Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary role for researchers should be to work alongside practitioners and help them understand not only what clients are saying but help them think through the nature and impact of their interventions . |
| 2 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 3 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 4 | Your midwife and doctor , though , see many pregnant women , so they need to use all their skills to help them build up a picture of your individual , unique pregnancy . |
| 5 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |
| 6 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 7 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
| 8 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 9 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |
| 10 | I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ? |
| 11 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 12 | Now then , how do I set up the board ? |
| 13 | ‘ Shall I take out the other one ? ’ |
| 14 | Why ca n't I take back the dozen ski-holiday brochures I 'm leafing through , and be rewarded with a discount from the travel agents , and the knowledge that they 're recycling them ? |
| 15 | She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ? |
| 16 | ‘ How could I pay back a loan ? |
| 17 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 18 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
| 19 | Ca can I go back a bit to your childhood . |
| 20 | So I said , should I fill in a quick-fix report or a noncompliance report , to say that the quick-fix form , or is it a noncompliance report is wrong . |
| 21 | Or where do I — can I write down an address on a piece of paper and I will try to mail them from the hotel . |
| 22 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 23 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 24 | In fact we 've had an underwhelming response , I think at this present minute , and so could I put out the er , request again to members er , to consider coming to this seminar . |
| 25 | Nor could I shake off a feeling that Aunt Louise was sitting beside me , enjoying it too . |
| 26 | Shall I turn up the light ? " |
| 27 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 28 | Full of admiration and impressed above all by the signs of Nietzsche 's originality of mind and literary power , he saw in him a new kind of worker for the cultural cause with which he identified his own ambitions : " Now you must show what philology is for , and help me bring about the grand " renaissance " … |
| 29 | While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible . |
| 30 | Will ye put down the fucking poker ? ’ |