Example sentences of "[pers pn] tend to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals within them are therefore extremely vulnerable , mainly because the populations within them tend to be too small for safety . |
| 2 | Both pulls are strong and theories which purport to reconcile them tend to be fragile , even though they capture a stout commonsense conviction that , as Marx put it , ‘ Men make their own history but they do not make it just as they please ; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves . ’ |
| 3 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 4 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 5 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |
| 6 | I tend to ( but only tend to ) reach for mine ( I have n't got one ) every time I hear the word ‘ religion ’ . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) B : I must say I tend to be … |
| 8 | You can change the tension on either or both of the carriages , though I tend to be lazy and change only one ! |
| 9 | I tend to sa sa to say right you know , one A and one B are all out together . |
| 10 | I find this a bit tedious to keep doing this , so I tend to you know , slip up sometimes |
| 11 | Unless it is an easy switch-on or switch-off I tend to be lost . |
| 12 | So generally to make it , to make it straightforward , I tend to er differentiate , so that I 've got some in the ta the non-taxpayer 's name up to the limit , and then a joint account perhaps which will be usable by both of them er for instant access , that type of thing . |
| 13 | ‘ I tend to when the same story appears time and time again , ’ she retorted . |
| 14 | I tend to be a little formal because you 're my boss . ’ |
| 15 | keeping the meetings as precise because I tend to my meetings wandering and |
| 16 | ‘ She 's a real feisty northern woman and that was nice for me because although I 've done a lot of different work , because of my television work , I tend to be thought of as the rather middle-class , bouncy , girl next door type . |
| 17 | You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me . |
| 18 | I tend to .. you know a lot of players do n't play any side shots they play all their shots like that . |
| 19 | I 've actually the last time I got some delivered for me was February so I tend to sort of get something about once a month I think . |
| 20 | Well , you can bi what I tend to is is get a coat on er , first thing in the morning , another coat in the afternoon and then leave it for a week . |
| 21 | You know that you tend to be bronchial . |
| 22 | If you tend to be a ‘ hard-liner ’ , you will be attracted to punishment as a way of controlling people 's behaviour . |
| 23 | If it rains when you are driving , you tend to be drenched by the time the hood has been erected and are the laughing stock of every MX-5 driver in the neighbourhood . |
| 24 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 25 | DECEMBER may be a hard-working month when you tend to be carrying more than your share of responsibilities . |
| 26 | In group meetings , if you tend to be hesitant then get in early with your proposal . |
| 27 | So you tend to gradually come round to the view that unless it 's causing very bad visual pollution , or you 've had a run of complaints about it , then you tend not to take a stat . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The other thing is that wherever you go , restaurants or hotels , you tend to be met with a nice smile , because if people have laughed at you , they have warm feelings towards you — there 's no question about it . |
| 29 | Do you find that you tend to generally eat more , or crave sweet food more when you are feeling tired or have gone without food for a long time ? |
| 30 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |