Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] " 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 | Dougal was relieved that Miss Devenish agreed so readily to see him . |
| 4 | Forcing herself to blank the sounds from her head , she stared straight ahead , but found little there to soothe her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Oh please , thought Grainne , please let it be that , for I have come so far to find it . |
| 7 | I know exactly how I want it to look , Señor Lopez , but I do n't know exactly how to do it . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
| 9 | In the five minutes spent walking fast enough to shake them off , I 'm in the crowds in the main square , Djemaa el Fna . |
| 10 | With everyone in the room so happy , Seb tried hard not to let it show that he was the only one less than ecstatic over the forthcoming wedding . |
| 11 | Robyn picked up the piece of paper and tried hard not to believe he had made an effort . |
| 12 | She felt bubbly with fun , and had to try hard not to let it show too much . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know quite how to explain it . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , little love , ’ he breathed , and while from his adoring tone she knew herself forgiven , ‘ I — do n't know quite how to tell you this — ’ He paused , but , clearly deciding that there was only one way , he proceeded to completely stagger her when , ‘ It is a fact , my dear , that I did not , and never have , promised an interview to your sister , or to anyone else representing Verity magazine . ’ |
| 15 | If a wheel starts to spin , the brake attached to it squeezes just enough to keep it in check while the engine throttles back . |
| 16 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |
| 17 | The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use . |
| 18 | We were not gracious yesterday — especially as this child came so far to find us . |
| 19 | The dip-shit little bastards deserve the fucking Micks turning them into mince ; saw the inside of an armoured car once ; been blown to buggery ; thrown a hundred feet into the air and then rolled all the way down a hill ; we took turns looking inside just to prove we were real men ; looked like the inside of a fucking slaughter-house … ’ |
| 20 | they had that central heating oil and there was a big boom built all round to stop it spreading . |
| 21 | I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake . |
| 22 | I careered down the snow-slope below and sat in the shelter of a boulder to watch Roger abseil down the ice pitch , coiled the ropes and climb carefully down to join me for a marvellously welcome brew under the Shelter Stone . |
| 23 | Did you speak fairly slowly to help them ? |
| 24 | ‘ But she came here specifically to see you ? ’ |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the Venetian government always felt its position to be somewhat ambiguous and was correspondingly sensitive to anything that seemed even remotely to challenge it . |
| 26 | But not for the Americans , nor the British who were not bombed heavily enough to prevent them from turning the experience into a basis for a cosy national myth . |
| 27 | Dangle assorted objects from string near him , so he just has to reach forward slightly to hit them . |
| 28 | However , his wife pointed out that Katy seemed no longer to approach him for attention — instead she had began to play by herself in very stereotyped and restricted ways . |
| 29 | Lewis several times commented on Eliot 's capacity for alcohol , which , as I have mentioned , seemed never visibly to affect him . |
| 30 | None who got close enough to lure you into marriage ? ’ |