Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside . |
| 2 | I 'd rather throw her off the Empire State Building ! |
| 3 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 4 | If I 'm going to snuff it , I 'd rather snuff it with a pint in my fist than one of their bloody mugs of Ovaltine . |
| 5 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 6 | Rubberneck could only compare it with a wedding , the crush , as a fight , when the cars drove off and they always threw out coins . |
| 7 | There were quite a few dunces , and er some did n't always get moved on and they did n't all make it into the top class , they had to stop again for another year , or period , in the class they were . |
| 8 | Of course , there are some men who will naturally regard you as an equal . |
| 9 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 10 | Churchill , the First Sea Lord and England 's hero , could only describe it in the House on October 17 as ‘ a remarkable exploit of skill and daring ’ . |
| 11 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 12 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 13 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 14 | Which is sold everywhere today , you could only buy it in a chemist shop , tea . |
| 15 | But as Celia says , the trouble is that so many people , they will only buy it in a year . |
| 16 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ Flittern said , folding himself onto the bench beside her , ‘ we could perhaps tempt you with a bottled rogue amorous thought , distilled at the first quarter of the moon , and salted with a spark of starlight . |
| 17 | Anyone who considers such trivial questions as humour or literary merit is clearly living in a previous century and I can only refer them to the motto of the Punch accountancy department , which is : ‘ If they can read , we do n't want 'em . ’ |
| 18 | Yet I can only picture her in the posture of Candice Riberon in Le Métro lying on her back , her face caught in an agony of uncertain provenance . |
| 19 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 20 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 21 | ‘ If the weather 's dry and if you do n't mind how you treat your car — or maybe you could only do it in a jeep , I 've never tried it . |
| 22 | If I have to lose it , I 'll only do it in the ring . |
| 23 | Do n't worry , I sha n't suddenly present you with a bastard grandchild . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You better send me to a tutorial college before I 'm too old . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The Leith-based Small , 19 , who reached the last 16 of the 1992 Embassy World Championship , said : ‘ This is my last event of the season , but I have still learned a great deal and I 'm sure it can only benefit me in the years to come . ’ |
| 27 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 28 | In respect of the foregoing it must be understood that the interpretation put upon the word ‘ selfishness ’ in this book is one which does not necessarily brand it as a vice . |
| 29 | Were n't you saying in the tent only yesterday : " When Charles has been beaten and stripped of his weapons , I 'll personally tonsure him as a cleric and take him back to Ravenna " ? |
| 30 | So long as a judge keeps silent his reputation for wisdom and impartiality remains unassailable : but every utterance which he makes in public , except in the course of the actual performance of his judicial duties , must necessarily bring him within the focus of criticism . |