Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had all come to her , one by one , during the evening , an evening harried with telephone calls — ‘ I do n't think , ’ Anna had said at one point , ‘ that we have eaten an uninterrupted meal in twenty-one years ’ — and they had all explained to her how awful they felt , and how guilty they felt about feeling awful , because it was n't anybody 's fault , and that made it worse , having nobody to blame . |
| 2 | Organisms can only adapt to their presently existing environments ; they can not predict future ones . |
| 3 | She 's only come to mine once . |
| 4 | You might choose to repeat a chosen word or phrase , gently returning to it whenever your mind wanders ; or concentrate on your breathing ; or ‘ watch ’ your thoughts as they drift like clouds through your mind ; or contemplate a theme ; or embark on a visual-experiential journey to the inner realms . |
| 5 | This merely adds to their already strong sense of the senseless . |
| 6 | I was driving on my way through beautiful scenery in Wales where I live and it suddenly occurred to me how this would all be altered in a nuclear war . |
| 7 | The Council 's role does not seem to have changed drastically under the Yorkists , although its activities are only revealed to us obliquely in the records . |
| 8 | The room suddenly seemed to him both overcrowded and empty . |
| 9 | She was sipping the last of her coffee , however , when it suddenly came to her just how much Ven had been in her thoughts since she had awakened , also how very much she wanted to see him again ! |
| 10 | They had grown so used to her not joining in that they had not really noticed that she had stayed up there when they came down . |
| 11 | Well you better see to it then . |
| 12 | Rosamond 's novel [ she called her ‘ Rosamond ’ , but was only introduced to her once at a party ] . |
| 13 | When Pat Samson , the model for ‘ Girl with a Squint ’ had her squint corrected , the artist is reported as having ‘ joked ’ : ‘ Oh hell , he wo n't be much use to me now ’ . |
| 14 | You know he only went to he only went for a pee you know what I mean that cramming five pound and ten pound deals at him , and he 's going , No you can , you know . |
| 15 | ‘ But one way and another I 've been quite enough trouble to you already . |
| 16 | There was a man in a dark overcoat and gloves standing by , apparently talking to somebody just out of sight . |
| 17 | ‘ Er , ’ came Angalo 's hugely amplified voice , apparently talking to someone else . |
| 18 | Be careful , señorita , to catch that love when it comes , because it may only come to you once . ’ |
| 19 | we 've , we 've only seen her that , we 've only spoke to her once |
| 20 | I was only talking to her yesterday , I thought you 'd come in and asked her ? |
| 21 | ‘ The boys at Langley do n't do much talking to us just at the moment . |
| 22 | All the dancing that she had ever done had been at three school dances , and in sessions for instruction in the art of the polka , the mazurka , and the tarantella , and she did not think they would be much help to her now . |
| 23 | And I 've already explained to you how I would arrange things . ’ |
| 24 | I 've already explained to you how I 've worked myself into the ground setting up the interview . |
| 25 | but it would 've normally come to us here you see at |
| 26 | She said to me just say to him like I do enough Vaughany , do n't want to hear any more . |
| 27 | The thing is I mean if you turn round and just say to them well they 're messing about with all the hours we 've put it down to the erm |
| 28 | Well , they can come in to the church , as many of them do , erm and I just say to them well , you know , do you respect this place and fine , it 's a place where we do n't chuck anybody out who comes into church for all sorts of reasons during the day when the church is open , you know , people come in , and there are many people like the ones we 've been talking about , who are in desperate need , and we just ask them to respect certain fairly mild rules they can always go out in the churchyard and smoke , but in the building itself we say no smoking and no drinking . |
| 29 | I just say to them now |
| 30 | After the jump , no doubt I might simply regret not having died , but only if it no longer matters to me how I die , only if I am past caring about the value of my acts . |