Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] and [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazy bitch , she was : lying on this couch day after day feeling too bad to move ; but she could go upstairs and carry out the duties of a wife whenever the fancy took her . |
| 2 | Tom Farmer , chairman of Scottish Business in the Community , who chaired the meeting , promised that all the organisations of which Prince Charles was patron would now quickly get together and work out a strategic plan . |
| 3 | Another lady would come outside and look up a tree and say , sadly , ‘ All them squirrels goin' to waste . ’ |
| 4 | He added , ‘ The jackals will come tonight and lick up the blood . ’ |
| 5 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |