Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't much want to share anything with a grossly fat man wearing nothing but one of the lately fashionable cherub costumes — consisting solely of two small white wings glued to his blubbery back . |
| 2 | " And I would so enjoy turning it into the best school of its kind in Frizingley . |
| 3 | But I do so like having you in the game . |
| 4 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We can only hope to fool her by being friends . ’ |
| 6 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 7 | There are ways of abasing oneself — though Prior Robert would perhaps have managed them with better grace had things gone otherwise ! — as a means of exalting oneself . |
| 8 | It agreed to the sale because a refusal would merely have delayed it until the six months ' residential qualification had been achieved by the co-tenant , the committee was told . |
| 9 | NB If an advertisement says , ‘ write for application form ’ then keep the letter very brief and without personal details as you will only have to repeat them on the form later . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 11 | He 'd only have wanted us to be happy . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm glad I did n't — it would only have shown us in a very discreditable light . |
| 13 | In the Earth 's gravity you 'd only have to alter it by … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What better note to end it on than to win in a team situation and when you are playing for your country ? |
| 15 | They would then perhaps try to get him to another pub near the market — the jolly Farmer or the Golden Ball ( George Mutter of the jolly Farmer used to lodge three or four Irishmen regularly ) . |
| 16 | then you can go to indirect pressure and try to control the flow of bleeding by using indeed direct pressure , away from the wound , but where an artery , okay , is running near a bone , so you can compress the artery against the bone squash it hard , and for the arm you 'd use this one under here called the breaking now press , move your biceps muscle away and press underneath there , you can perhaps try to feel it for yourself , did you do that this morning or not ? |
| 17 | Yet , as I argued earlier , giving up one 's identity to another who is more powerful can only mean submitting oneself to the other . |
| 18 | Yet if she voiced her objections it would only serve to alert him to how uneasy she felt . |
| 19 | Charlotte says she can only bear to recount it for the sake of others who may feel they 're totally alone in their plight . |
| 20 | How could Bob suddenly start explaining it to John , to Gareth Holmroyd , to the Editor ? |
| 21 | Clearly , apart from the financial arguments , in terms of employment policies , if that is the case , erm , then , employees who are present see their pay , their total pay or reward package , has included the benefits of the local government evaluation scheme , will say , well you take that away , or you 'd better start doing something about our pay arrangements in recompense . |
| 22 | Now you 'd better start turning me into a space-station commander . ’ |
| 23 | Kylie wanted to personally say thank you to all the kids who have bought her records and for it to be worthwhile you need to have kids within twenty feet of her . |
| 24 | Right , well we 'll just need to stuff it in the bag then . |
| 25 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 26 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 27 | He was carrying Stair 's silver-topped cane , given to him to look after because in his drunken state Stair could no longer remember to keep it with him . |
| 28 | I know we 've had that debate at length in connection with the housing issue but I would just like to leave you with that point again . |
| 29 | Er I 'd just like to thank everybody for their generosity for taking part so . |
| 30 | I thought that because he had had such good news he might just like to keep it to himself today . |