Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And during this time he must have trodden pretty much every footpath there . |
| 2 | A more rigorous church system , which in any case allowed them a chance to work out their own salvation , may not have seemed too high a price . |
| 3 | He should have gone forever once the drug testers in Seoul four years ago established that the boastful arm he raised to Carl Lewis was actually saluting a lie . |
| 4 | Although the majority of people would not want to revert stuffily to the strict dress code for civil servants of the 1950s , does my right hon. Friend agree that the pendulum may have swung too far the other way ? |
| 5 | Would another actress have fitted so perfectly the pensive , slightly sad role she created that so encapsulated Sydney Newman 's wish for human characters in awe of their out-of-time surroundings ? |
| 6 | Without this continuing endorsement Gloucester could not have maintained so wide a hegemony . |
| 7 | Without this continuing endorsement Gloucester could not have maintained so wide a hegemony . |
| 8 | The recent shift towards indirect taxation would have lowered even further the position of this country in the comparative scene . |
| 9 | He had to return to base , but as he flew back the thought crossed his mind that if he could get refuelled quickly enough the opportunity might still remain . |