Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It is tempting to sit on your backside at the hut on a hot afternoon but an hour 's reconnoitre may repay its effort many times over . |
2 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
3 | But you 're , but you 're quite right you , you certainly , you certainly have the right to say look , you know , rather than signing this now er I do need some time to think I mean let's face it there 's a load of s If you turn it over on the back of the credit agree |
4 | No it was just it was just so you , I mean let's face it , er my father used to mend our shoes , repair our shoes , in fact I 've still got his hobbing iron now . |
5 | I mean let's face it |
6 | wherever you go wherever you go there 's gon na be all this upheaval and I mean let's face it if the Tories do n't get in this time , and pray god they do n't , Labour 's gon na completely |
7 | No , no not a blocked one but I mean let's face it |
8 | . I mean , like , okay it was n't bad I mean let's face it and I 'm not exactly flipping Dolly Parton am I ? ! |
9 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
10 | and I mean let's face it you might not like it ! |
11 | and I mean let's face it if he is still with the old grandmother , it 's , that 's a different world as well in n it ? |
12 | I mean let's face it it 's not realistic . |
13 | on this , on this particular matter , I would like to add erm on C E G traffic manager as a tem as a temporarily lease because , I mean let's face it unless we plan ahead we are going to be in a hell of a muddle , in trouble . |
14 | Well , I mean let's lets face it you 'll be sat in the car you 're gon na get crumpled are n't you ? |
15 | We 'll wander round , I mean let's to know that we can sort of just have a little walk as it were . |
16 | I mean let's say this |
17 | Not , not to be s unsympathetic but I mean let's try and get this in |
18 | I mean let's take one er because of the hyper- inflation in Venezuela you pay fifty percent on debt there . |
19 | John Fletcher , who spends his spare time stargazing , photographed comet Swift Tuttle — an object which some astronomers fear may collide with the earth on it 's next visit . |
20 | Developing a ‘ collaborative classroom ’ did not mean suddenly insisting that everyone works together all the time ( as some teachers fear may happen if enthusiasm for ‘ group work ’ gets out of hand ) , but rather creating conditions which would allow the collective resources of the group to be used to support and enhance across the whole range of classroom activity . |
21 | It ranks high among those topics which you fear may bore your listeners , but which , secretly , you take very seriously . |
22 | The type of diet we eat may influence the activity of brown fat , and thus our metabolic rate . |
23 | The characteristic network structures of these different types of community are also relevant to the manner in which change may come about , in so far as urban growth tends at first to weaken strong pre-existing rural networks . |
24 | The extra and fruitless work which these new procedures often engender may remain worthwhile if some new but positive ‘ leads ’ are also found . |
25 | But whatever else Anselm may have learnt from Hugh of Lyons , he did not learn to accept this extension of papal sovereignty at the expense of the church for which he was himself responsible . |
26 | The kind of things that they make may reflect ideas that they encounter in stories , rhymes or visits . |
27 | A single REPEAT may have more than one UNTIL , but this is bad practice . |
28 | She says it is going to be a struggle for her because it is quite a severe leg injury but she 's determined and what we 're looking at now is very good recovery so thpat should continue . |
29 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
30 | Any activities we introduce should build on these principles . |