Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have been watching because she smiled , or rather tried not to smile too obviously — she tried to conceal her pleasure in witnessing the beginning of her triumph by pressing her lips together , but the smile came out anyway . |
| 2 | He refused outright the advice of his ‘ betters ’ , either by alienating them in a flash of rage or by stubbornly preferring not to go along with them ; rather like Melville 's eponymous character Bartleby . |
| 3 | After the relative safety of role playing either with a therapist alone , or in a group , or merely imaging how to behave differently , comes the transfer or generalization of training . |
| 4 | Despite the lack of wind , over the past hour a swell had built beyond the reef — a strange , almost oily swell that rose in long humps only to collapse back on itself as if exhausted by the effort . |
| 5 | But I 've fallen on to the floor often enough to know how to get up . |
| 6 | Although naturally designed more to draw out signs of abnormality , they nevertheless demand similar mental operations , being open-ended procedures in which , for example , subjects are required to interpret proverbs or sort everyday objects in any way they prefer . |
| 7 | Compromises with his few but firmly held prejudices were only made when to hold out meant risking something irreplaceable . |
| 8 | Teddy all made up to go out was a cross between Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth — her red-gold hair a mass of curls , false eye-lashes long enough to sweep the streets , face entirely out of a box ( courtesy of the American PX ) , and fully fashioned grey silk stockings which were strictly not Waaf issue . |
| 9 | Are keepi You are I mean obviously you are keeping yourself going cos you 're obviously getting out to come here and do bits and bobs but |
| 10 | Maidstone 's offer of a full-time job was n't good enough to persuade Still to give up his post as a textile manager . |
| 11 | He suddenly decided not to go home to the cottage he shared with his widowed mother . |
| 12 | And you only broke in to show how smart you are , not because you 're so brave . ’ |
| 13 | Rivers only roll along to brighten up the landscape , and cattle graze only to give life to his drawings . |
| 14 | But Bristol used their weight to score their only try when Peter Stiff barged through to touch down … |
| 15 | On the first he could only straighten out to stay ahead of the whitewater ; on the second he bailed out as the roof caved in . |
| 16 | Too much gone through to go back now . |
| 17 | After a quick glance I was delighted to see that my arm was still there , so went off to sleep again , feeling very cheerful about the whole thing . |
| 18 | Jon Gittens was all lined up to take over before Mohan trained with no ill effects yesterday . |
| 19 | ‘ You only come here to crash out . ’ |
| 20 | She looked mutinously at the scenery and listened to the clunking noises of the car as it trundled along , allowing minimal ventilation through the tiny windows that only slid across to open halfway . |
| 21 | I could easily stay here to help out in the public , if you like . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They flocked around the pole , not daring immediately to come too near , their eyes and beaks devouring my body as I watched . |
| 23 | Some people that are local may have even driven here on the Sunday , just to see how to get here , so that on the Monday morning when it 's the rush hour , they knew generally where they were going to go . |
| 24 | Berti Vogts is acutely aware of how close that match was in Sweden and he knows his side has not come here to take on the equivalent of a San Marino . ’ |
| 25 | To put the case simply , such a pupil may not be able to undertake a task such as cutting out a paper figure , not because of not understanding how to do so , but because of being unable to see properly how it is done . |
| 26 | It closes off the street half way and you know George Street is a commercial street erm delivery lorries will go up and not know where to turn round and come back or what entrance or exit they can use , and also because traffic ca n't use it it will simply put a terrific amount on another of the main streets , namely Beaumont Street . |
| 27 | They may not recognise when they are in danger , for example when crossing a busy road , or they may not know how to carry out even the most basic safety precautions necessary for the prevention of fire , accidents and infection . |
| 28 | The scene of crime officer kept looking at him , as if he found him in the way but did not know how to say so . |
| 29 | ‘ Sister , ’ she said , ‘ sister … ’ but then did not know how to go on . |
| 30 | This may not be out of unwillingness but rather ignorance on the part of parents : they do not know how to go about encouraging such skills . |