Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside . |
| 2 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 3 | ‘ She will only make it to you . ’ |
| 4 | Then a young woman — dark , quite a looker if you liked that sort of thing but a bit too full of herself for Bennett 's liking — walked into the club and announced that she was the dinner guest of Sir Robin Day , he could only treat her to his coldly disapproving smile and direct her to the ladies ' bar . |
| 5 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 6 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 7 | I do n't want to stifle discussion , but had n't we better confine it to matters within the competence of this committee ? |
| 8 | In August , an acquaintance gave him the address of a London representative ‘ who will apparently introduce me to Noël and Oliver and Bobby ! ’ |
| 9 | Anyone who considers such trivial questions as humour or literary merit is clearly living in a previous century and I can only refer them to the motto of the Punch accountancy department , which is : ‘ If they can read , we do n't want 'em . ’ |
| 10 | For the face as simulacrum can only refer us to yet another image , there being no true face behind the mask . |
| 11 | I am sure that the Housing Executive will want to consider it and I shall personally bring it to its attention . |
| 12 | I 'd better give it to you because he has |
| 13 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 14 | ‘ You better send me to a tutorial college before I 'm too old . ’ |
| 15 | " Better send it to Hoggatt 's " . |
| 16 | ‘ One would naturally expect him to be well fed . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd only send him to Wincanton if a new jockey comes into the equation , and needs to get to know him . ’ |
| 18 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 19 | No chair , I would very much like it to be looked at in great detail by the budget review committee , actually , you 'll see in the report that many of these problems were identified as areas of concern by the district auditor prior to the signing of the contract , and he was given , it seems , various assurances which may or may not have been met , and I would like to go into much more detail than would be possible with this committee . |
| 20 | Now for copyright reasons , if you want to do the Blind Watchmaker , and I 'd very much like you to , you 've got ta borrow the disk from me , okay ? |
| 21 | ‘ The guy would obviously like you to be Senhora Haraldsen , ’ he said . |
| 22 | She longed to get near him , and when he was quite drunk Simone would gently steer him to his room and help him get to bed . |
| 23 | The fact that you have edited the school magazine does n't necessarily fit you to be an advertising writer , even though a feeling of familiarity with words is a good thing . |
| 24 | The shark can not suddenly twist them to a vertical position to act as brakes . |
| 25 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 26 | which you said it has , er you would perhaps recommend me to some people you know erm like the partner in your er your work or the members of your squash club . |
| 27 | You 'd better invite her to lunch . ’ |
| 28 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 29 | Well , I was thinking we could perhaps take her to Blagden Hall now that 's open . |
| 30 | We had better take her to the mortuary , before the daily hordes come pouring in . ’ |