Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't catch on at first . |
| 2 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 3 | Delyn was going to spend £1.25m in 1993–94 , but finds it has more than £2.5m unspent capital which it can carry over from last year 's budget . |
| 4 | You know , you get to certain point in the recording which almost dictates which mood you should move on to next , and it 's a completely mathematical thing . |
| 5 | I was furious , and hurt , but it did n't sink in at first . |
| 6 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 7 | I got ta go on to next Thursday . |
| 8 | I 'll go in at first , I 'll see how much that 's gon na be which is about seven hundred pounds . |
| 9 | so they would go up to fifth |
| 10 | If we cash in we can go up in second spot . |
| 11 | Something , done a robbery at nine thirty two precisely , a lady did er actually walk out of next door 's house |
| 12 | Who 'd you go out with last night then ? |
| 13 | ca n't go round till next go . |
| 14 | Last March he suffered a second agonising defeat in the Gold Cup when Cool Ground proved just too good , and he then lost his French crown when the ground at Auteuil for this July 's Grand Steeplechase came up unsuitably soft and he could only struggle round in eighth place . |
| 15 | Several of the changes Mr Major announced will not come in until next year , and their effects will hardly be noticed for a while after that . |
| 16 | The imposition of 8 per cent VAT on domestic fuel and a 1 per cent increase in employees ' NI contribution to 10 per cent will come in from next April , with a further hefty rise in the fuel VAT rate to 17 per cent planned for 1995 . |
| 17 | ‘ A Hollywood movie about two cops who do n't get along at first but are thrown together on a case involving drugs , foreigners , lots of fights and guns and which ends up with them respecting each other and winning . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've come to collect my car , but I just could n't drive off without first coming up to apologise for my behaviour last night . ’ |
| 19 | Also there is a gap before the next match ( due to internationals ) so to win and get up to second place would be good . |
| 20 | ‘ So what did you get up to last weekend ? |
| 21 | Apparently , missing Glyn showed how incompetent she was , and she had a rather annoying vision of him going into see Ned Clarke and passing on the information with a sceptical look , a sort of ‘ what will these women get up to next ? ’ expression . |
| 22 | But even though there is water everywhere , I just ca n't help wondering what excuses our profit-hungry water authorities might come up with next year for increasing our water rates rather than reducing them now the rains have come . |
| 23 | You wonder what they 'll come up with next . |
| 24 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
| 25 | Wilson did not write back until 1st February , 1858 . |
| 26 | Nenna 's children neither showed any interest in where she had been nor in why she did not come back until next morning . |
| 27 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
| 28 | But they , they sailed sort of first thing in the morning and did n't come back till last thing at |
| 29 | He 's convinced he can get back into first class cricket before the end of the season . |
| 30 | The truth can come out at last . ’ |