Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So they never lived long enough to know I had justified their faith in me . ’ |
| 2 | He did , and I heard him say , ‘ Well , at least I lived long enough to meet you , love . ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Marcos agreed long ago to fly her husband 's body direct to Laoag , but she is now hinting at defiance . |
| 4 | Dougal was relieved that Miss Devenish agreed so readily to see him . |
| 5 | Regeling , an Australian international who had guest outings last season at Cleveland Park , said : ‘ We intend to go all out to win everything we can ; we have the team which can win the league providing we avoid bad injuries and bad luck . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And you wo n't even let the boy stay long enough to see his mother ? ’ said the yeoman without animosity . |
| 7 | Forcing herself to blank the sounds from her head , she stared straight ahead , but found little there to soothe her . |
| 8 | Bristol led after five minutes when Dziekanowski held off a challenge before centering accurately to the far post , where Rosenior headed powerfully home to mark his first full appearance for the club . |
| 9 | This is not just about forms ; it is about telling people about all the available services , explaining properly how to use them and what to do when things go wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ I know you will , honey , ’ she murmured , fondly brushing the pale blonde curls from the child 's brow before walking slowly back to rejoin her friend . |
| 11 | Cassie wondered hazily whether in Johnny 's book it would be considered all right to force himself on the other sort of girl , whoever she may be ! |
| 12 | A district army commander in a small outpost 10 miles west of Kampot town admitted last month that the mines his troops had planted at the foot of the mountains were designed only partly to defend their position . |
| 13 | Oh please , thought Grainne , please let it be that , for I have come so far to find it . |
| 14 | She phoned me earlier this week and invited me to come down here to see her land . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why you 're quite right to come down here to start your travels . |
| 16 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 17 | ‘ Everybody complains about taxes today , but in ancient times wealthy Romans were expected not just to pay their taxes but to finance public works , as well . ’ |
| 18 | You are expected not just to have one by you , but to answer it or , if you can not ( because you are ‘ in a meeting ’ ) , then to have a secretary to take messages and make sure that calls are returned . |
| 19 | An expert in the field could be expected not only to classify them correctly but would also know what to do about them . |
| 20 | Gandhi 's understanding of Truth and the essential unity of all that exists means that he has not only to realize his highest Self or Ātman but also recognize his oneness with all his fellow men and with all sub-human forms of life . |
| 21 | The area of site control is complicated by the fact that the partner or manager of the job has not only to control his own staff and their performance , but also has to ensure — on behalf of his client — that the work being done under his direction by third parties is also properly progressed . |
| 22 | As things are , he has not only to invent his method , but also do most of the spadework for himself . |
| 23 | In order to prove himself as an aggro leader , a fan has not only to prove his ability to lead charges but also the fact that he really means what he is doing . |
| 24 | I know exactly how I want it to look , Señor Lopez , but I do n't know exactly how to do it . |
| 25 | Qualified Teachers days are designed not just to help you with thoughts and ideas for future lessons of your own , but to expand and develop your knowledge and understanding of Medau , and , with that , we also hope you have an enjoyable social day . |
| 26 | First , they may be designed not finally to determine what is to be done in certain circumstances but merely to determine what ought to be done on the basis of certain considerations . |
| 27 | We all fell in with what you wanted , we all bent over backwards to do what you wanted . |
| 28 | The board bent over backwards to help me raise funds for players and it 's been the same for Nigel Best . |
| 29 | ‘ It meant a lot of work for the Director preparing his camera script because he had to know exactly where to put his cameras to get the shots he wanted . |
| 30 | He has just enough to buy his materials , to live , to have a working holiday every year , to manage . |