Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a long document ( as one speaker remarked , there was a danger it would grow so long that no one would read it ) , but after only two days of discussion the fathers voted overwhelmingly to accept the draft as the basis for the final document and went on to debate it section by section . |
| 2 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 3 | And I was half and half and by the time I you know , to come down to answer it mum , they 'd gone . |
| 4 | I would have dallied longer but the venerable Bere came down to wish us farewell . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the nurses has been coming in to give me injections every day . |
| 6 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 7 | ‘ Charles just dropped in to wish me luck , ’ Lesley-Jane supplied hastily . |
| 8 | Nor is it enough to give them details of exercise and sport and then assume that they will simply become more active . |
| 9 | However , if anyone were misguided enough to give me authority , I would certainly misuse it , so I prayed along with the rest . |
| 10 | Bideford , July , it 's hot enough to give you sunburn ! |
| 11 | It must be long enough to give you strength in the face of a direct frontal assault but short enough to allow you to spring back or thrust forwards without warning . |
| 12 | The Noriega government was a special case , and even then the Bush and Reagan administrations showed restraint for years before moving in to protect US lives . |
| 13 | Perhaps all that makes it easier to understand why Orwell was so anxious that Waugh should read his books : anxious enough to send him copies , though to a stranger . |
| 14 | I do n't pretend to like you , and I would n't have served under you if the Home Office had been daft enough to appoint you Director of this Lab . |
| 15 | ‘ If only to save you embarrassment . |
| 16 | ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’ |
| 17 | A child 's first lessons occur when she or he is 6 or 7 years old when the ruwang gathers a group of boys and girls together to teach them ta'kwakomena ( consciousness , will , responsibility ) , or basically social morality . |
| 18 | I sent a letter to Mrs Thatcher saying if she was so hard up as only to pay us 40p , then she could have the money back . ’ |
| 19 | All those who were kind enough to offer me hospitality wanted me to see as much as possible in the time when I was not teaching . |
| 20 | Joy , Alan and I stayed with him , and Miss Prescott left his side only to get us coffee and sandwiches , and later scotch and sandwiches , as we waited . |
| 21 | The lady prioress , a pure wool cloak wrapped around her , came down to bid us adieu . |
| 22 | The British media 's peculiar psychological tendency to build up sportsmen only to make them scapegoats , at a later stage , for wider national ills is well enough recognised by cricketers . |
| 23 | That is why we do a little aerobic exercise every day — just enough to make us puff and exercise our heart without over-doing it . |
| 24 | ‘ But you must not think it is only to bring you charity that I came . |
| 25 | I know this is a bit of an affront to our high opinion of ourselves as human beings , er , of course many people regard it that way , but erm my view is that er we ca n't expect science necessarily to tell us things we want to hear . |
| 26 | Whereas the former emphasized that the whole point of emancipation was to provide serfs with land ( not just to grant them freedom ) , the latter spoke of enabling peasants to acquire land only " when feasible and necessary " . |
| 27 | In case relatives not present wish to view the body , great care should be taken not to cause them distress or offence . |
| 28 | The board bent over backwards to help me raise funds for players and it 's been the same for Nigel Best . |
| 29 | ‘ My father and mother took my boys to Paris for a weekend recently just to buy them clothes , ’ says Louise . |
| 30 | Matey had gone out , not to return until late at night , leaving Dr Neil 's tea in the larder on a plate carefully positioned under a fine gauze hood to protect it from the ubiquitous flies ; he had said not to leave him supper , for he might visit the local evening market where prepared food of all kinds was on sale , from oysters to whelks ; he was partial to shellfish , he said . |