Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You have refused to pay what has been asked for my return , but if you knew what I have become , a fearless old man with nothing left to lose , you would pay twice as much to have me kept away ! |
| 32 | Far less does it make any attempt to improve these procedures to meet their critics . |
| 33 | Now both say they want to give their marriage another chance . |
| 34 | Val started Medau umpteen years ago after her third baby to ‘ regain ’ her figure and June joined later to ‘ find ’ hers — now both agree it has a ‘ timeless ’ quality and it ‘ works ’ . |
| 35 | Today some say they print up as well if not better than photographs taken with modern technology . |
| 36 | In sum , there is no definitive answer to the question of how many senses there are : we have yet to discover all of our own , and even less do we know the full details of those enjoyed by some of the other members of the Animal Kingdom . |
| 37 | He thought he had succeeded but he could not be sure : her loyalty to Colonel Moore was bedrocked : so he had not scored a direct hit but then neither had she resented his attempt . |
| 38 | David Macdonald , one of Britain 's leading fox experts , questioned 400 lowland sheep farmers in England : almost half said they had never lost a lamb to a fox . |
| 39 | Urban motorways have proved no solution to Britain 's chronic traffic congestion — indeed some say they have made it worse . |
| 40 | Sometimes this means they have more room for wheel toys , but often it gives them a chance to make their own den to hide away in with a favourite toy . |
| 41 | Gnasher ( my hamster ) used to like to roam freely throughout the living room but unfortunately this involved him crapping all over the carpet . |
| 42 | It was also unusual to have the batsman complain about seals swimming behind the bowler 's arm , but at least this allowed us to stop for drinks even more often than we had done the day before . |
| 43 | It was quite another to feel she had made a complete fool of herself and taken her daughter alone so far from the safety of Four Winds . |
| 44 | It was one thing to ease the Shah passing out of Iran , quite another to accord him fill honours on arrival in the United States . |
| 45 | It would be quite another to imagine it sanctioning full-blooded mergers between the likes of BAe and GEC , which is what Professor Smith 's script implies . |
| 46 | The person with a healthy Inner Face is the one who is most able to form good relationships with others ; he does not feel that he has to put on an act to impress yet neither does he feel superior to those with whom he comes in contact . |
| 47 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
| 48 | Most who had previously suffered in this way reported a definite improvement and only a very few said they did suffer from constipation at first . |
| 49 | As very few allow them to pursue day release courses , the main provision is on an evening basis . |
| 50 | There were only three episodes of acid gastro-oesophageal reflux without associated oesophageal distention , too few to allow us to comment on the effects of acidification alone . |
| 51 | He enjoyed very much hearing me talk about England — our laws , our universities , our great buildings . |
| 52 | The thing I noticed was that they 're all close questions , you like the area , now Martin was very fair to you because you , he was very me most you could 've got very much did you move because of your , yes . |
| 53 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 54 | ‘ I suppose it would be too much to ask you to let us open it first ? ’ |
| 55 | Surely it is not asking too much to allow her to get on with her own life in her own way ? ’ |
| 56 | He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often . |
| 57 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 58 | Siegel said softly , ‘ If that 's the case , let's hope there is something in his life that he would miss too much to let it go so easily … ’ |
| 59 | I know I just I do n't know why it 's too much coming her to discuss |
| 60 | ‘ It really is too much to expect them to do that , ’ said . |