Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : [ getting a little bored with PAMELA 's compliance ] You are very obliging , Pamela , but now be so good as to find some fault with me and say what you would wish me to do to appear more agreeable to you . |
| 2 | ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor . |
| 3 | Fear that I have only dreamed of moving forward , that when I go in and face it I will see that it is a mistake , not possible , uninteresting . |
| 4 | You suggested that while you were away I should continue with my diary and record anything I would wish to talk to you about . |
| 5 | If you type in the following program exactly as listed and run it you will see a fascinating pattern snake its way across your screen . |
| 6 | So I , I , I said I 'd ring him back and , I , this bloke 's supposed to be here before one he 'd got half hour to turn up if he 's not here at one I 'm gon na ring this other one and tell him he can do it . |
| 7 | Well just go in and tell her you 'd like to enquire about your claim . |
| 8 | Give your aunt my love and tell her I shall see her soon , very soon . ’ |
| 9 | Love and kisses for Rosie , and tell her I 'll bring her something good . |
| 10 | Take her name and number and tell her I 'll call her back . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 12 | All they do is give you some ointment and tell you it 'll drop out in its own good time . |
| 13 | Strawberries and cream ; and damn what it would do to her waistline . |
| 14 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 15 | Now , that 's and example of functional group isomerism what I 'd like you to do now is to try and decide what these two things are called I 'm gon na put on the board and try and decide what you would call them in terms these general labels under structural isomerism . |
| 16 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 17 | ‘ Morley Street will be prepared for another Champion , and believe me it will take a very good one to beat him , ’ he said . |
| 18 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |
| 19 | We must now change gear somewhat , and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations . |
| 20 | I hope you will take a look at the document and do whatever you can to ensure its recommendations are taken up in the final version of the regulations . |
| 21 | To observe the parental handling of the situation it must be made clear that the parents are expected to control their children during the session and do what they would do at home . |
| 22 | The only way people can be safe is to assume they could be the thieves ' next target and do what they can to protect their horses . |
| 23 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 24 | Obviously this sense of guilt , this idea that I had betrayed a friendship , spurred me on when I got older , not only to study birds but also actively to promote their well-being and do what I could to prevent their numbers from dwindling . |
| 25 | I will bring your letter to the attention of the Parish Council at their meeting next week and do what I can to inform any local residents who may be interested . |
| 26 | Friends considered him so depressed during this period that they were even beginning to think the unthinkable — that he might give up and turn his back on society and all its ills , and do what he would have really chosen to do with his life : be a country squire . |
| 27 | Always make sure that there is space left on a hard disk before you start running a program and do what you can to maximise the amount of RAM available . |
| 28 | The reports Authors now hope that University officials will take on board their recommendations and do everything they can to prevent any more tragic deaths . |
| 29 | But it meant that an important part of Belinda 's work was to be on the alert for this kind of upset and do everything she could to minimise its effect . |
| 30 | She would beat me , push me as I was going downstairs , and do anything she could to try and harm me and my baby . |