Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might think about not inviting Mr C and Mrs D. |
| 2 | They had been hurt by it and have had to seriously think about how to make themselves better . |
| 3 | But here , luckily , you will be spared the difficulty that can arise through not having " seen " that murder since in all probability you will have begun your story by describing , in as much vivid and convincing detail as you can manage , the killing itself or its immediate circumstances as they affect the perpetrator . |
| 4 | He 'll wait for ever to get you now . |
| 5 | Puritan and Calvinistic tradition would not approve of actually enjoying such a ceremony and no doubt someone would have pointed out that Ruth first caught Boaz 's eye by uncovering his feet as he slept and lying alongside them . |
| 6 | I have not , by the way , yet tried the Guinness fondue recipe , but I do know from past experience that stout is an excellent and enriching alternative to wine for a number of meat and game dishes . |
| 7 | have a checklist ready by the telephone for any information you will need before definitely applying for the job . |
| 8 | While Bush was still publicly optimistic , his chances seemed slim — especially as the fat ladies could n't wait until tomorrow to sing . |
| 9 | But her Pakistan people 's party must wait until tomorrow to find out if it has the power that comes with control of the key state of Punjab . |
| 10 | Er and er well I look to myself and my family to make sure that er I do n't just jump without fully reviewing the opportunity 's that are available for me . |
| 11 | Jesus had shown the way back to God and had demonstrated in his own person that he was the Way , but men and women in order to return to God would need to freely join themselves to the new humanity of Christ . |
| 12 | Whoever it was , they certainly did n't need to nearly knock the door down ! |
| 13 | Wood floors of all types need to be laid on a perfectly level floor , so you may need to completely cover it with hardboard , or in more extreme cases , chipboard , before laying the floor . |
| 14 | Even in the event that no further action is taken , the IAAF will still need to seriously reassess their entire drug testing procedures . |
| 15 | If they do go ahead and put the application in , which I think they will , then , that 's the start of the process , so that 's a good time when we will need to really step up the campaign and we will get National speaker 's to meetings , we will get probably a petition , we will go round the area like we did over the er non funding , but we had to do something quickly , to , to make it clear , you know , we do n't want this to go ahead . |
| 16 | would n't you , I mean , not as so best way to figure out what they were repressing , but just , I mean would n't you need to really have the whole life in front of you |
| 17 | One of the benefits of the ANLT 's morphological system is that it does not need to explicitly store all of the words it knows . |
| 18 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 19 | Inevitably this proximity involved a fair amount of touching and occasional pressures , which the man found very much to his taste , and which the young woman at least did not object to sufficiently to draw away to the limits of her corner . |
| 20 | PLAYER : I should concentrate on not losing your heads . |
| 21 | For now , we will concentrate on how to make the best of the built-in microphone . |
| 22 | ‘ Apart from all that , if somebody heard him scream , why did they wait till now to say so ? ’ |
| 23 | Now in order to move yourself forward you might need to go to excess , you might need at least to tolerate excesses . |
| 24 | If you are planning to move house , please could you let us know by simply completing and returning this form to WWF . |
| 25 | The pessimistic conclusion is that electoral democracy can only survive by not tackling major social injustices and alienating powerful interest groups in society — in which case the poor will , in the long run , not consider democracy worth supporting . |
| 26 | De Gaulle could only survive by continually raising the stakes over issues that were crucial to his position but not so crucial to the British or Americans . |
| 27 | Assuming you are part of the majority I will explain below how to learn what the jugglers call ‘ the cascade ’ , which is the most basic movement . |
| 28 | He recommended excursions into the surrounding countryside , and for his class of people he could think of nowhere better to go than to the grounds of the ancestral mansion of Studley park , some ten miles from the town . |
| 29 | I ca n't think of anywhere to go , my God ! |
| 30 | Can you think of anywhere better for breakfast ? |