Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was your generous gift of the physic Garden to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries that encouraged the supporting of that Garden for the improvement of Botany and so consequently was the Occasion of my being employed in a service so agreeable to my natural inclinations , so the favourable opinion you have had of my abilities , when you was pleased to recommend me to that worshipful Company , with the several instances I have since had of your generous inclinations to encourage the Art and me , will ever lay me under the greatest obligations to endeavour to answer that character you was please to give of me and herein humbly hoping to approve myself what I most desire to be thought of … |
| 2 | Charles explained that he 'd come round in answer to a complaint and rather thankfully began to pass on apologies on behalf of the Regiment for transmission to Lord Southdown later , but the butler shook his head regretfully once more , indicated that Lady Charity was at home , and felt certain that she would deal with the matter . |
| 3 | A binary opposition , penis versus no penis , rather obviously fails to capture the reality of sexual difference . |
| 4 | He was less than tidy over the stretch and then , after an indecently long wait to begin his final round , dropped three shots in a row from the 2nd to finish with a 71 and a 272 total . |
| 5 | Auer was suspended in a hanging basket , his dead legs dangling beneath him , reaching out with a surreally long scoop to dredge the chips into a central sinkhole . |
| 6 | the quality concepts are understood , the benefits are widely enough known to convince even the sceptics about the importance of using the framework . |
| 7 | It must be remembered , though , that UK institutions also face pressure on their available cash from further payments due on privatisations , rights issues , and new issues , besides perhaps wanting to build up holdings of overseas bonds and equities . |
| 8 | Tealtaoich stood quite still , regarding the waiting Trees and seeing that they were listening and apparently politely prepared to hear anything he had to say . |
| 9 | Actually , Dustin , although masterful in changing the timbre of his voice to suit different parts , only rarely attempts to put on anything other than an American accent . |
| 10 | The third solution is , however , a practical possibility provided that the criteria for changing from one system to the other are sufficiently clear cut to avoid too much special pleading . |
| 11 | It is this , the economic dimension of disablement , that the perspectives we have considered so far so conspicuously fail to address . |
| 12 | Where there are no established rules to guide decision we must make a direct judgement as to what will have the best consequences , concentrating on the more immediate and those we are personally most motivated to promote , as the remote future is highly unpredictable and we are unlikely to do much to promote what is not personally inviting . |
| 13 | The exoskeleton of the head is composed of several sclerites more or less intimately associated to form a hard , compact case or head-capsule , general works on which include those of Duporte ( 1957 ) , Gouin ( 1968 ) , Manton ( 1964 ) , Matsuda ( 1965 ) , Snodgrass ( 1947 , 1960 ) and Strenger ( 1952 ) . |
| 14 | The meso- and metathorax become more or less intimately associated to form a pterothorax and the union is often so close that the limits of those regions can only be ascertained with difficulty . |
| 15 | Liddell graduated from Edinburgh University a few days later ( 17 July ) , and enrolled at the Scottish Congregational College in Edinburgh to read divinity for a year , for he had long since decided to devote his life to missionary work , like his parents . |
| 16 | No , Molly had long since decided to play this one cool . |
| 17 | She had known Rose since before Rose was born , and had long since resolved to think nothing about Rose except what suited her . |
| 18 | ( Balvinder Singh , in a fit of unusual prudishness , had long since refused to come on my trips to see the eunuchs in Old Delhi : ‘ Mr William . |
| 19 | He handled it all like a veteran superstar who has long since learned to accept that fame and fortune have a downside , as well as an upside . |
| 20 | Against his magnetic forces , my own ‘ evil ’ eye , which had anyhow long since started to abandon me , could put up no resistance . |
| 21 | My left arm , on which my head was pillowed , had long since ceased to prick and had gone dead , but even so the singing of the men in the valley below reached me all too soon . |
| 22 | As Palace impressed in Division One in 1990–91 , Mark 's prowess gained further recognition when he scored The Eagles ' decisive goal against Liverpool in the televised Football League match on 30 December , but Palace fans had by then long since ceased to need any persuading that this intelligent and hard-working centre-forward is among the best in the country . |
| 23 | It had long since ceased to define itself except in terms of its enemies . |
| 24 | Charles had long since ceased to delude himself that he had any immovable principles on anything , but he felt something approaching that on the subject of abortion . |
| 25 | The fingers on the clock of St Joseph 's church pointed to eight , though it had long since ceased to chime the hours . |
| 26 | For we have long since ceased to regard the raising of houses in such an offhand fashion , even when they are to the glory only of the home-owning democracy . |
| 27 | As regards restoration , just as we would not dream of stripping out the original interior of the Blackfriar , by the same token we would not seek to preserve a Thirties estate pub which had long since ceased to address the needs of the community it was built to serve . |
| 28 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 29 | Well if it 's , if it 's if the weather 's not very good I 'll meet you in the car , but if it 's a nice day I , I 'd much rather walk to meet you . |
| 30 | I wonder why the right people are so rarely asked to help until it 's too late ? |