Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Being so close to Merseyside is a disadvantage , because a lot of Liverpool lads would rather stay in their area where there 's such a good standard than travel into Wales . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Really I 'd rather stay in my room . ’ |
| 3 | I really enjoy touring , whereas a lot of musicians are n't interested ; they 'd rather concentrate on their session work . ’ |
| 4 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 5 | But with a list price of around £1,500 , it may be a tad too expensive if you 're just looking for a reliable workhorse. 300dpi printers are good enough for churning out letters , reports and the odd graphic , and do a lot less damage to your wallet . |
| 6 | They became interested in the Oakeley Family and did much research for their Introduction , when they published extracts of the diary in 1980 . |
| 7 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 8 | Oddly enough , he never gave a thought to the child being born with such difficulty ; he could only think of his wife . |
| 9 | I shall only think of my pleasure in having Father and — and you here , and showing you my house . |
| 10 | Opportunity does n't only knock on your door it almost batters it down ! |
| 11 | This project will develop means which students can better profit from their stay abroad and which will enable their tutors to integrate the learning during the year with parts of the course which takes place before and after . |
| 12 | When Polybius and Scipio found themselves alone in the neighbourhood of the Forum ( Polybius goes on to tell us ) Scipio , " blushing slightly , addressed him in a quiet and gentle way : " Why , Polybius , since there are two of us , do you constantly converse with my brother and address to him all the questions and explanations but ignore me ? " " ( 31.23.8–9 ) . |
| 13 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 14 | In the morality of Thomas Hobbes ( 1588–1679 ) and John Locke ( 1632–1704 ) and the later utilitarians he can only act in his self-interest . |
| 15 | As the courses came and went , she could only toy with her food . |
| 16 | She paused , looking at him reflectively , and then asked : ‘ Do n't you think you had better speak to your father about all this ? ’ |
| 17 | The Biennale can only benefit from his involvement . |
| 18 | Since I did n't know Jackie in his racing years , I can only speak of his character as I 've known it since I975 , a period by which he had already become obsessed with driver safety and a real force in improving conditions for drivers . |
| 19 | But this was what he liked , the wide expanse of turbulent sea , browny-grey , white-laced under a limitless sky , windows which he could open so that , at a touch of his hand , the faint continuous boom like distant thunder would instantaneously pour into his office in a roar of crashing billows . |
| 20 | He can not only bring to our remembrance what Jesus taught , but can reveal to us the deeper significance of his person , his death and resurrection which we could never have grasped by historical contemporaneity . |
| 21 | I said Well I 'm sorry you 'd better refer to my solicitor who 's told me that you need a court order . |
| 22 | You can only see like his back his legs an and the back of running . |
| 23 | You only receive the lower dependent wife 's pension and can only claim on your husband 's contributions after he draws a pension . |
| 24 | It is Ego that thinks we should constantly fret about our family and the future , in case God decides we are taking life for granted , and hurls down a bolt of lightning . |
| 25 | People who are self-employed are not included in SERPS and can therefore only provide for their retirement with a personal pension plan plus the basic state pension . |
| 26 | Jack Lang , Minister of Culture and Education — energetic and imaginative , say his admirers ; populist and trendy , say his detractors — will obviously campaign on his record , which even the said detractors and the opposition regard as impressive . |
| 27 | I think that the press has felt a need to represent John Major as a man as a leader to whom we can all look in whose care we can all feel safe and all that sort of thing , because the media feels pressure to keep the morale of the country up in war time . |
| 28 | A review of this length can only touch on its range . |
| 29 | From the air she was able to see the whole length of the valley and she could only guess at its size . |
| 30 | Yesterday , the court heard that Mrs Gilfoyle had told her husband that a woman friend of his would only move into their home ‘ over my dead body . ’ |