Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dummett , architect of anti-realism as successor to verificationism , offers the most introductory account I know in Dummett ( 1978 , ch. 10 ) but if you are new to this area you would do better to wait until you have read ch. 9 of the present book before attempting it . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'm not here to make judgements , only to see if you 've broken anything . |
| 3 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 4 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 5 | We arrived at their home in Bruton , Somerset , only to find that they 'd got the date wrong and were n't prepared for us . |
| 6 | The other area was er the area of er tour operators and allocations because as you know holidays was not one of your accounts and we wandered in there only to find that they 'd got allocations and business was |
| 7 | Alas , on boarding the Docklands Light Railway the party was confronted by an inspector only to find that they had purchased childrens ' tickets by mistake . |
| 8 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 9 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 10 | Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take , I was gutted . |
| 11 | How many times have you reached the top of a ladder , only to find that you 've forgotten to bring the power drill up with you ? |
| 12 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 13 | A drop of soap trickled into his eyes and he rubbed it only to find that he had created more pain . |
| 14 | While Donna lay in the bathtub , inaccurately bawling the bits she could remember of My Fair Lady , Alex dialled Matthew 's number , only to find that he had switched on his answering machine . |
| 15 | The point that no one in government seems to have grasped is that the businessman who spots what he thinks is a gap in the market and retools his factory , only to find that he has made an error of judgment , loses his own money and learns his lesson . |
| 16 | Better to remember that he had called her sweetheart tonight , and it had been as much a sham as his kiss . |
| 17 | Re-silvering is a specialist art , and since mirrors are cheap enough to replace if they get damaged , few people will want the fuss and expense of mending them unless they are very large . |
| 18 | After many thoughtful considerations , which delayed things somewhat , I telephoned Merril Wayne in the USA only to hear that he had sold the aircraft 20 minutes earlier ! |
| 19 | He was wily enough to recognise that he did need his stepson ; more than David himself would ever know ; or at least needed him until his own son could be found and persuaded home . |
| 20 | Instead of highlighting the first cell with the formula in it , and the rest of the row or column , then accessing the edit menu and copying right or down , all you do is use that little cross in the bottom right hand corner of the cell border , and drag it across the range you want the formula copied to — Excel is clever enough to decide whether you want to copy or fill , and copies the formula through the range of cells — making the necessary alterations to cell references as it goes . |
| 21 | After several years , therefore , when the illness recurred , Margaret sent after Richard only to learn that he had died at the hour she was afflicted . |
| 22 | Other methods of evaluation could include interviewing a sample of consumers in the target market ( eg to check if they had seen the promotion , changed their buying habits etc ) , and checking on dealers ' stock-levels , shelf-space etc . |
| 23 | You yourself were good enough to say that I had earned some leave , and I want to take it . " |
| 24 | ‘ there must be something in the nature of a criminal intent of the kind which means that it is done with the idea of some form of hostility to the police with the intention of seeing that what is done is to obstruct , and that it is not enough merely to show that he intended to do what he did and that it did in fact have the result of the police being obstructed . ’ |
| 25 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 26 | She was honest enough to admit that she had become very single-minded , but Miss Efficiency ? |
| 27 | It was probably too soon to see if she had changed in her opinions of him . |
| 28 | So well we could go out there anyway to see whether they 've got any er you see if they carried it on for another month |
| 29 | Say that sentence back just to confirm that she 's got that right . |
| 30 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |