Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 2 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 3 | While the shame of the public defamation felt by the typical Nazi lawyer was allegedly almost enough to drive him to suicide , reactions of astonishment , disbelief , anxiety , and criticism can be read between the lines of the responses from judges and the justice administration , and the most outspoken reaction was that the Führer had been badly misinformed and his ‘ wholly unexpected attack on justice ’ much ‘ discussed and criticized ’ . |
| 4 | The child who 's been burned learns to fear fire and so to treat it with respect . |
| 5 | Molly had the same feeling of doom she remembered when her father wrote to say he 'd be coming down to see her at school and would take her out to tea , so she could meet a ‘ new friend ’ . |
| 6 | Sunday and they were , say they were going down to see her in hospital , I mean that 's terrible one arm and living on your own , I do n't know how she 'll manage |
| 7 | I thought Father was down to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 8 | And if I handle all with my own hands , and keep the prince clear of it — though he knows my mind , and it is his mind , too — I do so to preserve him from harassment by those who will hear of nothing less than Owen 's head on London Bridge . |
| 9 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 10 | While dream incorporations are explained by the psychoanalytic model , it could also be that only stimuli which fail to arouse the brain sufficiently to tip it into wakefulness result in dream incorporation , rather than that the dream incorporation results in continued sleeping . |
| 11 | An impromptu purchase , and a bit extravagant , but remaining tidily or prettily dressed is an important investment in job search , marriage and social life , so I try only to slum it in track suit at weekends and totally quiet evenings at home . |
| 12 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 13 | I remember because in nineteen thirty eight , er we were scheduled to have an opening in about the September and we got a team coming down to play us at football and we were going to have a social evening , darts and that , at , in the evening and of course at that particular time , the war was a definite threat . |
| 14 | In fact she agreed cheerfully that she liked to see the whites of the eyes of any constable stupid enough to encounter her with tie undone or shirt unbuttoned . |
| 15 | It seemed outrageously unfair that after so long she could not have him to herself and she hoped that his lodger would be tactful enough to leave them in peace during her visit . |
| 16 | It will enable farmers to receive the special Weatherfax forecasts daily to guide them on crop spraying — helping to save around ten per cent of chemical input — and all other outdoor activities . |
| 17 | But chimpanzees do not breed well in captivity , partly because of a long pregnancy and childhood , and trapping them in the wild is expensive and wasteful enough to put them at risk of extinction . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it . |
| 19 | CATHERINE If I did , it was probably only to keep you in order . |
| 20 | The painful blow was hard enough to knock him off balance , and he tucked in his right shoulder , hitting the ground in a flying break-fall . |
| 21 | God knew they were powerful enough to knock her into oblivion . |
| 22 | Fair enough — but why had the planets been cruel enough to land her in partnership with the one man in the universe who could drive her crazy with wanting , even as he was — well , just driving her crazy ! |
| 23 | Not bad enough , he judged , for him to stay in bed but bad enough to keep him at home . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm hoping to meet a man rich enough to keep me in comfort so I can indulge my every whim and fancy and give up work for good , ’ she said drily . |
| 25 | " Well , the River Police suggest that it was to weight the body enough to keep it under water , but not to sink it . |
| 26 | If a wheel starts to spin , the brake attached to it squeezes just enough to keep it in check while the engine throttles back . |
| 27 | None who got close enough to lure you into marriage ? ’ |
| 28 | It is doubtful how many of those who bestow gifts of coral on infants appreciate that their forebears did so to protect them from bewitchment . |
| 29 | This more dynamic model of natural relationships would become an integral part of Darwin 's thinking , but it was not by itself enough to convert him to evolutionism . |
| 30 | Sarah Anne Burke was critically ill last night after being found lying in her bed covered in blood by a care assistant who went in to wake her for breakfast . |