Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which of the dubious benefits of civilisation would you introduce them to next , I wonder ? |
| 2 | Then he looked more closely , and exclaimed : ‘ Ruth — I did n't recognise you at first ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't recognise her at first , ’ Lily told her . |
| 4 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
| 5 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
| 7 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 8 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 9 | Could you know anything without first presupposing that you are there to know it and that there is something there to be known ? |
| 10 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 11 | Give us a ring Nottingham three four three four three four we 'll send them by first class post and we 'll put need your postcode . |
| 12 | before before the meeting proper may I refer you to first of all the voice amplification system is currently working but er there are some difficulties with it and it may during the day deteriorate to a state that it is more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 13 | My advice is do n't choose one without first looking at the other , it 's that close . |
| 14 | ‘ Why not bring her to next week 's fashion show and introduce her to me ? ’ he suggested . |
| 15 | I tell you what you 'll give 'em till next Tuesday and if it do n't come by then you still , you can just cancel it save up |
| 16 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring it in next year , ’ said the head . |
| 18 | I can bring it in next week and play it really loud to the whole class I shall say this is Sarah and Dee where 's Tina Turner then . |
| 19 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 20 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't feel anything at first . |
| 23 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
| 24 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 25 | He did n't like me at first . |
| 26 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 27 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 28 | In the wartime agreement on pooling brains and resources for the original work on the atomic bomb , which was signed at Quebec in 1943 between the United States and Britain in association with Canada , there were five clauses : the signatories would not use atomic weapons against each other ; they would not use them against third parties without the others ' consent ; no information would be given to third parties without mutual consent ; Britain disclaimed any interest in commercial and industrial exploitation , because the heavy burden of production would fall on the United States ; and a Combined Policy Committee would be set up to ensure full and effective collaboration . |
| 29 | Oh he said , I wo n't see you till next Mon Monday I said now it 's Tuesday is n't it . |
| 30 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |