Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't answer right away but kept his eyes on the rear-view mirror . |
| 2 | The McLaren girl did not answer right away and Mrs. Favor leaned towards the girl . |
| 3 | ‘ How can an athlete train and prepare so well and be so good and take so long to recover ? |
| 4 | All their friends are doing it , and they are aware that never again will they be in the situation where young people of similar ages , interests and academic abilities can mingle so freely and in such numbers . |
| 5 | This may act entirely independently or as a pre-filter to reverse-flow or trickle system , in which case the packing should include some filter floss just before the water return . |
| 6 | Your employer may behave so foolishly or ruthlessly that a sensible settlement of your differences seems impossible . |
| 7 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |
| 8 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 9 | I 'll , I 'll ask this other girl who I do n't know so well but I 'm sure if she 's going that way , she , you know , she 's in that area anyway . |
| 10 | People may blunder , she thought , and their actions can still have a fine echo ; or they may act all right and the echo can be bad . |
| 11 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 12 | If so , the gas will plunge rapidly inwards and settle on the middle set of closed elliptical orbits , called the ‘ x 1 family ’ . |
| 13 | They had stalled him for long enough , but with a baby coming , he could n't wait any longer and then when Rachel told them she had to get married , she was thrown out of the house . |
| 14 | ‘ But it gets to the point where I ca n't wait any longer and I 've got to try out whatever mod I have in mind . |
| 15 | At noon , Florrie could n't wait any longer and went round to Josh 's house to find out what had happened to Ebenezer . |
| 16 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 17 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 18 | Sometimes these less aggressive horses can behave very unexpectedly and take us by surprise . |
| 19 | and because they wo n't break so easily and erm , they 're light because you do n't want to drag down to the floor do you ? basically |
| 20 | There is one potential hazard associated with dense ivy growth on a living tree — it may grow so rapidly and thickly that any fungal growth may be hidden . |
| 21 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 22 | You swore each and every one of you , to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence and let the chips lie where they fall . |
| 23 | Why then , given the emphasis on the value of education amongst first generation Caribbeans , do their children do so abysmally and , further , show little interest or desire to do well at school ? |
| 24 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to tax people more rigorously , he should do so openly and not in the disguised form in which that is proposed . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ If the Scottish Secretary wishes to make a statement then he should do so openly and publicly and not allow his young office staff to brief members of the press off the record . |
| 26 | I feel it should do so now and not keep us waiting . |
| 27 | You will do so quietly and clearly , and you will tell me the truth . |
| 28 | It is often a good idea to have several small aquaria instead of one larger one , as it is easier to see the animals and to study them when they are in a small volume of water : they can not swim so far or so fast . |
| 29 | He could land averagely well and take-off . |
| 30 | If the ILP members were " to the Left " of their leaders , then it was logical that they should advance still further and join the Communist Party . |