Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , she did give outright support to the stand taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 2 | You can not ignore it , she wished to set out and she did set out to come to our aid . ’ |
| 3 | Sudbury had the advantage of the wind in the first half , but when they did press forward failed to unsettled Cornard 's well-knitted defensive combination . |
| 4 | The younger generation did seem less committed to the politics of the street demonstration and the illegal parade . |
| 5 | When he did get up to go to the room he looked like someone who had lost the train of thought he had set out on and had emptied himself into blankness , aware only that he was still somehow present . |
| 6 | ‘ Our host did slip out to attend to the claret … ’ |