Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the election results as his guide , he should decide on a step-by-step approach , building on the fragile trust that does exist rather than risk another failure . |
| 2 | Once this trend for the relaxation of the 1970 legislation began , the EPA considered that the only way in which it could slow down or stop this erosion , short of a resurgence in the environmental movement , would be to show more flexibility in its administration of the Act , especially towards new industry . |
| 3 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 4 | Lucker and Laverne 's mum ideally should wait together and keep each other company because we 're not going back . |
| 5 | But one company could win both and manage all seven . |
| 6 | Or you can simply opt out and discover some of the best ways to spend lazy days . |
| 7 | If the hatches behind the mill were open , the main stream of the Nadder would rush through and drop some six or seven feet rather like a waterfall . |
| 8 | Alright , I think we 'd better give up and have some breakfast . |
| 9 | would n't give out or let that out |
| 10 | In the short term , we might do worse than adopt some of the practices of our fellow-Europeans , as Mr Newsome observes : ‘ All members of the European Community , with the exception of the UK and Ireland , charge interest on overdue debts . |
| 11 | It would appear therefore that recruiting more volunteers is not always the answer to staff shortages . |
| 12 | He was mortally disappointed when it was officially declared an accident and there 's nothing he 'd like better than to find some excuse to start ferreting round and upsetting everyone with his ‘ interrogations ’ . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know what , ’ Ari said , wiping her face , ‘ I wish I could just run away and forget all this . |
| 14 | I can run home and get some . |
| 15 | Attempts to make locomotives work harder and to get more miles per shift out of drivers proved frustrating . |
| 16 | Well let's hurry up and finish this , then we 'll put her in her chair , and she can watch , one goes there , think that one goes there ? |
| 17 | right , you gon na hurry up and eat that , because we 've got to go sweetheart |
| 18 | But people will look back and say this speech started the process . ’ |
| 19 | But people will look back and say this speech started the process . ’ |
| 20 | Later , his parents would look back and see this moment as an early warning of the nightmare that was to consume them . |
| 21 | I 'd run out and borrowed some from my boy . |
| 22 | But I would say to each of your listeners I sure you know people who find a tranquility , a centredness , a source of strength and confidence in their religious faith , they are the representatives of what religion can do , not the Ayatollahs , and not the fanatics , and not the people on television , but the people who spend their lives trying to be good and helpful , and one day they 'll look around and realise that happiness has snuck in the back door when they were n't even looking for it . |
| 23 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 24 | Harvey said , ‘ We have to talk business , hon , why do n't you run downtown and buy those shoes you need ? ’ |
| 25 | Do you wan na swap round and have that little one ? |
| 26 | Having established that there is a sound basis for regulating conflicts of interest in the financial markets , and bearing in mind the very real contribution which economic analysis can make , let us move on and isolate some of the pressing conflict of interest situations which can be found in financial conglomerates post-Big Bang . |
| 27 | Why not drop in and buy some ? |
| 28 | All the modules must fit together and complement each other . |
| 29 | I 'd better return home and fetch some more for Ella . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you and I should draw aside and discuss this matter , Mr Magistrate . ’ |