Example sentences of "[vb past] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wake of the dismissal last week USL promised to vigorously pursue the case to protect its rights , convinced its claims have merit . |
| 2 | In his inaugural speech on 28 July , President Fujimori promised to fully respect human rights : ‘ The terrorist violence our fledgling democracy currently faces can not justify the occasional or systematic violation of human rights . ’ |
| 3 | On the evening of March 26 there will be a celebratory dinner at the Campana Restaurant in Marylebone High Street for everyone involved to really let their hair down . |
| 4 | Fay : ‘ Mr Potts , he was ever such a laugh : but when he got in a temper he used to really shout and nobody took any notice . ’ |
| 5 | I 've always wanted to be involved in things that tried to somehow create a women 's network . |
| 6 | Conrad stood in front of the figure-length wall mirror in his basement flat and tried to successfully knot a maroon cravat . |
| 7 | We did have committees and we began to coordinate activities and er careers conventions suddenly sprouted engineering council 's banners and the people all got together again under these banners and we went to these careers conventions and tried to obviously put across the image of engineering itself . |
| 8 | Haverford was writing his ‘ Jottings ’ , young Jacqueline was splashing in her arm-bands while her two older sisters tried to further define the watch marks on their wrists . |
| 9 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 10 | In the meantime , as she so sweetly says , through her tears , to those who have over many years tried to gently persuade her to go straight away and live the rest of her life in comfort . |
| 11 | Information and Planning , he was thinking as he walked up the ramp , shoulders stooped to further alter his appearance . |
| 12 | Now he had nearly reached the point where darting mist roared to almost touch his head , like stabbing , jabbing tendrils of motion . |
| 13 | In September 1939 , a request came to fully convert the two brake vehicles for each train by the provision of the necessary cupboards and other amenities required the LMS to provide 15 trains . |
| 14 | He seemed to just FIT IN . ’ |
| 15 | Her worries and cares oddly seemed to just desert her . |
| 16 | But you were saying about er Australia and that I I think at that particular time more so than now whatever was happening in the British pop scene seemed to just happen all over the world you know . |
| 17 | She glanced at the road ahead , a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle . |
| 18 | The record seemed to openly encourage the backlash which , amazingly , The Smiths had thus far avoided . |
| 19 | The room had a fireplace , sink , cooker and another feature which seemed to particularly arouse the curiosity of our visitor : an enamel bath below the window . |
| 20 | She never seemed to completely shake the dumb blonde image , perhaps because her squeaky little girl voice operated to remind us all along that she was a Working Girl rather than Woman . |
| 21 | And yet there were times , fleeting but strangely precious times , when he seemed to momentarily forget the war of nerves raging between them . |
| 22 | ‘ My brother Charles seemed to naïvely imagine you were just the person to put everything right , ’ she said , picking her words carefully , trying to control the fury chilling her inside . |
| 23 | When Richards finally emerged — as ever it was no gladiator 's entrance ; just the usual shambling , dishevelled Deano — the game seemed to suddenly shift England 's way . |
| 24 | The MI5 man seemed to suddenly shake his bulk to wake himself up and remind himself that the chief inspector was still in the car with him . |
| 25 | ‘ How does it follow from what you 've said that you came to be — ’ He paused and his lips compressed in a cruelly thin line before he seemed to deliberately force away the tension , saying simply , ‘ To be with my brother ? ’ |
| 26 | A friend and I in in our church we 've started erm a mother and toddler service and that seemed to really help a lot of the young mums they really look forward and they said could we have it more often . |
| 27 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 28 | Magic , however , seemed to precisely describe the success of the ‘ Carry On ’ formula after the Sergeant film . |
| 29 | On the contrary , some seemed to actively discourage it . |
| 30 | Er er it seems we had a very good er er quartermaster , he seemed to always turn up er he seemed to always turn up with something . |