Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were expressly forbidden to engage in any other activities , of course . |
| 2 | As we made clear in the previous chapter , its definition of temporary workers might well include people whose jobs are available on other than a temporary basis , but who only intend to stay in these jobs for a limited period of time . |
| 3 | Directors and employees of companies which profit from things that are very unlikely to turn very unpleasant should be personally exposed to fear of these unpleasantness . |
| 4 | Dunlop only needs to finish in both final rounds to take the title . |
| 5 | I only want to speak at this juncture on the element of that which is due to lower mortality as I call it , I E deaths and this is addressed in paragraph five and in the table at the bottom which shows an effect of about two thousand er extra households , due to lower mortality rate assumptions in our projections . |
| 6 | I only pause to observe at this stage that the decision , although obviously of great importance , was not concerned with the terms upon which interim relief in the form of an interlocutory injunction should be granted . |
| 7 | The effective dealer always made a client feel that he had personally decided to go into any given investment . |
| 8 | He proceeded to Cawsand and reported , ‘ Here was the scene of much confusion in the late war , when the French fleet was daily seen to float about this bay meditating destruction to the docks at Plymouth ’ . |
| 9 | Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra . |
| 10 | An elderly sergeant once remarked on his experience of attending a cot death for the first time , ‘ You just have to say to yourself , the next time I will be better equipped to cope with this type of situation … |
| 11 | I 've only got to go round another three times ! |
| 12 | Very last overhead , and you 've only got to look at half of it . |
| 13 | Dublin have won 29 of their previous 40 championship meetings with Wexford and are well enough equipped to improve upon that this afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ Now , ’ she went on , ‘ now I would so like to hear about this Uncle you talk of , the Cabinet Minister . |
| 15 | The author of the Anonimalle Chronicle , however , who evidently had some admiration for Gaunt 's achievement , believed that the army only began to suffer in this way when it wintered in Gascony . |
| 16 | Meanwhile Mr Gittings ' head was obviously beginning to spin from all this toing and froing . |
| 17 | Erm this is an effort to do something , the last , I am sure the sterling efforts have been undertaking by Welwyn and Hatfield District Council in this consortium , you know where 's the beef , where is the evidence that somethings been done , this is merely asking to look along this line to see if anything can be done . |
| 18 | ‘ If you go back to the doctor for another prescription , ’ Kathy told her , ‘ we 'll only have to go through this again later . |
| 19 | I ca n't play that sort of trick on him — besides , I 'd only have to agree to another date . ’ |
| 20 | A High Street clothes shop , for example , may not only have to compete with another clothes retailer in that street , but also with the large department store in the town centre , plus mail order companies . |
| 21 | How did you feel about that yourself the , the way the machinery had changed er and your , your trade was obviously having to adapt to that ? |
| 22 | I shall therefore only attempt to generalise about those parts of the world which I know best , and I shall be ruthless in the selection of my facts . |
| 23 | In this way , the infant is not only learning to communicate with another person , but also to communicate about something . |
| 24 | She gave us much rein to pull in any direction , but never failed to pull us up and say , in effect , ‘ what the hell are you up to ? ’ or ‘ stop that carry-on at once ! ’ |
| 25 | I am concerned that your correspondent rang Climbline at 7.15pm only to have to listen to that day 's forecast . |
| 26 | The problem is that average or below average performers may not feel sufficiently motivated to put in any extra effort if they consider that only top performers are likely to win . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't understand why she 's suddenly begun to behave like this . |
| 28 | The focus of discussion must be greatly extended to take in more issues to do with learning and with educational purposes and content . |
| 29 | Oh yes , you only had to listen to this afternoon like , with the crowds and that , obviously it means a lot to them and there 's a lot of you know , stick I suppose goes around between the two clubs , so I just want to go out there , hopefully have a good game and keep a clean sheet . |
| 30 | Oh , sometimes it was irritating , even downright infuriating to look round and see him just a couple of paces away , but she only had to look into those dark eyes to feel that treacherous quiver of desire deep in the pit of her stomach . |