Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [indef pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you start to feel sorry enough to let someone else win , you lose your honesty . |
| 2 | First of all , perhaps if you could all let everybody else know what we 're talking about , what your particular skill is . |
| 3 | So did anybody else have that experience of of of caring for children and parents , or or parents-in-law at the same time ? |
| 4 | But Mr Stewart was determined not to let anyone else suffer . |
| 5 | " Everybody move around without touching anyone and not letting anyone else get near you . |
| 6 | you always want something better do n't you ? |
| 7 | Jolly good Joan Erm , now does anyone else feel they ca n't come on the committee ? |
| 8 | So er I said right , quick does anybody else want a drink ? |
| 9 | The draught standard they 've put forward states the duty to make a report direct to a regulator does not impose upon auditors a duty to carry out specific work , no specific work , do n't do anything just go along . |
| 10 | They do n't do anyone any harm . |
| 11 | ‘ It ca n't do anyone any harm , so do n't worry . ’ |
| 12 | No I would n't let anybody else touch me person . |
| 13 | This is why you and Chris are so alike , you wo n't let anybody fucking finish what they 're gon na say ! |
| 14 | Would n't let anyone else stay . |
| 15 | After several years as a regular contributor and recipient of the irascible Mahor 's voluminous correspondence , he was due to succeed as editor of Cricket Quarterly in 1970 , and was foiled by a change of mind : ‘ he decided that it was too personal a project , and he could n't let anyone else take it on , ’ he remembers . |
| 16 | If you 're close to another woman — I 'm bisexual — you ca n't let anyone else see that , for the fear of being split up . |
| 17 | I would n't let anyone else find that letter if I were you . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't let anyone ever tell you that fat folk do n't feel the cold just as much as you skinny ones . |
| 19 | But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’ |
| 20 | ( An example may make this clearer : how does one dramatically improve the spoken English , reading and writing ability , and the IQ , of backward rural children ? |
| 21 | ‘ How does one ever know that , Henry ? ’ |
| 22 | Now , how does anyone else feel about the situation ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why did nobody else see these footprints ? ’ he asked . |
| 24 | Why does nobody else seem to care ? |
| 25 | Among the questions to which this project aims to apply recent public choice research are ‘ Why does anybody ever vote/work for a pressure group/stand for public office ? ’ 'What do bureaucrats seek to maximise ? ’ 'What ( if any ) political procedures ensure that what the people want is done ? ’ |
| 26 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 27 | ‘ A little drop of rum never did anyone any harm ! ’ |
| 28 | He worked up a cabal against poor old Professor Litmus , who taught statistics and never did anyone any harm , but droned on , and on , and at least never minded when his students slept . |