Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [conj] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 " I hope you do n't mind me coming up — I thought I 'd just come and see how you were , and perhaps sit and chat with you for a while "
2 Whether you prefer the commonsense approach of the largest , Nature et Progres , group ( a bit like our Soil Association ) or the literal looniness of Rudolf Steiner 's Biodynamic disciples , who only prune and pick during certain lunar and stellar cycles and seem to persuade their slugs to die , is up to you .
3 Other mammals not only tolerate but revel in their smells , employing them in a wide variety of ways .
4 As Joel Barnett , Wilson 's Chief Secretary to the Treasury , later described ‘ the quaintly titled social contract ’ , ‘ the only give and take in the contract was that the government gave and the unions took ’ .
5 We furthermore demonstrate that plexiglass in combination with lead shields 32 P induced Bremsstrahlung more efficiently than plexiglass alone .
6 For the regulationists history , to use a delightful phrase of Aglietta 's , is ‘ innovatory ’ : there is no cyclical repetition but a succession of phases which only emerge and come to an end as a resuIt of their own characteristics and particular historical circumstances .
7 So try and concentrate on bringing it back and then , bring , I mean , you can bring it back fairly slowly .
8 You could be attacked and killed , and the whole ship along with you , so try and look as if you care , for other people 's sakes if not your own .
9 even our grandchildren were , I mean er right from the beginning even if they only go and sit in the surgery and just watch , ju you know just go and visit
10 a finger of fudge is just enough so go and vote for labour !
11 She would get a little flat of her own , perhaps go and stay with Great-Aunt Alicia at week-ends .
12 Members of the general public usually only respond and react to media content : they are rarely in control of media work .
13 Applications to participate in City Wise , the one-off consultation on urban mission training , have to be in by 30 April — so write or ring for a form now if you are interested in coming .
14 At the very top are those superior employees — librarian , tutor , governess , lady 's companion — who not only work but live on the family side of the house , and may sometimes even eat at the family table .
15 Progressive and enterprising caterers and hotel proprietors constantly study and analyse in detail the current trends and developments in the industry in order to provide a high standard of accommodation and service at reasonable prices and to improve the efficiency of their establishments .
16 We only learn and grow by trying out new experiences , new ways of being , by reaching for the future — yet many of us are terrified of getting it wrong .
17 ‘ Well , what 's the window for but for the bairns at Christmas , because the grown-ups rarely stop and look at it . ’
18 It 's not good us training designers who then just sit and work in a creative vacuum .
19 The girl would ‘ just sit and talk to her .
20 If people just sit and think about it , the National Health Service you know ?
21 Just stop and think about this a minute .
22 Just stop and think about that .
23 Just stop and think about the word freedom .
24 As Lord Denning said in Fraser v Evans : No person is permitted to divulge to the world information which he has received in confidence , unless he has just cause or excuse for doing so .
25 We have n't even talked about that we just talk and talk about anything and everything .
26 Could I take er , a minute and , and just try and look at the steps that you 've gone through and I , I tried to write down as you were doing it , giving your presentation , the steps which I think everybody eventually went through either formally or informally and I think if we look at these steps you 'll agree yes , I needed that and I did that or , we did n't do it formally .
27 Just try and work with him .
28 Yes , just go and sit with daddy please .
29 Just go and sit in the room or do something while I just do this .
30 All all the boss used to say , Well if anybody comes round th that you do n't know just go and hide in a hamper .
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