Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least BARRY MOONCULT who went so ape-dropping crazy , he was spotted stumbling out of the party while it was in full swing armed with a stash of joke bombs , which despite being pretty harmless ( containing about as much genuine explosive as your average cap pistol ) make a loud enough bang to put the fear of God into the most ardent of atheists . |
| 2 | Those with one additional electron readily lose it and become positively charged ions ( cations ) ( for instance , K + ; , Na + ; ) and those with one less tend to gain an electron and become negatively charged ions ( anions ) ( for example , F- , Cl- ) . |
| 3 | This is such a diverse field and so open to personal preference that I only intend to say a few words about it . |
| 4 | ‘ I only intend to stay a few minutes . |
| 5 | In Example 21 , Franck gives an almost identical repeat of his first phrase ( bars 1 and 2 ) , with just enough change to satisfy a forward harmonic movement which is stronger than that in the Ravel . |
| 6 | As a Lotus user , you obviously want to get the most from your software . |
| 7 | For a cold blooded insect , the main reason for seasonal migration is probably the need to be in a warm enough place to allow an active life ; a warm blooded bird does not have that problem . |
| 8 | Too much bother to fetch a raincoat . |
| 9 | The fish all appear to relish the extra attention they get indoors . |
| 10 | well we 've erm we 've erm we 've been rather tempted by the west coast er I personally want to see the Grand Canyon and erm I 'd like to see San Francisco so the package which is being offered to the Boots Association with whom we 've been away several times and we lo we like it as , as a , as a background because you 've got a rough idea , you know , the people you 're going with |
| 11 | There is no involvement in politics , we merely want to serve the public , ’ he added . |
| 12 | In the meantime I merely want to emphasise the point I was making about change . |
| 13 | I merely want to make the limited point that many of these students — who may be highly intelligent — do not have the existing familiarity with poetry , not to mention the general knowledge and cultural literacy , that would enable them to engage as equals in genuinely critical discussion . |
| 14 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 15 | Because that 's not something we want to go through their Conference Office for if we only want to do a meeting , |
| 16 | no I did n't want to leave a little , only want to leave a proper little drain things , you know |
| 17 | ‘ It is a particular shame for Neil because there were far worse things going on in the game but some people only want to see the dark side of him . |
| 18 | If you only want to borrow a small amount , a better option is to take a further advance from your existing lender ( less than £100 to arrange ) or , alternatively , a top-up loan from a second lender . |
| 19 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 20 | Such a service is particularly useful for people who only want to sell a few privatisation shares . |
| 21 | If you only want to raise a few seedlings in spring , and provide a humid atmosphere for some cuttings later , an unheated propagator will be adequate . |
| 22 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 23 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 24 | The committee sensibly want to remove the child from crown court trials , but their solution of prelimi nary hearings is questionable . |
| 25 | ‘ We very much want to trace the driver of that vehicle because they might hold vital information which could result in this robbery being solved , ’ added the spokesman . |
| 26 | And if there were n't enough Mansoori boys of the right age for Mansoori girls then the answer was either spinsterhood or a long wait to become the second wife of an older man . |
| 27 | The Revenue only seek to charge the 35 per cent rate if the income of the non-resident trust has a UK source . |
| 28 | But , of course , some status symbols merely seek to inflate the importance of an office or a person out of all proportion to his or her achievements or responsibilities . |
| 29 | I merely seek to end a war . |
| 30 | We constantly seek to improve the service through staff development and training programmes , introduction of new technology , and most importantly , creating a climate where the talent and commitment of staff at all levels can be utilised for the benefit of the community . |