Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 2 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 3 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 4 | And it was er They used to great pride in their in their er stacks because they had to make them as neat as they could and er well built , so that if the So that w that was good for the To keep the the wind keep them dry . |
| 5 | Yeah , they would , let the bake it we used to Danish foods and cos we used to have a Danish er , we used to have erm Polish ship come in one week and an English ship come in the next week and the , the bacon was just pigs were all killed , wrapped in sacking and tied with string , and they used to be laid in the hold like that . |
| 6 | And you used to funky little reggae , oh my god singing . |
| 7 | was given it I think , all the sailors used to old sailors after they gone too old , was going in there all the day and a big fire there . |
| 8 | Who used to miserable when she got . |
| 9 | It it 's just a league of nations there and every shop is black people in Brixton , but it were a lov , they used to able to get on a a two , three , a fifty nine , or a hundred and fifty three to Oxford Circus on the bus you was there in twenty minutes ! |
| 10 | Secondly if the first question is answered affirmatively , it is necessary to consider whether there are any considerations which ought to negative , or to reduce or limit the scope of duty or the class of person to whom it is owed or the damages to which a breach of it may give rise . |
| 11 | You ought to t-try it . ’ |
| 12 | I should be the last to imply that a Member of Parliament ought to subordinate his judgement of what is wise or right to even the most overwhelming majority of opinion . |
| 13 | give the same protection and employment rights that you would to other employees who have problems related to other forms of ill-health |
| 14 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 15 | So stick if you can to satin-finish Cezanne |
| 16 | Not being a drinker , I do an obligatory flip round the post-show party , consoling or congratulating and giving what little advice I can to grieving or glowing parents . |