Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , the immunologist from the clinic went in and evaluated Ron and basically told him that he had … that he was not going to live more than the most a few weeks , and he could have control over the time of his death if he wished , and that was his decision to make , and he should think about it and talk it over with me . |
| 2 | But er , know I , I do n't think I ever heard anybody think about it or say anything about a , an air raid like , you know . |
| 3 | Kāli stood outside and shouted , ‘ Hiu āgo ! ’ and , tilting her head back , mouth open wide , watched the flakes fall about her and felt them melt like icy duck-down on the warmth of her outstretched tongue . |
| 4 | Someone may jump onto you or grab you in a lonely street . |
| 5 | May we be helpful and reliable so that other people can trust in us and find our friendship valuable . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're wrong , you could n't be more wrong , but you said that with so much … with such intelligence that I must both apologize to you and compliment you . |
| 7 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 8 | But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead . |
| 9 | The psychological power is eroded because although the community can still disapprove of you and make you an outcast if you defy the hierarchy , beyond the community is the world of English people — an unfriendly world , but it does exist . |
| 10 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 11 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 12 | But there was little they could do about it except wring their hands at each fresh horror in its columns , analyse its transparently partisan coverage , and point out how its competitors were dragging their standards downmarket to try to keep up with its soaraway sales . |
| 13 | She would dance with me and take me long walks . |
| 14 | Many people who work in offices may identify with her and envy her new working conditions . |
| 15 | They can even identify with it and incorporate it inside themselves in a less monstrous form . |
| 16 | ‘ It has become clear that people know there is a very real choice between the Tories who would privatise the National Health Service and starve it of funds and Labour who would invest in it and modernise it , ’ she said . |
| 17 | We 'll speak to them and tell them that we know what 's happened to you . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’ |
| 19 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |
| 20 | Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire . |
| 21 | Well obviously they would look after them and keep them in good order , and what have you , so that there was no hold up with them trying to make a wage or whatever . |
| 22 | If their Mum does get HC , Peter and Paul have a favourite Aunty who will help Daddy look after them and love them very much . |
| 23 | Let it get gamey and he 's erm Chinese assistant the person who has been assigned to sort of look after him and do his do his translating and things like that took it down and buried it cause they did n't eat rotten meat they did |
| 24 | One scheme was to transfer his legal estate to a relative or friend who was staying behind , who could look after it and administer it until he returned , or who , should the knight die abroad , could take care of it until the knight 's son reached his majority and could take it over himself . |
| 25 | This time Liverpool should stick with him and give him a run . |
| 26 | If man upsets his planetary ecosystem , then he is dirtying his own back garden which will automatically recoil upon him and curtail his activities . |
| 27 | This really is committee work but I , it does occur to me that mention it that erm , if in our advertising we point out that we have a car park attendant and if that car park attendant were to let one slip through his fingers me were , we may well then be liable to be sued by the person who |
| 28 | Every day she would go through each impression once more , would weep over it and console herself — at her leisure one might say . |
| 29 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 30 | Oh sir , do you look at me and say you see someone who has been doing the ill-treating ? ’ |