Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [to-vb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 2 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 3 | He had come in and asked to see Peter . |
| 4 | Nat let him in and went to fetch Tony who appeared wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a big smile . |
| 5 | She settled the squirrel evening cape that had belonged to her mother on top of her light summer coat , then walked in and asked to see Mrs O'Dare . |
| 6 | In sport reds blushes speedy chops forest down And preparing to take America by storm . |
| 7 | She did n't want to go back downstairs and have to see Julius , speak to Julius . |
| 8 | The doctor arrived very promptly and attempted to sound Michael 's chest , but of course could n't because of the plaster jacket . |
| 9 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 10 | So next morning I got up early and went to find Peter to tell him I was leaving . |
| 11 | But even that failed to disturb Ferguson 's philosophy . |
| 12 | Uncapped openside flanker who took his chance well when summoned to replace Bartmann at Leicester . |
| 13 | Incidentally they revealed that the Northumberland raiding , as well as failing to draw Edward from Berwick 's walls , had not achieved very much . |
| 14 | As well as attempting to distinguish CSPs from a more general type of phonological variable ( such as that found in Durham in the long and short /a/ classes ) , Kerswill examines a certain type of lexical variable , exemplified by parts of two competing pronoun systems found in Durham City ( table 6.11 ) . |
| 15 | Even when approached to design Wellington College as the National Memorial to the Duke , he preferred to recommend John Shaw who admirably fulfilled the confidence Burn had in him . |
| 16 | He sent Henry Earl of Derby to Castile in October 1341 to undermine French influence there that threatened to bring Castile 's navy into play against English shipping in the Bay of Biscay . |
| 17 | Meeting with EC representatives on Aug. 15 , a member of the PCC secretariat , Carlos Aldana Escalante , insisted that 27 Cubans still in foreign embassies should depart voluntarily and apply to leave Cuba legally . |
| 18 | He leaned inwards and seemed to lift Jo out of the car with one hand . |