Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disagreement about the rate at which parents let go is usually the root of the trouble . |
| 2 | So , those are the sorts of things I take it that , that er we do think are a more interesting way of individuating people than their bodily . |
| 3 | What do think is the most important thing for an actor to keep uppermost in mind when working in the profession ? |
| 4 | What I do think is very dangerous for a p for a candidate in any party is to flirt with the big idea of any of your opponents . |
| 5 | Who else do think is important ? |
| 6 | We do not want to see a massive amount of custodial sentencing , although we are glad that provision is made for it ; what we do want is a reduction in the number of people who participate in such a horrendous cult and in the equally horrendous statistics relating to youngsters who take cars , go to court and then take more cars . |
| 7 | And what we do oppose , what we do oppose , is not inefficiency , but what we do want is quality care . |
| 8 | And wh y'know we thought about this for a y'know a long time t and what we do want is a thin tier of bureaucracy . |
| 9 | What I do want is some wine to take back to school tomorrow , oh er I mean |
| 10 | Firstly , the county 's health authorities and councils do not share the same boundaries , and those boundaries that do exist are changing . |
| 11 | There is not an abundance of thatched cottages in the wolds , but those that do exist are real gems . |
| 12 | However , the language units which do arise are ‘ propositions ’ , and central to each of these is a verb , attached to which is an agent and object . |
| 13 | What I do stress is that the judge should approach the exercise of the discretion with a predilection to give effect to the child 's wishes on the basis that prima facie that will be in his or her best interests . |
| 14 | There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by human activity and those that do remain are unlikely to survive intact in the future . |
| 15 | The seaplanes that do remain are small aircraft , not generally used for scheduled passenger services . |
| 16 | What I do know 's probably distorted , as you told me once in London . |
| 17 | What I do know is that it is disgraceful and defamatory to label as stooges the people from the Borough Community Relations Council who gave up a day 's work to act as observers , and who have made it clear that they would have reported whatever they had seen , good or bad for police . |
| 18 | ‘ I think what we do know is this . |
| 19 | What we do know is that Lloyd George , despite his public stance of support for the National Government , thought , in private , that it had been a mistake for the Liberals to join it . |
| 20 | What we do know is that his full conversion to Christianity released in him a literary flow which only ceased with death . |
| 21 | WHAT I do know is that people like Havel have been getting a little impatient with those relishing pieces appearing lately in the American press that say , roughly : ‘ Right , you guys over there have had your romantic Ruritanian fun and games with revolution and dancing in the streets . |
| 22 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 23 | What we do know is that ADRK will keep a close eye on all matters concerning the breed . |
| 24 | What we do know is that the first Rottweiler to be registered with the New Zealand Club was Auslese Montrachet , who was imported from Australia . |
| 25 | The only thing I do know is that something must be done to get her away from here … anywhere . ’ |
| 26 | What we do know is that , in the United Kingdom , men who reach 60 have a further life expectancy of 16.8 years and women have a further life expectancy of 21.2 years . |
| 27 | What I do know is that , faced with cancer , the desire for solitude was somewhat tempered . |
| 28 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 29 | What my source was up to , I have no idea ; all I do know is that while the world was waiting to discover how Mrs Thatcher was ever going to be toppled , the most unlikely possibility was that she might admit she had been wrong about something and ask for her P45 without more ado . |
| 30 | What I do know is that The Da completely missed the point , as usual . |