Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 2 | Such a situation can not persist for long since firms would go out of business . |
| 3 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 4 | Encouraged by friendlier tax treatment , U.K. sales could double between now and 1997 . |
| 5 | On the whole , he disliked comparisons , because they made you think about more than one thing at a time . |
| 6 | I could I know about there if I really want to but no way I could do it . |
| 7 | The principal element in capital is party support for public approval , and presidential electoral success will count for little if the seats in Congress are not there . |
| 8 | Even such a perfect match would count for little if the fish had to wave its fins in order to maintain its position in the water , or if it were to move independently from the weed . |
| 9 | However , in-flight service and experience do n't count for much if the plane is n't going where you want to be . |
| 10 | How can I get them doing any more interesting work if they ca n't concentrate for more than ten minutes at a time ? |
| 11 | If the feeding tube were withdrawn Tony would not survive for more than two weeks . |
| 12 | The overall aim is to show in detail how schools can mediate between past and future without attempting to copy the former or to naively predict the latter . |
| 13 | Do you know of anywhere that offers such a service ? |
| 14 | So that 's er , no plan will commence with more than fifty thousand Okay , what we 've now got to take off from these two figures is if there any other permanent health insurance benefits the client 's got with any other insurance companies . |
| 15 | But but hold on , could I jump in there because |
| 16 | Taylor wo n't know until tomorrow whether David Batty of Leeds is fit , while Paul Gascoigne , despite his wonder goal in Seville , has been suffering from 'flu for more than a week . |
| 17 | ‘ I just did n't know until now that the cup is Undry , Fand ! ’ |
| 18 | I knew that Inez had had her turn in the little hut but I did n't know until afterwards that she was pregnant . |
| 19 | The best of course will hang in there and tough it out . |
| 20 | The first is the conclusion that it does not do any good for any delegation to stay away from any part of the process and that all parties should hang in there and keep the discussions going with as much momentum as possible . |
| 21 | There is an awesome truth here that managers at all levels must act upon rather than pay lip service to — that is , there will be no educational progress without the full commitment and motivation of the teaching force . |
| 22 | Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ . |
| 23 | I 'll wait over there while you clean up . ’ |
| 24 | You may not need to yet but it 'll be easier to plan now than when you 're under pressure . |
| 25 | At present , he can not count on more than five or six votes in the 23-strong general committee , while outside his once well-organised Reform Group/Members ' 84 Group has disbanded . |
| 26 | Yeah I know , but they got a queue , I 'll wait till later when they 're not so busy . |
| 27 | How did he know at once that we were guilty , she wondered later , that we were , all of us , conspirators ? |
| 28 | Anyone with Daemon Lore , Rune Lore or Theology will know at once that this room is used for Daemon summoning . |
| 29 | If she did , he would know at once that there were certain ways in which he could still get to her . |
| 30 | She would know at once when the right people entered the from the moment she looked upon them at the top of the wide staircase . |