Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why then have the Cambrian Forces been invited to inveigle such hollowed ground ; to sit idly by and scoff while such is imposed by few on the many . |
| 2 | We do not want to stand idly by and do nothing . |
| 3 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 4 | Allow your eyes to observe in an easy , natural way but not to stare unblinkingly as if to bore holes in whatever or whoever they are looking at . |
| 5 | Here and there , they caught sight of a fluid red-gold figure in between the trees and once a huge oak tree seemed to bend forward as if inclining its head to inspect them . |
| 6 | Here , a vast decaying tree whose roots were eaten away from the inside had begun to lean backwards as if longing to sit down , and a massive , arthritic branch had elbowed out several stones from the top of the wall against which it now gratefully rested . |
| 7 | ’ The king waved the mameluke to a small stool next to Queen Claude who continued to sit there as if carved from stone . |
| 8 | We like children to get close to and to touch many of our animals . |
| 9 | I hope that the Government 's policies will persuade Glaswegians to think carefully about whether to vote Conservative in the next general election . |
| 10 | In the meantime , families like Peter and Paul 's have to think carefully about whether to have children themselves , or not . |