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 .
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