Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . |
| 2 | If you let somebody else get stuff on your book , and some of them could n't pay it , you know , you 've no means of paying it . |
| 3 | Let him also take action against the Economic League , which prevents that right from being exercised by many people . |
| 4 | ‘ You , like myself , my lord , are in but your thirteenth year — pray let us not give thought to death ! ’ |
| 5 | Health promotion has , rightly , moved away from the traditional approach , but let us not dismiss health education fully until it has been properly implemented , let alone evaluated . |
| 6 | Let us not lose hold on the essential proposition that the machine is indeterministic . |
| 7 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 8 | Let us now introduce sustainability . |
| 9 | Er and do er do you both pay tax ? |
| 10 | Where do you generally find land suitable for the grazing of cattle ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why do you not need protection ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Put another way , do you habitually use display screen equipment ( VDUs ) as a significant part of your job ? |
| 13 | How many do you fucking want tramp ? |
| 14 | Do you always give way , perhaps because it 's the easiest thing to do ? |
| 15 | ‘ Mum , ’ said the little boy , ‘ why do you always cook breakfast in your dressing gown ? ’ |
| 16 | Do you always have coffee ? |
| 17 | Do you really want trivia ? |
| 18 | ‘ Do you really think Tweed is guilty ? ’ |
| 19 | Do you really believe love can save you from you ? ’ |
| 20 | Do you really believe star signs make any difference ? ’ |
| 21 | Do you really like coffee or are you pretending ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And do you sometimes take heroin ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you actually lose weight when you try to diet ? |
| 24 | Did you , do you ever watch Bottom ? |
| 25 | For example , instead of ‘ Have you watched any of the following television documentaries ? ’ , try the preliminary filter ‘ Do you ever watch television documentaries ? ’ |
| 26 | Do you ever watch television . |
| 27 | Do you ever see mistreatment ? |
| 28 | Do you ever have anxiety dreams ? |
| 29 | Do you still want lunch ? ’ |
| 30 | and do you still have story time |