Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 2 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 3 | ‘ Because he did not deliver all the papers . |
| 4 | On first acquaintance I found the keyhole cockpit did not give such a positive feel to the boat as the smaller cockpit rims of glass boats but none of the students noticed this . |
| 5 | Wilson 's disinclination to protest against the inquiry probably arose from a reasonable belief that any senior politician who did not want such an inquiry had something discreditable to hide . |
| 6 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 7 | It was soon realised that antihistamines did not block all the effects of histamine , and in particular its action in promoting the secretion of gastric acid . |
| 8 | However , these antihistamines did not block all the actions of histamine , and , in particular , they did not affect its ability to stimulate the stomach to secrete acid . |
| 9 | Chairman Colin Willcocks said : ‘ The thieves probably did not realise all the takings were removed . |
| 10 | Vienna , often a tiresome city to get through with its extensive suburbs and cobbled streets , did not present such a problem in the early morning . |
| 11 | He did not speak all the way . |
| 12 | Since noble interests were not always uniform , deference to their wishes did not dictate all the Tsar 's major decisions , but it did inform every sphere , including the fiscal , commercial , and , very often , the tariff policy of the State . |
| 13 | It is interesting to note that when an epergne stood on the table , there were no creams , jellies , or syllabubs in glasses mentioned in the dessert course , but Lady Grisell herself did not possess such an ornament and for her own dinners still served " sweetmeats and jelly and sillibubs " , curds and cream , pears and apples , " pistaches and scorcht almonds , Bisket round the milk " in the old way in separate dishes , in glasses on footed salvers , and in sweetmeat glasses . |
| 14 | One of the pleasures of Saturday working was that the phone did not ring all the time . |
| 15 | John Lade , later to be MP for Southwark , shortly after the passage of the Abjuration Act of 1702 , said " that his friends , meaning the Jacks , were milksops for kicking at oaths , asserting they should never be able to do anything if they , his friends , did not take all the oaths that could be imposed " . |
| 16 | First , it did not take all the development value . |
| 17 | From St Paul 's Cathedral to Putney Vale Crematorium did not seem such a short distance to the neighbours , such was their generous enthusiasm for Donald 's interment , and when they heard there were plans for a memorial service at Wimbledon Parish Church , some people said it was even better to do it this way . |
| 18 | A further 63% indicated that they did not use such a source . |
| 19 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 20 | John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition . |
| 21 | As Maryon had not long had a baby , we decided that Alan should volunteer , as he did not have such a valid excuse ! |
| 22 | Maybe , after all , his ‘ dearest Nina ’ did not have such a singular place in his life . |
| 23 | However , it can also be argued that the ‘ bullion famine ’ did not have such a catastrophic effect because merchants could use credit instead of cash to keep their businesses running . |
| 24 | This remains unknown in man , but we have investigated the effects of commonly used anaesthetic agents on tissue protein synthesis in the rat and found that although halothane causes a significant depression of liver protein synthesis , isoflurance did not have such an effect . |
| 25 | The mere fact that he did not have all the information could not be an excuse for not complying with the notice under s 8 , TMA 1970 . |
| 26 | When one comes to look at the judgments in the American Economic Laundry case , it appears clear that the approach which the court was adopting in that case was to regard the tenant against whom a possession order had been made as a statutory tenant who did not have all the rights to protection conferred by the Rent Restriction Acts . |
| 27 | The first was the conclusion that the government needed an overall strategy for economic development in West Belfast , but that Making Belfast Work did not constitute such a strategy . |
| 28 | A fortiori , the interest of an individual member of the group did not constitute such an interest . |
| 29 | Newsagent John Ellis also said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 30 | Newsagent , John Ellis , said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |