Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] they [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I talk about these things anywhere in the country , I find that people who have been burgled or mugged , or have had items stolen from their vehicles would much prefer the young man or woman who committed the crime to do something to compensate or repay them instead of spending a brief time in prison , with all the disadvantages that that involves . |
| 2 | Because you 'd you could n't hold that much in your head so you have to try and break them down into little patterns of Oh it 's one of that lot or it 's one of this lot . |
| 3 | They di they did n't want to feed those on strike , they wanted to try and get them back to work did they ? |
| 4 | And they do n't really want to go on using you as a a sort of prop , because I mean you ca n't afford that because you 've got lots of other clients and you , you know really the aim is to try and get them back to self-sufficiency . |
| 5 | He saw how every little niggling thing old Andy had given him to do counted — how one developed his muscle , another his eye , a third his judgement of time and distance ; how each hour he spent working with the foremast hands taught him to know and understand them better against the day when such men as they were would look to him for guidance . |
| 6 | He 's going to resist and negotiate them down to whatever it is they really want . |
| 7 | The moment we put our plate up , we 'll have to go and inform them politely of our presence . |
| 8 | I ca n't wait to go and try them out on Liam ! ’ |
| 9 | I said do you want me to go and let them out for you ? |
| 10 | If you want to produce as many young as possible , it is best to hatch and rear them away from the parents . |
| 11 | He wants people to be able to rent them , with shops free to buy and let them out like videos . |
| 12 | The rule laid down in article 6(1) therefore applies where the actions brought against the various defendants are related when the proceedings are instituted , that is to say where it is expedient to hear and determine them together in order to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings . |
| 13 | A successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to write , briefly and intelligibly , the basic forms of office correspondence and the ability to understand and use them along with most usual forms of information displayed . |
| 14 | Trying to decide whether to take them down off my windows and put some poles up . |
| 15 | It was a sensation to me , a novice , but the experienced experimentalist learns the tricks of the trade , knows what mistakes to avoid and when weird things happen tries to investigate or to file them away in the memory — just in case . |
| 16 | Establishing these aspects initially is difficult enough , but the real headache is to maintain and apply them continuously throughout the various iterations of a changing design . |
| 17 | The galaxies are still flying apart as space continues to expand and carry them along with it . |