Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Introduce Brenda who 's going to speak to us on Make do and Mend and she 's asked me to say that she 'd be very pleased if people break in or erm sort of form some sort of dialogue with her as she goes along . |
| 2 | When used on a daily basis , food digestion is greatly improved ensuring that essential dietary elements are assimilated by the horse in the most effective manner ; thereby helping maintain balanced growth . |
| 3 | Made into the lower part of the boot is a special ‘ water shed ’ membrane which successfully helped keep my feet dry . |
| 4 | Nicholas believed that ‘ No man can so much advance his own good and happiness in anything as endeavouring all that in him lies the good and welfare of others ; and who doth that daily doth perform the greatest good to himself as he can desire or wish for . ’ |
| 5 | against the queen , her blood , adherents and affinity , which have intended and daily doth intend to murder and utterly destroy us and our cousin , the duke of Buckingham , and the old royal blood of this realm and , as is now openly known , by their subtle and damnable ways forecasted the same , and also the final destruction and disinheritance of you and all other the inheritors and men of honour , as well of the north parts as other countries that belong [ to ] us . |
| 6 | against the queen , her blood , adherents and affinity , which have intended and daily doth intend to murder and utterly destroy us and our cousin , the duke of Buckingham , and the old royal blood of this realm and , as is now openly known , by their subtle and damnable ways forecasted the same , and also the final destruction and disinheritance of you and all other the inheritors and men of honour , as well of the north parts as other countries that belong [ to ] us . |
| 7 | I better knock knock |
| 8 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 9 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 10 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 11 | What you have to steal : If you have an expensive car sitting in the driveway , or inadvertently let slip in the pub about your latest classy hi-fi , you could be drawing attention to your house as being potentially worth breaking into . |
| 12 | Disgust vibrated in her voice as she suddenly let go of some clearly banked-up and held-back emotion . |
| 13 | A neat passage of midfield play involving Russell , Cunningham and Tony Shepherd end with Davidson making an incisive run ; as Glens defenders waited for a pass the little full-back suddenly let fly with his right foot , squeezing the ball past Grace . |
| 14 | Charlie felt he had suffered enough insults for one day and suddenly let rip , ‘ Sergeant Trumper , 7312087 . |
| 15 | Do you how much do put in when you give it a feed ? |
| 16 | Said , you better do mate ! |
| 17 | Yet we experience a great sense of loss , if we only let go of this intellect reluctantly and in fact would rather nurture it than shed it . |
| 18 | Erm , push that yellow down , , erm , so let push it down there , ah , not hard enough , because the black should have gone nearer to the red . |
| 19 | She discussed the idea with her sister-in-law Mabel , and asked her if she would like to come along to help choose some suitable fabric . |
| 20 | ‘ I like to think passengers leave one of my classes feeling fit and ready for anything , not as if they 've personally helped dig the Channel tunnel ! |
| 21 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
| 22 | The relaxation programme on the tape can be used daily to help control headaches . |
| 23 | Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause . |
| 24 | where all else fails , contingencies are eaten up and the coffers are bare , doomsday would see other budgets being raided and Peter 's services being run down to help pay for Paul . |
| 25 | Which of the following should we cut down to help reduce the risk of heart disease . |
| 26 | The millionaire , standing with his legs apart , breathed in to help disguise a nascent paunch . |
| 27 | The army were drafted in to help prepare car parks for the heavy trucks used by TV companies . |
| 28 | It was , he said , beyond belief to expect pensioners to chip in to help flood victims . |
| 29 | Haled in to help salvage the church 's treasures , he had set to and done whatever was asked of him without curiosity , but there was nothing amiss with his sharp and assured memory , once he understood what was being asked of him . |
| 30 | But yesterday , with the republic 's police force ruptured along ethnic lines , and civilians heavily armed , Bosnian leaders made a volte face and appealed to the federal army to step in to help separate the warring factions . |