Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] to " 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 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 3 | She 'd rather throw herself to the lions … |
| 4 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 5 | ‘ She will only make it to you . ’ |
| 6 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 7 | Then a young woman — dark , quite a looker if you liked that sort of thing but a bit too full of herself for Bennett 's liking — walked into the club and announced that she was the dinner guest of Sir Robin Day , he could only treat her to his coldly disapproving smile and direct her to the ladies ' bar . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | The government does not merely confine itself to setting the ‘ rules of the game ’ , but is in a sense a participant in industrial relations to the extent that it chooses to intervene . |
| 10 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 11 | I do n't want to stifle discussion , but had n't we better confine it to matters within the competence of this committee ? |
| 12 | In August , an acquaintance gave him the address of a London representative ‘ who will apparently introduce me to Noël and Oliver and Bobby ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | For the face as simulacrum can only refer us to yet another image , there being no true face behind the mask . |
| 15 | I am sure that the Housing Executive will want to consider it and I shall personally bring it to its attention . |
| 16 | I 'd better give it to you because he has |
| 17 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 18 | " You 'd better send yourself to Hoggatt 's if you want to get there by eight-thirty . |
| 19 | ‘ You better send me to a tutorial college before I 'm too old . ’ |
| 20 | " Better send it to Hoggatt 's " . |
| 21 | And as they passed the rows upon rows of back yards , the grey washing on curious pulleys , the backs of hardboard dressing tables , the dust-bins and the coal sheds , it occurred to her to wonder why she should so suddenly feel herself to be peculiarly blessed , and a dreadful grief for all those without blessings took hold of her , and a terror at the singular nature of her escape . |
| 22 | ‘ One would naturally expect him to be well fed . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd only send him to Wincanton if a new jockey comes into the equation , and needs to get to know him . ’ |
| 24 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 25 | No chair , I would very much like it to be looked at in great detail by the budget review committee , actually , you 'll see in the report that many of these problems were identified as areas of concern by the district auditor prior to the signing of the contract , and he was given , it seems , various assurances which may or may not have been met , and I would like to go into much more detail than would be possible with this committee . |
| 26 | Now for copyright reasons , if you want to do the Blind Watchmaker , and I 'd very much like you to , you 've got ta borrow the disk from me , okay ? |
| 27 | ‘ The guy would obviously like you to be Senhora Haraldsen , ’ he said . |
| 28 | She longed to get near him , and when he was quite drunk Simone would gently steer him to his room and help him get to bed . |
| 29 | The fact that you have edited the school magazine does n't necessarily fit you to be an advertising writer , even though a feeling of familiarity with words is a good thing . |
| 30 | The shark can not suddenly twist them to a vertical position to act as brakes . |