Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos he said to me , he said do n't rush in to stripping that table cos he 's gon na buy a sander to keep his |
| 2 | Half Term could bounce back to winning form in the Sun Princess Conditions Stakes following his expensive defeat in the Celebration Mile at Goodwood . |
| 3 | I could n't ‘ phone the police because I did n't know where to sent them . |
| 4 | Under these circumstances the Chinook can carry up to equipped men , and the Puma carries sixteen . |
| 5 | Theodora did not feel up to framing one . |
| 6 | I do n't feel up to eating anything . ’ |
| 7 | In her present sensitive frame of mind she did n't feel up to looking like the poor relation beside him , but then , she had no intention of going anywhere near him . |
| 8 | ‘ So I suppose she wo n't feel up to taking that creature out in the morning . |
| 9 | Julia did not feel up to assessing the likelihood of that just then . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry I did n't feel up to going . |
| 11 | She had been vulnerable — long days indoors , and then the need of transport as she did n't feel up to driving . |
| 12 | If the champagne bottle had survived she 'd probably be in that state anyway , and it would at least postpone the inevitable for a while ; she did n't feel up to coping with the consequences of her behaviour just yet . |
| 13 | I do n't feel up to coming and looking for you and it 's quite worrying alone up here when one ca n't move around . |
| 14 | Of course the question in the EPQ does not refer solely to driving and the population they sampled are unlikely to be driving particularly regularly . |
| 15 | Under conditions of binocular vision the two eyes do not contribute equally to providing a stable binocular percept . |
| 16 | The Nicaraguan ambassador said it should ‘ contribute significantly to impeding the infiltration of contra forces into Nicaraguan territory ’ . |
| 17 | And even if it were possible , making debtors pay 50p to prove that they had paid off their debts seems rather harshly discouraging for them — it would virtually boil down to imposing a line on them not because they had been debtors but because they had now paid their debts in full . |
| 18 | The main job will probably boil down to making sure you have taken plenty of candid camera shots of those present , both adults and children . |
| 19 | Only the suspicion that he had something important to say and could not work around to saying it kept her out there with him . |
| 20 | ‘ We shall look forward to seeing the report and if there is new data that warrants investigation . ’ |
| 21 | I shall look forward to seeing the first edition , then . |
| 22 | ‘ We shall look forward to seeing you , ’ said Harold . |
| 23 | Schools Minister Eric Forth reacted by praising pupils and teachers for their hard work , saying : ‘ We can now look forward to seeing more students than ever continuing in education beyond the age of 16 . ’ |
| 24 | The Etude retrouvée that he also plays is one that the composer did not use in the final set ; although it has the same title and key as Pour les arpèges composés , it is otherwise quite different and a splendid piece which pianists will look forward to seeing in print . |
| 25 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 26 | Sleep tight , and I 'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow . |
| 27 | She hoisted her umbrella to ward off the light drizzle that had started to fall , gave me a couple of twenty-pound notes , said she 'd look forward to seeing me on Friday , kissed my cheek , then went off to do her shopping . |
| 28 | ‘ We shall look forward to seeing you soon , Miss Abbott , ’ Mrs Langley said . |
| 29 | It is long overdue and it will be warmly welcomed by senior and successful classroom teachers , who can look forward to seeing the additional efforts and successes that they have achieved in the classroom being properly rewarded in their pay structure . |
| 30 | We 've we we put that in writing , subject to satisfactory references erm er we will look forward to seeing you on the twenty eighth . |