Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
| 2 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 3 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 4 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 5 | I could hang on here till she comes back . |
| 6 | Do n't they behave badly just because they sort of feel that you , that we , sort of use them , sort of exploit them ? ’ |
| 7 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 8 | According to Andrew , Eleanor 's verdict was that a woman would act less wisely if she chose the less worthy one . |
| 9 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 10 | You 'd think Michael Barnes , OBE , hereinafter referred to as Micky Twiceover would know just exactly when he opens his Festival since he 's the Artistic Director , General Administrator , Grand Panjandrum , ( Twiceover ) and what-have-you of the Grand Opera House . |
| 11 | Wickham said they would know soon enough because he had sent someone to ask Ayling . |
| 12 | ‘ Leave that to the uniforms , they 'll let us know soon enough if they find something . |
| 13 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 14 | He might behave more impulsively though I could be mistaken . |
| 15 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 16 | They 'd approve still less if they knew what it was about , thought Zen . |
| 17 | What character , the character that Kevin Cosner played in Dances With Wolves , have n't got a clue , this is not fair cos you 're making us fall further behind if we do n't know the answer |
| 18 | And she said to let her know straight away if we think it might be suitable . |
| 19 | That 's where we 're gon na win out here because we do bring a bigger show than other bands that come over . |
| 20 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 21 | I 'll cooperate as far as I can , on the understanding of course that I remain in control — full control — of anything to do with my project . |
| 22 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 23 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's so frustrating — like having someone twitch a curtain aside then let it fall back again before I can see properly . ’ |
| 25 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 26 | Women 's history has yet to take root within our universities and so must wait even longer before it makes an impact in the classroom despite the availability of many histories of women produced in the last decade or so , which could provide starting points for a better balanced approach to history . |
| 27 | In this case I am actually drawing with the brush and the colours will merge quite nicely as they are painted wet into wet . |
| 28 | Plants will survive quite happily if you group them all together in the bath , soak them well , and leave about an inch of water in the bottom of the bath . |
| 29 | ‘ We do n't know yet exactly when we will take delivery of the scanner but we would hope it will be some time early in the coming financial year which starts in April , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Upon this ground alone I venture to think that your Lordship 's House might consider very seriously whether you are justified in passing this Bill into Law … |