Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promise , but not at the moment cos it needs a lot of setting up , I 'll get myself to set my computer up specially to make those disks |
| 2 | I said that I thought I could just about get my act together sufficiently to come . |
| 3 | He said , ‘ You understand that in my capacity as stage manager it 's my job not only to train you in your chosen career but to guide you in other respects . ’ |
| 4 | When a servaton finally appeared , I ordered a goblet of the fuming Paoostyc liquor called Old Sunburst , raised my mask just enough to gulp it , then ordered two more . |
| 5 | ‘ I raised my game just enough to get through the early rounds , ’ he said of his performance . |
| 6 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But when you go on telly there has to be some compromise , like I swear all the f—ing time , but that does n't bother me , I do n't feel like I 'm selling my life away just to get on the telly . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The Classic is the talk of the north west angling scene and I cut my holidays short just to take part in the qualifying match at Halsnead Park . ’ |
| 9 | Shall I take my meal somewhere else to eat it ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I had to spend a month in a cast , ’ he recalls , ‘ so when they set the cast , I had them set it so I could move my arm just enough to play . ’ |
| 11 | She ran them down my arm lightly enough to make me shiver . |
| 12 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 13 | Accommodation and compromise have not characterized the attitudes and actions of the young university-educated activists of the DUP of recent years because they grew up in the zero-sum game , and even if they forgot its rules long enough to consider shifting the DUP 's aims , there is no reason to suppose that the voters would support them in their deviation . |
| 14 | Its diminished stature is mainly due to its continuing economic difficulties and its inability so far to break out of an increasingly stultifying dependence on Soviet aid and trade subsidies . |
| 15 | Malawians have learned to keep their heads down politically to survive . |
| 16 | Her whole stance was a silent challenge to him to deny it , but she had to press her lips tightly together to stop them quivering . |
| 17 | The aim of everyone , irrespective of weight , should be to modify their eating very slightly to maximize health benefits . |
| 18 | From the 1880s the regime made plain its determination not only to halt any further movement in the direction of public participation but in some respects to reverse the reforms of the 1860s . |
| 19 | ‘ He thought Clem 's wedding anniversary an appropriate time to announce the glad news , ’ said Mrs Vaughan smoothly , and rose to her feet rather stiffly to take Leonora 's free arm . |
| 20 | He had already recognised that she was wearing poor clothing , and it was also obvious that she was taking her work seriously enough to sacrifice her privileged lifestyle and live among those of whom she wrote . |
| 21 | They were eminently suited to the work and knew their ship and its equipment well enough to keep things going which also suited the administration at Headquarters . |
| 22 | The party behind , in another special , paid their engineer well enough to drive into the rear coach and smash it — they being rivals with the stranded party to serve the same area with a new railway . |
| 23 | Leaning across to the fellows closest to him , he attracted their attention long enough to introduce Loretta . |
| 24 | America seems critical of just about everything Japanese : its persistent trade surplus , its reluctance to liberalise rice imports , its failure so far to provide even a token force in the Gulf . |
| 25 | On the other hand it is not enough simply to say that Libyans were inconsistent because they could not change their ideas fast enough to keep up with their changing society . |
| 26 | Hollywood stars Kurt Russell , William Baldwin and Scott Glenn , who play Chicago firemen in Backdraft , took their roles and their safety seriously enough to train as firemen for several weeks before filming began . |
| 27 | Did she know her husband well enough to come to rescue him from the consequences of his own indiscretions ? |
| 28 | The only way forward must be to view LMS as an enabling device that will allow schools to plan more effectively and then use their resources more efficiently to meet identified needs . |
| 29 | The Eldest Son 's wife had gone quickly to fetch her a glass of tepid water , which she drank carefully , tipping her mask back fractionally to accommodate the glass . |
| 30 | Vivienne Westwood 's Kings Road shop changed its name yet again to become World 's End , and started showing collections . |