Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it turns me on just to hear you say it . ’ |
| 2 | Miss Bedwelty then said , ‘ You asked me up here to give my opinion . |
| 3 | During the 1930s , however , it was the Conservatives who capitalized most effectively on the larger consequences of the Wall Street Crash , using them not only to bring down a Labour Government and introduce tariffs aimed at imperial consolidation , but also to promote among the masses the spirit of patriotic self-congratulation so eloquently projected by Stanley Baldwin : |
| 4 | No-one has been using them long enough to know . |
| 5 | That means helping them not only to make any additional or different arrangements to what is ‘ normally available for all ’ to meet the needs of particular children , but also to review and develop the general curriculum , so that ‘ what is normally available for all ’ can itself be gradually transformed to provide better learning opportunities for all children in the future . |
| 6 | I scanned them once just to make sure Zaria was n't among them and was pretty sure she was n't . |
| 7 | ‘ And will she be bringing them down here to stay do you think ? ’ |
| 8 | The Performing Right Society is currently circulating all orchestras and bands in the country with a directive instructing them no longer to submit notification of all live performances . |
| 9 | It would suit them very well to have the tenancy of the house for at least another year . |
| 10 | Alright he , he 's probably down there with his wife and my friend and invited me down there to stay in her house but I do n't think it 's September actually , so I do n't , some . |
| 11 | ‘ When she realised she faced death she said to me : ‘ God wants me up there to look after the children ’ . ’ |
| 12 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 13 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 14 | They 'll need you back there to take charge and you can make sure the Marines do n't compromise the defences you 've set up . |
| 15 | To this end , we urge you not only to use the Line yourself for shopping , sightseeing etc. , but also to encourage your friends , acquaintances , neighbours and relatives , who may not even know of the existence of the Line , to use it . |
| 16 | Remember , we want you not only to lose weight but to feel really healthy with your body in good nutritional balance . |
| 17 | Francis believes he could become Alan Shearer 's partner in the England side , and rated him highly enough to agree a new , four-year contract in the summer worth £4,000 a week . |
| 18 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 19 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 20 | I am Catholic and can not divorce but I do not want to divorce because I do not know him well enough to want to divorce him . |
| 21 | I urge him not merely to consider the matter but , because of the strength of feeling shown here , to take action as soon as possible , so that our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West and his family will not have suffered in vain . |
| 22 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 23 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
| 24 | After Leonora 's stitches were removed , painlessly , to her relief , Penry pronounced her well enough to help with his articles , since typing proved to be another of her accomplishments . |
| 25 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
| 26 | I do n't I do n't really know it well enough to tell you what a nitrogen cycle . |
| 27 | He should be encouraged and allowed to write it slowly enough to write it correctly . |
| 28 | While in screwing the top , I moved it over slightly to give clearance for my jigsaw blade , and started to cut off the overlap . |
| 29 | In her wake came the likes of Chrissie Hynde , who found it easier just to wear the trousers . |
| 30 | Well , you ought to know it well enough to write five or six lines about it , which is all you need for a book . |