Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the discussion of the previous chapter would suggest , their objectives do not arise ready made in response to some supposed ‘ needs ’ of the accumulation process ; they emerge out of the complex interplay within the state of organized political interests . |
| 2 | And although elite mobility is likely to decline , ‘ there is reason to believe that access to positions in the political elite will remain less restricted in character than is typically the case in the capitalist societies ’ ( Giddens 1981 , p. 242 ) . |
| 3 | The facility with which not only politicians but people who should know better argue for education in the name of economic growth is frightening . |
| 4 | Others continued to argue , as they had done before , and as they do today , that the indigent could never be adequately housed because they did not know how to live with cleanliness and decency . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't know how to cope with drug addicts ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You would n't know how to behave in church , ’ Ella said from inside her cupboard . |
| 7 | ‘ I WOULD LIKE TO TRY BONDAGE BUT I DO N'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is a failing common to those of us who have achieved greatness , ’ he said , ‘ that we do not know how to beg for favour . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They did n't know how to listen without expectation , ’ he told me . |
| 10 | Glassworms are more commonly found in still waters where the larvae can hover horizontally to lay in wait for prey . |
| 11 | But perhaps we do n't really know enough and we do n't know where to go for information , I mean I do n't know er I , I I 'm not an expert but there are experts here , how would you assess the services available to people who feel they do need help , or for people who perhaps do n't know they need help ? |
| 12 | Do n't know where to look for help |
| 13 | When I reached home , my wife made me promise never to go to sea again , and I thought my adventures had come to an end . |
| 14 | ‘ Nonsense , lad , do endeavour not to succumb to melodramatics . ’ |
| 15 | Would you carry on going to church ? |
| 16 | Miss Lamb , of Marton , Middlesbrough , said she would carry on fighting on behalf of all the investors . |
| 17 | ‘ Poor thing , ’ she 'd sob , thinking about the heroine , and she 'd get undressed so that she could carry on crying in bed . |
| 18 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 19 | It might well be something that is very important to you to maintain , even if you ca n't carry on working through illness . |
| 20 | She was n't sure just how she felt , but she retained enough control to know that she could n't give in to shock in front of fitzAlan . |
| 21 | Cureton would surely do better to rely on syntax to determine rhythmic grouping at this level . |
| 22 | People , they said , would do better to stay at home and contemplate the teachings of the Koran . |
| 23 | Conflicts which do not appear directly related to class divisions are no minor anomalies . |
| 24 | We will do more to bring into use properties owned by central and local government which are standing empty for no good reason . |
| 25 | If the House were to follow Palmerston blindly , they ‘ might as well give up talking about science and art and the beautification of the metropolis ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ The freak would do well to keep in mind that we have preserved its existence on the grounds of its intelligence alone . ’ |
| 27 | She forced herself to go to the cinema knowing that otherwise she would grow increasingly depressed at home . |
| 28 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 29 | Russia declared war on Japan on 8 August but , as the Japanese military reported , the Soviet forces did not appear fully prepared for conflict extending throughout Manchuria and Korea : while much of Manchuria was captured , significant parts of southern Manchuria had not been taken when Japan surrendered on 15 August . |
| 30 | You can choose where to go for family planning advice . |