly to celebrate the New Zealand centennial , and the two against Ireland . |
| 10 | No , perhaps only enough to get her to Boston and a little on top . |
| 11 | It took a while before anyone issued a Shabba album , perhaps because he was so popular in reggae 's ‘ get a money ’ freelance business that no producer could pin him down long enough to cut enough sides . |
| 12 | Yeah but she 's only down here to get things from the cleaning cupboard and stuff . |
| 13 | The only difference was that most of them had finished long enough ago to sunbathe on the terrace , not trudging off the mountain at 9.00 o'clock . |
| 14 | Peter was a poor salesman , but he had n't been at DPR quite long enough yet to get sacked . |
| 15 | You 've been here long enough now to have formed your own impressions of what goes on . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose we 've both been racing long enough now to know racing is racing . |
| 17 | In fact mounting excitement sweeps him along impetuously enough to make you even wish for a little more restraint . |
| 18 | Afterwards 4000 Sunday School children of all denominations sat down together ecumenically to consume a ton and a half of cake ; and each was presented with a copy of Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 19 | Were n't you together long enough to know that ? ’ |
| 20 | He could n't string Fly 's presence and his doubts together long enough to know what one had to do with the other . |
| 21 | A hostess in tight teeshirt and jeans lingers only long enough to assure Kate discreetly with her eyes that she is not poaching on her territory , smiles velvetly at Jeremy , brings them their drinks . |
| 22 | Surveying the results of her handiwork , she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank . |
| 23 | And in a show that gave good old-fashioned value for money Miss Lee stopped singing only long enough to declare : ‘ Ah thank you so very very much , ’ and ‘ Ah 'm so very very glad to be here . ’ |
| 24 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |
| 25 | Forward cyclic is applied only long enough to produce a slight nose down attitude in the model . |
| 26 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 27 | It was on the market and it was a grand gesture by the owner — one that was much appreciated by the parents of the nine children , and by the Action Committee that had come together so promptly to support them . |
| 28 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 29 | Although it took so long finally to dispose of the machinery and tanks , other material was removed from the incline during the 1920's as uses for it were found . |
| 30 | I recall a commitment not so long ago to reduce the number or prisoners , yet the Home Secretary told us that there was an unexpected increase of 3,000 in the prison population . |