Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to interest both David and Hermione in coming up to Scotland where I lived and to play , would you believe , in ‘ Puss in Boots ’ . |
| 2 | I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world . |
| 3 | I debated whether to call on him to kill him for his slanders before I came here to try to see her , and ask her to have me back — if you think I would make her a suitable husband , that is . |
| 4 | I debated whether to introduce myself once the committal was over . |
| 5 | I suppose the heat had made me edgy : though I knew that to ask for money as a loan was the only way she could keep her dignity , I held an angry conversation with her in my mind . |
| 6 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 7 | But I thought that to have a saint 's care was a good idea , even to my Protestant mind . |
| 8 | On hearing of this from Dick Crossman , I said that to have lost such an opportunity was unforgivable ! |
| 9 | I said that to understand this difficulty one has to think along certain lines . |
| 10 | As a rationalist , I had but to snap my rational fingers , it might be argued , and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke . |
| 11 | As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent . |
| 12 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 13 | It was too dark to see anything and I wondered whether to call out . |
| 14 | I wondered whether to call and say I understood , I forgave her ; we 'd meet next week some time . |
| 15 | ‘ I wondered whether to risk coming in or not . |
| 16 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 17 | In the last exercise you learnt that to remove a number from one side of an equation you simply had to do the opposite or reverse operation to both sides . |
| 18 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
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| 20 | I asked Kerry how she decided whether to write on her own or with another person . |
| 21 | She debated whether to reach the wherry by going through the Cathedral grounds and over the footbridge — the prettier way — or whether to use over the traffic bridge in front of the market square . |
| 22 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 23 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 24 | She wasted little time in starting to eat , her quick brain turning over alternative scenarios as she debated whether to show herself to the Carlisle Flint team , or disappear quietly to her room . |
| 25 | For she thought that to reject his money altogether might hurt him . |
| 26 | She attempted to push him away , and then , as his wonderful mouth gentled over hers , she knew that to push him away was not what she wanted either . |
| 27 | Birds did it all the time with ease and grace , but for the crews of the bombers that flew from Fenton Bishop aerodrome she knew that to take off meant dry-mouthed apprehension and an ice-cold hand that twisted your guts and made you want to throw up the supper you had neither tasted nor enjoyed . |
| 28 | As the days slid by , the Cruithin became a little less elusive , and Grainne waited , because she knew that to befriend them , to lead them back into Ireland , would be the greatest service she could render her people . |
| 29 | The young Beatrice Webb was convinced of the importance of family life for women and during the 1880s desperately desired an intimate relationship with the leading politician , Joseph Chamberlain , yet she knew that to marry him would cut her off for ever from the purposeful life of work that she also wanted . |
| 30 | She saw that to stay here under his wing would be the best thing that could happen to her . |