Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] [vb -s] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you really wounded his pride when you turned him down so he wants to see you humiliated . ’ |
| 2 | In doing so it attempts to limit the effects of the imbalance to the most superficial levels — in other words , the physical level — and only if it fails to do so will emotional imbalances , or if the stresses go deeper , mental imbalances , be manifest . |
| 3 | A Mandela book might attract many of these readers , but only if he wants to write it . |
| 4 | An expert misconducts himself only if he fails to decide the issue in the way he has agreed with the parties to do : see 13.13 . |
| 5 | Indeed the Law Commission Working Paper No 77 , Implied Terms in Contracts for the Supply of Goods ( 1977 ) , recognised three possible approaches : firstly , the bailor is strictly liable ( Jones v Page ( 1867 ) 15 LT 619 per Kelly CB at p621 ) ; secondly , the goods must be as fit as care and skill can make them ( Hyman v Nye ( 1881 ) 6 QBD 685 per Lindley J at p682 ) ; thirdly , the bailor is liable only if he fails to take reasonable care to ensure that the goods are fit which , as the via media of the two other approaches , was eventually adopted in s9 of SGSA 1982 . |
| 6 | Only cos he wants to snog . |
| 7 | Only cos he wants to have you in a bath . |
| 8 | So if he wants to leave it I 'll can come . |
| 9 | One top Australian fashion commentator says : ‘ Diana looks great in the long slit skirts , but she 's got the figure and the legs for short skirts , so if she wants to wear short , good on her . ’ |
| 10 | Now , after countless operations , she is able to walk again , but has bad balance and often falls , especially if she tries to run . |
| 11 | Once elected , however , bashing foreign firms is the last thing he should do , especially if he wants to boost jobs . |
| 12 | Wetherby threatens to end the affair and make her a laughing-stock , especially if he intends to flaunt a new liaison with Armitage under her nose . |
| 13 | ignoring the difficulties of following the advice of others from outside one 's own work setting , especially if it seems to suggest that one 's own expertise is to be supplanted by it |
| 14 | ‘ A card index may be a noble thing , especially if it has to do with animals . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Meaning — do you slap her down if she dares to ask about the other women in your life ? ’ |
| 16 | The placebo effect means that any treatment will improve a patient merely because he wants to recover and is responding to the clinician 's attempts to help rather than to a specific treatment . |
| 17 | In so far as it remains possible to approach the problem as a matter of principle , the law should be that , if a person is acting in a way that is independently lawful , his conduct should not become unlawful merely because he fails to obey the instructions of a policeman . |
| 18 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
| 19 | We ought to go in before it starts to get cold . ’ |
| 20 | People could speak English before there was universal literacy , and in the same way a child learns to speak long before he learns to read and write . |
| 21 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 22 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 23 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 24 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 25 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 26 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 27 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 28 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
| 29 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 30 | Under the STV a candidate must compete not only with political opponents but also with candidates of his own party , and compete in a popularity contest which , commencing with his first election campaign , will have to last without remission for as long as he wishes to hold his seat . |