Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique retains the constant mean heat input but instead of measuring the temperature difference during a change a servo-system immediately increases the energy input to either sample or reference to maintain both at the same temperature . |
| 2 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 3 | It was better not to let him know that Chris woke regularly two or three times every night . |
| 4 | Did you know that NCT had so much to offer after the birth ( breastfeeding counselling , post natal support and a network of other mums ) before you got involved ? |
| 5 | Did you know that crops do n't grow so well next to pylons and power cables ? |
| 6 | Do you know that Birmingham have more cana has more canals than Venice ? |
| 7 | He did n't know that Customs had already been put on notice to clear them through . |
| 8 | The girls did not know that Tess cried even more at this , and that she decided she would tell Angel all her history . |
| 9 | In previous work , the investigator has developed a means to investigate children 's understanding of recursive beliefs in story characters , that is , whether they can understand that John does not know that Mary knows where the ice cream van is . |
| 10 | He did n't know that Reichmann had already rented out two of the four towers before he had signed the contract . |
| 11 | Nobody who read the Bible could legitimately doubt that miracles had once occurred ; the question whether they still did so became for doubters a test of their faith . |
| 12 | To discover what is ‘ in the mind ’ of human beings requires a different methodology from the natural sciences whose practitioners are interested in matter and would recognise that matter does not have a mind and is incapable of subjective experience . |
| 13 | And he said I do n't know and Alec said well how the heck can you bloody try to mend it if you do n't bloody know if there 's a tape in or not |
| 14 | She did n't know if Betty knew how long Beuno had been there , so endeavoured to give the impression that she could babble away on the topic of cooking game for hours at a time . |
| 15 | The council are considering asking the Southern Water Authority to impose restrictions on use of water now rather than wait until matters become really serious . |
| 16 | ‘ Should n't you wait until Adam gets back ? ’ |
| 17 | The ending he did n't know until Rose came back to him . |
| 18 | No he did n't know cos Sarah says not to tell him till we 've done it . |
| 19 | The mother may object and females have even been known to kill the complete litter in consequence . |
| 20 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 21 | You 'll wait till hell freezes over , because I am not — ’ |
| 22 | A further example is the modern Australian lungfish , of the genus dipnoi , which has a substance in its brain that lowers its metabolism when rivers seasonally dry up , as if it were hibernating , so it could survive while others died off . |
| 23 | Well I do n't know whether Nick went today cos I see his car . |
| 24 | They would re-invest when things picked up , of course . |
| 25 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 26 | Okay what what do you think now you 're you 're you 're you 're a hairdresser of some standing in London , why do you think that men get so hung up about all of this kind of hair ? |
| 27 | ‘ Surely most people will think that children get little harm from such dramatic representations , whether in the grotesque of the older legend or in the homely treatment of the newer poem . |
| 28 | Do you think that people mix well , or is it a , do , do you feel |
| 29 | Looking back into the past , people are eager for an explanation to be given to them by Thames and I do think that people do n't feel that 's what they 've had so far . |
| 30 | ‘ The market is n't enough , and I do n't think that Tories have ever believed the market is enough . |