Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What d do you make them or sell them or what ? |
| 2 | Jeremiah , the Old Testament prophet , assures us of God 's promise : ‘ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ you can peel them and boil them or cut them up and fry them or … ’ |
| 4 | The jockey 's race never stops … never stalls … so far this season Richard Dunwoody has had three hundred and sixty nine rides … he should be celebrating his century of winners any day … only one man can catch him and stop him and that 's Peter Scudamore … at Wincanton this week the reigning champion came galloping back with a winning treble … |
| 5 | I could collect it and deliver it if you let me have the address . ’ |
| 6 | After his election , he went to the ‘ Milanese ’ church of San Carlo Borromeo and quite openly wept ( why not ? we used to pray for the ‘ gift of tears ’ ) as he quoted the words of Jesus to Peter : ‘ When you were young , you girded yourself and walked where you would ; but when you are old , you will stretch out your hands , and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go ’ ( John 21.18 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ So I 'm not going to stand by and let you use me and destroy me as you did my brother ! ’ |
| 8 | Er , if I can get the and get him to come in reasonably soon , you know , I 'll ring you and tell you whether he 's in . |
| 9 | Supposing a school wanted a talk on a particular topic , could they just write in and erm contact you and ask you whether you could provide a lecturer on that subject ? |
| 10 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 11 | I thought you might go and see her and ask her if she can help . |
| 12 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 13 | Erm I wonder how substantially it 's going to re-written , first , in order to make it a response rather than an issue raising paper and ah , secondly , in the light of what we 've all had to say this evening and , if it is to be re-written I wonder erm who is going to actually see it and approve it before it goes off in time to get to the health authority by the day after tomorrow ? |
| 14 | I did n't understand it or share it and was n't part of it . |
| 15 | they , told them they can like it or lump it and they said the miner 's strike , but she still won the election after the miner 's strike which |
| 16 | You 've not got ta be timid , y'know , because obviously people will try and browbeat you and intimidate you if they think they can . ’ |
| 17 | My brothers could n't wash her and dress her and wash her hair could they ? … |
| 18 | Now her duty was to her husband , who must guide her and guard her and speak out for her on all occasions . |
| 19 | I 'll phone her and ask her if she 's got it in red . |
| 20 | And , if people would appreciate it and keep it as it should be cos to me , I think there 's a lot of error in people neglecting their places . |
| 21 | We did have er , judges and censors who would judge us and reward us if we d did good and punish us if we did evil . |
| 22 | They are talking a language we probably do not understand , and which they hope will impress us and befuddle us and increase their status . |
| 23 | His host had darted across the room presumably to bring him a drink and as he looked around he saw other doors , other lights — so this spectacle which did not shock him nor dismay him but which he did not wish to be a part of , might not be the only play . |
| 24 | I will embrace her and caress her and possess her . ’ |
| 25 | I 'd feed him and clothe him but not because I loved him . |
| 26 | The Famlio patrol does n't admit it or record it when ships get past them . |
| 27 | Do you think we should leave it till leave it till after our open day ? |
| 28 | As long as history is assumed to operate according to the protocols of a conventional logic , where a contradiction simply means you can not think it or do it as Hirst supposes , then it remains at the impasse he describes . |
| 29 | They may reject you and isolate you because you are different from them and they would like to be like you . |
| 30 | She would not wake him or touch him or even lie close enough to feel his warmth . |