Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloria seemed so pleased that Dot did n't like to say how constricting the coat felt round the neck . |
| 2 | Creed did n't appear to have heard . |
| 3 | Certain LEAs do indeed seem to have reduced their overall awards budgets this year , but most are continuing to grant awards at about the same levels as in previous years . |
| 4 | Many believed that the United States did not need to intervene on this scale in the international economy . |
| 5 | Considering the effects of language on delicate sensibilities , John Mortimer — whose main concern had been to keep the Sex Pistols as far away from court as possible — pondered that the word Maidenhead did not appear to cause the inhabitants of that town any problems . |
| 6 | Surely Cunningham did not mean to pretend nothing had happened . |
| 7 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 8 | Although talking of the inevitability and necessity of crime , Durkheim did not mean to suggest the more crime the better . |
| 9 | Dana did not ask to see my own poems , which at once made me suspect that he had some knowledge of them already . |
| 10 | On the other hand , Jessamy derived some satisfaction from the knowledge that Eleanor did n't seem to have got one iota further in her own subtle pursuit of Julius . |
| 11 | In June 1990 Ferenc Bartha , the National Bank president , reported that Hungary did not wish to reschedule the country 's $20,700 million foreign debt . |
| 12 | Marie did n't seem to understand the question : ‘ No , no , ’ she shook her head vigorously . |
| 13 | Their bargain was working , and Lucy did n't care to examine the arrangement any more closely than that . |
| 14 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 15 | It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . " |
| 16 | There was more stuff about ‘ teething troubles ’ , whatever that meant , but Grimma did n't bother to read it . |
| 17 | According to this morning 's Irish Times , Dave O'Leary did n't get to play in the reserves and may have to undergo surgery on this achilles after breaking down in training yesterday . |
| 18 | But luckily for his successors , Montagus , Brudenells and , since 1790 , Scotts , Montagu did not aspire to create an English Versailles . |
| 19 | Dersingham did not bother to look at the man . |
| 20 | No more ! ’ she cried , but Travis did n't seem to hear her . |
| 21 | In spite of David 's childhood marriage to the sister of the English king , Edward did not hesitate to help a Balliol descendant make a bid for the Scottish throne , driving David and Joan into exile in France after the battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick . |
| 22 | The campaign never took place , however , and Edward did not try to revive this method of payment for those who served in the army which was defeated at Bannockburn . |
| 23 | As I 've just said , Herod did not intend to kill John the Baptist but his wife , Herodias , did . |
| 24 | However , Herod did not want to kill John , because , the Bible tells us , ‘ He was afraid of John because he knew that John was a good and holy man . ’ |
| 25 | But Charlotte , Emily and Anne Brontë did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame . |
| 26 | Donna did n't manage to get her finger around the trigger but she did pull the weapon clear , closing her hand around it and using it as a club . |
| 27 | I DO N'T WONDER ANGIE DID N'T WANT TO PLAY WITH YOU . |
| 28 | Ceauşescu did not mean to let it come again . |
| 29 | Ken did n't want to think there was any remnant of a woman 's sexual smell on a man he had previously trusted as one of his own . |
| 30 | Ken did n't have to put on drag in Carry On Screaming , the first of three 1966 releases , but in Carry On — Do n't Lose Your Head , he did get to wear a woman 's frilly corset which did n't go all that badly with the curled wig he wore as Citizen Camembert , the ‘ big cheese ’ of the French Revolutionary secret police . |