Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would suit them very well to have the tenancy of the house for at least another year . |
| 2 | How can she possibly know somebody well enough to get married , the little ninny ! |
| 3 | They 'll need you back there to take charge and you can make sure the Marines do n't compromise the defences you 've set up . |
| 4 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 5 | I am Catholic and can not divorce but I do not want to divorce because I do not know him well enough to want to divorce him . |
| 6 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 7 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
| 8 | I do n't I do n't really know it well enough to tell you what a nitrogen cycle . |
| 9 | Do we really know anyone well enough to make up their mind for them ? |
| 10 | We all knew that the Repubblichini were tools of the Nazis , used as spies and as a police force ; but they did not know us well enough to denounce us as anti-Fascists . |
| 11 | The right hon. Lady has seen the various groups to which I have referred , and I accept that the list is a long one , but she did not bring them together collectively to discuss a consensus . |
| 12 | Erm , you know it 's saying that motherhood is a good thing , but let's not exert ourselves too greatly to do anything about it . |
| 13 | And please remember whatever I do and whatever becomes of me , I shall always do my very best to help you . |
| 14 | I 'll certainly do my very best to look after them . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes he will bring you back here to see us . |
| 16 | Did he send you here tonight to make an utter bloody fool of me ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 18 | Malik mispunched Malcolm over mid-on , and Lamb 's little legs could n't carry him fast enough to get underneath the chance . |
| 19 | So by the time he was fourteen he could speak it well enough to ask to be sent to normal high school in Paris . |
| 20 | She insists upon strict discipline throughout the school , and if you take my advice you will do your very best to behave yourselves in her presence . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't mind someone else here to make a mess , ’ Doris Smythe said wistfully . |
| 22 | " Fiver , I wo n't pretend that I did n't follow you up here to speak angrily . |
| 23 | He 'd seen it himself but he 'd see it again just to keep latched on to them . |
| 24 | Only so can he choose whether to stay in it or leave , only so can he ever see it clearly enough to try to change it . |
| 25 | I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you . |
| 26 | She would need stock , after all , and if the selection was n't too impossible she could probably keep it long enough to clear it . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't denigrate her now just to please me . ’ |
| 28 | You may , however , need to go further and meet him more regularly to discuss issues of current concern , so that any major problem is not withheld by this changed relationship . |
| 29 | I 'll take you straight home to rest and I 'll organize Gaston and Julius to come just before five , and I 'll tell Karl he is to report promptly . |
| 30 | It is high time Eubank put on another world-class performance , but opponents such as Gimenez simply do n't fire him up enough to produce his best . |