Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I share the view of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East that it does not make sense to go back to the days of the red flag , but we must find a compromise between the passenger 's interest , which is the interest of the railways , and the pedestrian 's interest .
2 I do not want Sara to end up like me , an old lady with a lot of memories .
3 We should not just trust people to get on with the task of caring for vulnerable children .
4 In Jones & Smith [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 54 ( CA ) , the occupier 's son had general permission to enter the house but he did not have permission to come in with a friend to steal two televisions , despite the father 's saying that his son would never be a trespasser in his house .
5 ‘ I will not allow borrowings to get out of control , ’ he says .
6 I will not allow borrowings to get out of control .
7 You could usually trust journalists to come up with something .
8 She marvelled even more though when Cara 's basic efficiency surfaced as she declared , ‘ By my calculations you 'll still have time to get down to Dover after you 've dropped me off at the airport . ’
9 There are certain associates , who 're not going to use a rate book , there 's associates who er , because you 're doing a two appointment sale , will always have time to come back to the office and get a computer quote and go back with the right answer .
10 IXI says the initiative will also encourage users to move up to the latest 1.2 release of Motif — many are sticking with version 1.1 for the foreseeable future , unconvinced of the robustness of the new environment ( UX No 394 ) .
11 I only looked , I did take quickly a look at them but , you know I thought oh I ai n't got I did n't really have time to mess about for long you know .
12 Such contact can often help individuals to move out of their own , often closed world of despair .
13 For once , you do n't want Eliza to settle down with Higgins — she has achieved an emotional maturity he will never be able to match .
14 I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall .
15 ‘ You ca n't expect people to come out of prison and go dashing to the social security — not on the day of their release . ’
16 The second point I want to er make Mr Deputy Speaker wholly relating to this erm er clutch of er orders of which er eighteen plus the er the schedule which the minister did n't have time to go through in great detail , is the thrust of why I put the amendment down erm in fact that this order should not be er erm approved indeed until the citizens of Gibraltar have been and able to be represented in the European parliament .
17 If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time .
18 ‘ Mum , ’ Karen said , ‘ can perfectly well leave Maureen to get on with it and come up here . ’
19 You did n't get time to go round to everybody , that 's one , you were too busy chatting the girls up , yeah
20 Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming .
21 They 've grown fat on gold , not the Garrimperos They 're a strong political lobby and would never allow business to close down over the little matter of mercury .
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