Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [det] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What guarantee do we have that , when we have to converge with , for example , the Greeks , Portuguese and Italians , the money transferred from our pockets to theirs will not merely impoverish us and give money to those who have not earned it while we have to work harder for less and pay higher interest rates ? |
| 2 | I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and |
| 3 | then they 'll have to pay you a bit more money , yo you know , to come back like that and say well yeah I do n't |
| 4 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 5 | It showed good form — and was , I ventured to imagine , rather romantic of Tod — to go outside like that and stand in his slippers on the wet sidewalk . |
| 6 | Good referees are quick to pick up on this and impose penalties for persistent offenders . |