Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed to make two of these sails for us to try and we later purchased a third from association funds . |
| 2 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 3 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 4 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 5 | So it will tend to pull and it almost definitely is either reaching or pulling or holding something or holding on for your life , |
| 6 | I wanted her to come and she never did . |
| 7 | He has often told friends he would like to write and he obviously has the creativity that could be adapted to another form of expression . |
| 8 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 9 | Julie was co-director of an information technology firm she helped to establish and which now employs 25 people . |
| 10 | She knew who to trust and who not to trust . |
| 11 | But in terms of its being easier and cheaper to disband and its not carrying the same legal authority , it is not the same as marriage . |
| 12 | His refusal to compromise and his deeply suspicious nature was spoiling the pleasure of actually being part of the group . |
| 13 | In taking this position , the bishops were also following the lead of Pope John Paul II who , on his visit to Ireland in 1979 had argued : ‘ Divorce , for whatever reason it is introduced , inevitably becomes easier and easier to obtain and it gradually comes to be accepted as a normal part of life ’ ( 1979 ) . |
| 14 | When Huw reappeared , having lain low for several days , his scars and bruises were beginning to fade and nothing more was said on either side . |
| 15 | Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't a clue why you behave in the way you appear to behave and I honestly do n't give a damn … ’ |
| 17 | Too often , such provision tended to focus exclusively on slow learners , and took the form of ‘ remedial ’ provision which tended not to remedy and which sometimes created , in the return to the ‘ normal ’ curriculum , extra problems for the child . |
| 18 | I have nothing to remember and I never will have . |
| 19 | So I wanted to progress and I just could n't do it . |
| 20 | The caveman 's body begins to sweat and it thus becomes wet and slippery . |
| 21 | My message is we make the materials to sell and its up to the politicians to create the conditions for us to sell them |
| 22 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 23 | Her arm was like this only ever such a little hand and if you , she used to go and it just sort of reached your earhole when she was walking past you and if you were talking in class she 'd go . |
| 24 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 25 | Ideally , of course , the best support for any kind of camera is to mount it on a tripod , but tripods are awkward things to carry and they also have a dampening effect on spontaneity . |
| 26 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 27 | But there was nothing to see and they soon returned to their posts as the bus continued on its way . |
| 28 | There was much to see and we only ‘ scratched the surface ’ . |
| 29 | His parent did not force him to attend and he now feels this might have brought scorn from other members of the community . |
| 30 | Some criteria for deciding what to include and what not to include would have to be established . |