Example sentences of "[to-vb] [indef pn] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't had time to meet everyone yet although I 've spoken to Mr Patel across the landing . ’ |
| 2 | She was about to try something else when the outside air pressure indicator above her visor started to move . |
| 3 | I 've been waiting to smash something ever since I left Jancey and said goodbye to my flat . |
| 4 | She had to find something else before its feeble light expired . |
| 5 | There is some evidence that the desire to find one rather than alternative answers to a problem may have its origins in patterns of indigenous education . |
| 6 | The unfortunate lady 's dresses were sent to the family home in Foster Place , where a maid was tempted to try one on as she unpacked them — with fatal results . |
| 7 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean , you 're never going to meet anyone else unless you make the break , and this is all a bit hopeless , is n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | In Sussex , bailiffs were alleged to have refused an offer by a couple with two children on family support to pay £5 per week , refusing to accept anything less than £20 per week . |
| 10 | You are of course free to write anything else while you leave your first piece fallow . |
| 11 | Frequently venue staff try to set everything up before you arrive , on the basis that it worked for the people before you and it 's less effort for them . |
| 12 | An adult patient who , like Miss T. , suffers from no mental incapacity has an absolute right to choose whether to consent to medical treatment , to refuse it or to choose one rather than another of the treatments being offered . |
| 13 | Well do you want me to pick one up while you still go into |
| 14 | And although Hick hit him out of the attack briefly , producing a second cameo of the series which included an extraordinary one-handed straight six , Patel returned downwind to sneak one through before the Zimbabwean could reach a maiden Test half-century . |
| 15 | There is so little to choose between these four locator systems that I have no fixed preference and would not recommend you to buy one rather than any other . |
| 16 | This is cheap enough for a user to want to buy one rather than go on a commercial training course . |
| 17 | He 's engaged and they 're saving up to get married , but Helen and him thought it 'd be better to buy one now because they 'll have a lot of expenses after they 're married and wo n't have Helen 's wages . ’ |
| 18 | But , I understand , Cheltenham managing director Edward Gillespie decided to go one better after Christie won his 100 metres gold medal in Barcelona . |
| 19 | To understand what an ocean is , it is far more helpful to see one rather than just read about oceans , and if we experience it by swimming in it or crossing it by boat , we are likely to have a much more real understanding . |
| 20 | When Odilo has Herta on the bed , splayed and buckled , with her ankles on either side of the headboard , it 's as if he 's trying to kill something rather than create it . |
| 21 | Sarah was still too weak from her head injury to make any protest at the way they were treating her , but as soon as she was able she had sold the rest of Nahum 's possessions to repay the debts which John Bradford had settled , preferring to lose everything rather than owe the Bradfords a penny . |
| 22 | When the amendment is carried , it becomes the substantive motion and when it is put to the vote you vote against it since you would prefer to give nothing rather than £15 . |
| 23 | ’ It 's more satisfying to make an arrest but it 's more practical to put someone off because while you 're in the back room charging someone , other shoplifters are having a field day in the store . ’ |
| 24 | You will only need to put something in if you want to include them . |
| 25 | Unskilled activity is to do everything rather than to do nothing . |
| 26 | Capirossi realises the pressures of success could so easily damage his plans to retain the 125 crown , and so he 's all the more determined to do everything just as he did in 1990 . |
| 27 | It has to do something else as well . |
| 28 | You are consciously suppressing , your ego is consciously making a decision not to do something even though you know you want to do it . |
| 29 | ‘ I had fallen into my old bad habit of asking Skipper if he 'd like to do something rather than telling him . ’ |
| 30 | I felt so sorry for the horse while he was cutting his teeth that I pussyfooted around , falling into my old bad habit of asking Skipper if he 'd like to do something rather than telling him . |