Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when you can be clear about what it is you want and be clear what it is they want you 've got more of a chance to get the solution to win win rather than if you 're just interested in your position and your side . |
| 2 | Before you leave , double-check your bag has everything any marathon runner could ever need inside and as you arrive ( calm and collected , having not lost your temper with the public transport system ) do a little stretching and gentle jogging . |
| 3 | We do n't know exactly where but it must have been close , as he dragged himself home to his favourite spot on the lawn where his life ebbed out of him in the quiet of the night . |
| 4 | Should she pack now or after she 'd faced Nicolo ? |
| 5 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 6 | So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) . |
| 7 | It is at least possible that he did not know otherwise and that his father was responsible for this fiction , assuring his son that he truly was the child of British parents , though American-born . |
| 8 | Like when she 's in the first two classes it wo n't matter so but as she 'll approach the G C S C |
| 9 | Since most women did marry , most teenage girls assumed that they would do so and that they would give up work then . |
| 10 | If we could have an agreement on reductions in the number of warheads , it would show clearly that although we possess nuclear weapons , their scale does not have to be as great as we considered in the recent past . |
| 11 | We can be influenced by history , we can , we learn from history , we can do all sorts of things about history but what er er as far as er Christopher 's concerned , what do we do now because that I just do n't know ! |
| 12 | We 've started it in our studio , bringing their people into the city or setting up a kind of branch over there where people can work together and so you do n't get the political problems of ownerships , of people saying well that 's your idea , you know , it 's the old thing of as soon as the client thinks that it 's his idea then he wants it , and it 's very hard . |
| 13 | I asked whether we should work together or whether we should fight … it will be your decision , Holly . |
| 14 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 15 | There are times when these ideas will occur naturally and when it will be appropriate , and this is for the child 's teacher to decide . |
| 16 | Almost every interview ended with ‘ I do n't remember much except that it was snowing … ’ or words to that effect . |
| 17 | This is a four-week period in which racing should not be undertaken seriously , but during this time training can become harder and as it does so , it must be directed towards the goal , It may be necessary to allow more time between hard sessions and longer recovery times during the session , until your anti-stress systems get back to normal . |
| 18 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 19 | The slave will not work unless he is made , and therefore he does little ; he is no better , or little better , if he does his work well than if he does it ill , and therefore he rarely cares to do it very well . |
| 20 | Streat asked MacArthur for his views on trade with China to which the general replied that an increase in trade between Japan and mainland China would not occur immediately but that he was convinced that this could occur within the next four or five years . |
| 21 | I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me . |
| 22 | Well , that does n't sound again as though it should be in the D P . |
| 23 | It is not always possible to determine at time of intimation whether a carpet will clean satisfactorily or whether it requires to be replaced . |
| 24 | I would suggest even that since there is a surplus in C P D , of over a million pounds , that er , they are perfectly capable of funding their own studies . |
| 25 | And it does n't stop there because when you 've worked that out now you 've got to wo you 've got this biggish number three sixty , Urgh ! |
| 26 | At times she hated Freddie Nash with a ferocity that astonished her ; yet at others she longed to see him , to have his support , to feel that one day , perhaps after she had given birth to his baby , they would meet again and that she would experience , however transitory and unreliable — at least on his part — their mutual passion . |
| 27 | But in those general objectives , we then set ourselves the top ten , top ten objectives and how we are going to actually action those objectives er to er move forward and if they were achieved , we thought if we achieved those ten objectives and that 's going to take time and as I say it 's a dynamic plan , it 's going to take two , three years to achieve and if we achieve those objectives then we will have achieved our own rule er our overall mission . |
| 28 | Doctors hope Christina 's face will heal quickly and that she will be able to avoid plastic surgery . |
| 29 | It should be noted at this point that the small number of boys who become anorexic ( 14 per cent as compared to 86 per cent girls of the patients studied by Bruch ) do so before they reach puberty and do not develop sexually until after they have recovered . |
| 30 | But I know it will go away and when I see friends with babies I still think ‘ Oh , I want one now ! ’ ’ |