Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sit down because I need to tell you something . ’ |
| 2 | Come on Michael , hurry up if you want to do it . |
| 3 | I say surprisingly because I happen to know Tod is n't squeamish . |
| 4 | Senior union leaders acknowledge privately that they have to win a hearts-and-minds campaign among their members . |
| 5 | Though many genetic fluctuations do occur , most die out because they fail to confer any survival advantages on gut-dwelling microbes . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd probably wait here in my 4 by 4 with the lights off and then charge out so they have to swerve , only there ai n't anywhere to swerve to . ’ |
| 7 | Yes , I mean that 's something that I enjoy doing , it 's , it 's quite a lot of fun in , in , in , in , coming to , to actually research each walk afterwards , er one for example , the Rollright Stones up on the Warwickshire border , that was particularly interesting because there 's quite a , quite a legend surrounding the Stones up there , er then there 's one at er a place called Hampton Gay just off the Banbury road , the Midlands-North railway line er goes quite close to the village of Hampton Gay , and towards the end of the last century there was a major railway disaster on that track killing about er 30 people I think , er so , you know , things like that which are perhaps not er that well known , you , you , you stumble across when you come to do the research . |
| 8 | Well hang on cos I have to phone Emma . |
| 9 | They demand more resources for the school in their areas : they complain vociferously if they have to wait for their operations ; they demand that the state intervene to subsidise the price of the rail tickets from their commuter homes to their work . |
| 10 | The Pacific islander offered the following advice to youngsters : ‘ Train properly before you play to avoid getting fatal injuries . ’ |
| 11 | It 's overall you know so if we choose to direct some money for |
| 12 | Start off with time in hand so that you can read notices and indicators in a calm state of mind ; buy your ticket in advance ; know exactly when you have to change and the time of the connections . |
| 13 | The acting works convener , Tommy Gorman , said : ‘ In the short term they will need the axles and components which we manufacture here but we want to find out what their long-term plans are . |
| 14 | ‘ I understand only that you intend to meddle in things you know nothing about , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Working on a clean , flat surface , decide exactly where you wish to place the flowers , and then arrange them on a horizontal level first so that they do not slip off . |
| 16 | MEMBERS of the management team at Aberdeen Central Branch have been told to eat less and exercise more if they want to live to a ripe old age ! |
| 17 | Labour will now be on the line they will have to deal with the axe grinders instead of helping them to sharpen their axes and the difference between ourselves and Mr and I have great respect for Mr and I believe his attempt to keep the debate about the future of Highfields and Moat on a rational basis has been very positive but completely unsuccessful and I believe now that we have to look for a way forward . |
| 18 | Suppose now that we wish to search the database for axes similar in shape to some given axe . |
| 19 | Suppose now that you wish to dub music to a video recording with only a simple linear mono sound track . |
| 20 | oh dear I suppose really if you want to eat something I 'll get it in |
| 21 | So if you ever go in and you want to have a oil that relaxes you , you look at all the red ones . |
| 22 | It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them . |
| 23 | It means keep away if you want to go on living . ’ |
| 24 | well no , you go back and you have to start again , then you go , unless if you get say five that 's how many worms you have to give baby birds a day |
| 25 | Go late if you want to keep to the right hand side of the course and early if you want to use the left hand side . |
| 26 | " Yes — I have my own personal account there , and I go there when I want to cash a cheque . " |
| 27 | Right there are two kinds of courts that policemen , well there 's several kinds of court , but the main courts that policemen go to are a magistrate 's court where there is what 's known as , they are magistrates or JPs , Justice of the Peace , and they sit there and you have to give evidence . |
| 28 | People who go to prison for non-payment of the community charge do so because they choose to lose their liberty rather than pay the amount that is rightfully theirs to pay . |
| 29 | Most people who arrange to work flexible hours do so because they want to spend time with their families , as well as pursue a career . |
| 30 | You know , sometimes we walk in first thing in the morning and we start straightaway and we forget to turn the er closed to open . |