Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , that uncle of yours did n't have the manners to write , never mind the decency to come ; but I 've long learned never to expect anything from an ass but a kick . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If you two are working together you 've only got today to do it . |
| 3 | We 've only come today to make sure everything is all right . |
| 4 | " You 've only come here to hurt these people . " |
| 5 | I 've just come here to work — at the vets ’ in Little Kirkton — Caro 's old job . |
| 6 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 7 | Well it 's , whether you 've really got somewhere to put it really that 's the top and bottom of it |
| 8 | We 've then got well to do middle peasants , we 've got middle peasants who would in turn |
| 9 | Its activities have since increased substantially to include telecasting and communication training . |
| 10 | It may even be possible that house prices have merely adjusted upwards to meet the extra spending power of those obtaining mortgages with tax relief attached . |
| 11 | Microsoft have already moved strongly to meet the new generation of MS-DOS multimedia computers which is about to emerge . |
| 12 | ‘ Believe me , Mrs Diggory , I have already seen enough to convince me of that ! ’ |
| 13 | Matthew and Marjorie have already worked together to create the initial design . |
| 14 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 15 | Self-employment will also tend to keep down the figures of those claiming unemployment benefit — and thus registering as unemployed — because some of the self-employed have not contributed enough to qualify . |
| 16 | You can qualify for a reduced retirement pension if you have not paid enough to receive the full pension , but there is a cut-off point . |
| 17 | I am sure you have not come here to satisfy an old man 's whims . ’ |
| 18 | have hunted , slain and carried away deer , hares , coneys , pheasants and partridges … threatening the King 's officers in life and limb , so that they … for a long while have not dared openly to pass and do their business there . |
| 19 | No wonder Italians have just voted massively to adopt the British system for three-quarters of their Senate seats ; the Chamber of Deputies will probably go much the same way . |
| 20 | The Compact will quickly lose its credibility if the only jobs on offer are those which employers have traditionally found hard to fill . |
| 21 | Novell Inc says that under its agreement with Digital Equipment Corp for joint development , marketing and support a native implementation of the NetWare operating system for DEC 's Alpha AXP chip ( CI No 2,131 ) , the plan is to release a version of NetWare 4.0 for Alpha some time in 1994 , although software development kits will be ready by the end of this year ; DEC has worked with Novell since the middle of the 1980s , and the two have also worked together to integrate DEC 's Pathworks personal computer integration software with NetWare . |
| 22 | DEC has worked with Novell since the middle of the 1980s , and the two have also worked together to integrate DEC 's Pathworks PC integration software with NetWare . |
| 23 | Over the years two streams have perpetually flowed together to make up the story of this congregation . |
| 24 | ‘ The chickens have really come home to roost , after years of overproduction from publishers , ’ Mr Coward said . |
| 25 | But pleasant as much of the Algarve still is — with endless beaches , sandy little coves and whitewashed towns — things have n't gone entirely to plan . |
| 26 | Cos I have n't got nowhere to put it . |
| 27 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 28 | But I have n't got anywhere to go to . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm surprised the Barnet fans have n't got together to try to get the club taken over and I 'm also surprised that Barry Fry is still there . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But ’ , I said , ‘ I have n't come here to talk about my exam prospects ! ’ |