Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If normal good sleepers are woken from Stage I sleep or Stage 2 sleep , and asked whether they were awake or asleep , they tend to report definitely feeling asleep only In Stage 2 sleep , " 2 although this is not necessarily true for poor sleepers , who may deny they were asleep even when the EEG traces show clear signs of Stage 2 sleep . |
| 2 | We expect products that sell to go on selling . |
| 3 | Throughout the 1980s , it battled to achieve two crucial , strategic shifts : to reduce its dependence on bulk , low-margin , commodity chemicals which tend to swing wildly with the economic cycle — in favour of high value-added , high-margin ‘ effect ’ chemicals ; and to cut the share of sales accounted for by the UK . |
| 4 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 5 | The idea of a flying continuum becomes even more persuasive when we remember that very small animals tend to float gently in air , whatever their shape . |
| 6 | I have a streak of economy in me , even when contemplating how to épater les bourgeois , and recipes that make their sauce out of a stock made at an earlier stage tend to appeal most . |
| 7 | Soft , weighty fabrics tend to fall easily into gentle folds ; an obvious example is cotton velvet which is both soft , supple and heavy . |
| 8 | Under pressure , when some horses tend to fall apart , Milton responds by jumping even better , while John stays cool and professional . |
| 9 | Dried peas , beans or shells stored in durable containers can be much more satisfying than empty packets which , unless regularly replaced , tend to fall apart so easily . |
| 10 | Patterns of dots from a painting program tend to fall apart when enlarged or coagulate into muddy puddles if reduced . |
| 11 | These currents keep all the ash thoroughly mixed up , but inevitably , as the ash cloud drifts away down-wind , the heavier particles tend to fall out , leaving the finer ones behind them . |
| 12 | In the main , they are instilled with the pragmatic games of pursuit they play with the local petty thief ; and if asked to consider the wider nature of their role , they tend to fall back on protestations of political neutrality . |
| 13 | For example , desperate politicians tend to fall back on it to appease working class voters in the United States and the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | ‘ We are obviously still concerned that there allegations of pushing drugs and we intend to monitor closely any future raves at the Ulster hall . ’ |
| 15 | In a famous book entitled Your God is too Small J.B. Phillips ( 1932 ) drew up a list of twelve inadequate concepts of God which people tend to carry around with them . |
| 16 | Yet its methods tend to treat only men as individuals , and women , simply as women . |
| 17 | You can use a hot air gun for this , or a chemical paint stripper , but both tend to strip off more paint than you might want . |
| 18 | My task I intend to see through , |
| 19 | Only Drs Armitage and Darnell knew Dominic Wetherby before this weekend , with the possible addition of professor St John Goth , whom I intend to see tonight , despite your objections . |
| 20 | Our impact on industry through our green works campaign is there for all to see and from that point of view to encase it within the health and safety review is vitally important for all of us when we take the policy back to our members and advise them of the way in which we intend to go forward . |
| 21 | I wonder if it might be possible for you to confirm your or NEC 's interest in the tape , and , if you intend to go ahead , the specifications you need . |
| 22 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 23 | It is time to go now if you intend to go today . |
| 24 | We 've provided a grammar school education for the people of this area for 700 years and intend to go on doing so . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ After all , from what you told me before you went to Japan you intend to go on living a bachelor life , almost as if I do n't exist . ’ |
| 26 | Everything will be overshadowed by these events but we intend to go on making the week work as well as we can . |
| 27 | I intend to go on doing that as long as he wants me . |
| 28 | Some of you might be thinking , well , I 'm never going to advocate , I never intend to go anywhere near a court . |
| 29 | ‘ If you would have the patience to wait , monsieur , I intend to go home . |
| 30 | ‘ I intend to go along and hear what they have got to say , ’ he said . |