Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The McLaren girl did not answer right away and Mrs. Favor leaned towards the girl . |
| 2 | But if widowhood is such a double shock for many women , why do widows survive much longer than widowers ? |
| 3 | Besides , if Maidstone could predict so accurately when Elsie would appear then it would be a simple matter to find her again — perhaps at the same time tomorrow . |
| 4 | At least you 'll know exactly rather than sort of saying well |
| 5 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 6 | Martin uses balloon fabric , as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop . |
| 7 | The water-soluble vitamins , B and C are particularly at risk and levels can fall even further if food is kept hot . |
| 8 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
| 9 | The Copts would object very strongly if Owen were to invade the church ; but if Mahmoud did it they would riot . |
| 10 | A council decision to crackdown on late-night drinking means that some will remain open later than others , depending on their zone . |
| 11 | Rosen did not speak right away so Delia Sutherland added , ‘ Well , has he ? |
| 12 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 13 | Trained keyboard users can type much faster than humans write by hand , but speech is much faster than either of these for the majority of people . |
| 14 | Fortunately the coughing did n't really matter so far as Tinkerbell was concerned … the light is supposed to flash erratically … but the noise was rather off-putting . |
| 15 | She will do so only if Mr Major resigns . |
| 16 | He could land averagely well and take-off . |
| 17 | It is clear that science will advance more efficiently if theories are so structured as to contain within them fairly clear clues and prescriptions as to how they should be developed and extended . |
| 18 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |
| 19 | In practice this means they can borrow more cheaply than banks and thrifts which , being unable to compete with them , have increasingly decided to join them . |
| 20 | Those issues all interact , of course ; like those fiendish three-dimensional puzzles that children can often do more easily than adults , the pieces have to be put together simultaneously , or the whole thing falls apart . |
| 21 | In places the trees do grow more thickly and pines occur in some hilly areas . |
| 22 | and I went who 's applying to go on to university or education after eighteen , so I put up my hand , turned round and flipping Stuart and Danny had put their hands up and I just went oh god , they 're gon na do really well and Terry , and Terry , we 're talking Terry , Terry who has n't got a brain cell to rub together |
| 23 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 24 | However , a simplistic model based exclusively on smoking habits fails to explain the higher incidence in women , since women do not smoke as heavily as men . |
| 25 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 26 | By offering pre-service training we can surely do no worse than act as honest brokers in a fairly honourable profession . |
| 27 | On a new ultra-smooth track , and in a race which began with a multi-car shunt at the start , he drove an absolutely perfect race , while Niki got himself held up in traffic by the inexperienced Mauro Baldi and could do no better than finish fourth . |
| 28 | In our view , we can do no better than quote from Sahlin 's direct attack on sociobiology : |
| 29 | What can metals do very well that non-metals ca n't do ? |
| 30 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |