Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Tuathal , whose authority Groa had watched advance through the years , had said , ‘ I should make for Wedale straight off , and every fortified place with Normans in it . |
| 2 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
| 3 | It 's Iris 's turn to call us really but , but I , I did think about Iris earlier and I should really phone just to see how your dad is , Bobby because it 's really up to her just to see about the weekend and much times that I 've phoned the hospital recently . |
| 4 | Strange how she could think about Jenny now without feeling so sick . |
| 5 | We do n't want tae fight now , dae we ? ’ |
| 6 | Ca n't act for toffee though ! ’ |
| 7 | Thus we shall have to hand important concrete examples and theorems which will help motivate , and can act as test-cases in , our later development . |
| 8 | They do n't know about cold so intense that rivers freeze over so you can drive a horse and cart across them . |
| 9 | They do n't know about frosts so hard that birds can fall dead from the sky . |
| 10 | Erm , three things I did n't know about John before , he was very mo , modest in pointing out that he was the top salesman twice before last year 's award , he was very quick to tell me that . |
| 11 | What does he know about football anyhow ? |
| 12 | In the county court and High Court , claims for costs must be assessed if they do not exceed £500 and a solicitor may opt for assessment where costs do not exceed £1,000 ( Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 13 | Let me ask you , if you could remake decisions , or maybe you are in a position where you could , I wonder whether you would opt for parenthood now , I mean you be what , whether you 're able or not able to have children , whether you have or do n't have , but given the choice , would you opt for parenthood ? |
| 14 | I ca n't wait for Home Alone III . ’ |
| 15 | He could hardly wait for dinner-time when he would have the chance to speak to Evelyn . |
| 16 | Shelley did n't wait for Miguel then , but ran to the drug cupboard and unlocked the door . |
| 17 | 9.1.1 The Seller shall free of charge either repair or , at its option , replace defective goods where the defects appear under proper use within [ 12 months ] from the date of delivery , PROVIDED THAT : |
| 18 | He does n't approve of Proust either . ’ |
| 19 | Business and the Community can act against crime together |
| 20 | This could count against Wilko too . |
| 21 | He said that men should act with dignity even in the face of death , that no one was better off than any other . |
| 22 | It is good to meet and discuss with colleagues how your work is going and to enjoy a day of movement together . |
| 23 | She would probably fall into slumber tonight if the devil himself were to share the room with her . |
| 24 | Naturally a lot of people are scared witless of getting on Microsoft 's blacklist and will only cooperate under subpoena rather than appear to be volunteering information . |
| 25 | Will did n't act in plays now . |
| 26 | He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them . |
| 27 | Extending these ideas , there have also been suggestions from socio-cultural anthropologists who have a leaning towards sociobiology , that , although the details of customs and moral rules and relational behaviours have to be learned afresh by each individual they are matters of culture — we may already know in advance how to organize such conventions into structured patterns by virtue of a genetically endowed predisposition to become enculturated . |
| 28 | We do not know in detail whence the monks were recruited ; but on the whole they seem mainly to have come from the upper classes , and perhaps from the families of substantial town-dwellers . |
| 29 | It is remarkable indeed how little understanding we have of warfare in this period ; and we shall never know in detail how medieval kings acquired and held their power unless we can find out more precisely how they recruited their armies and led them . |
| 30 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |