Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversation is an important part of reviving the patient 's ability to communicate and his interest in the world around him . |
| 2 | We we used to have lots , they used to go my father used to put er a a bird a bird trap er bird second time to catch and we used to pluck them and and them and roast by the fire you know . |
| 3 | They told Teena not to worry and they would return that night when Sams got home . ’ |
| 4 | He agreed to make two of these sails for us to try and we later purchased a third from association funds . |
| 5 | And er we used to try and them in the garden just to get the odd one or two for somebody you know . |
| 6 | ‘ I had always wanted to try and it was wonderful , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 8 | and my concern is that our children are going to go into the er work place to try and you know establish their own |
| 9 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 10 | My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by . |
| 11 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 12 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 13 | So it will tend to pull and it almost definitely is either reaching or pulling or holding something or holding on for your life , |
| 14 | Directors frequently face difficult decisions of what to accept and what to reject . |
| 15 | Voting for Maastricht and hoping that the Tories can be beaten at a later date on the Social Chapter was a decision I found difficult to accept and I have done my homework on this issue . |
| 16 | The inevitability of the process can be hard to accept and it 's normal to have these feelings , although many women do like the sense that they have relinquished control . |
| 17 | ‘ The Americans asked us if we wanted to come and we said , S'pose so , ’ grinds the aptly named bass player Martin Blunt , unravelling his gnarled fingers from their intertwined tense bundle . |
| 18 | ‘ The Americans asked us if we wanted to come and we said , S'pose so , ’ grinds the aptly named bass player Martin Blunt , unravelling his gnarled fingers from their intertwined tense bundle . |
| 19 | Here is one of the fastest growing services in the public sector over the decade to come and we 've entrusted local government with it . |
| 20 | We hope that you will be bale to come and we look forward to meeting you then . |
| 21 | And I want you to come and we 'll sort things out . |
| 22 | ‘ You were quite right to come and what you 've told me may be important . |
| 23 | It was very , very difficult for them , they had to come and they had to find the , the actual crash , and it was an appalling position to get to , erm , the efficiency was splendid . |
| 24 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 25 | And he used to come and they could see him coming for he had to come in a cart . |
| 26 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 27 | I wanted her to come and she never did . |
| 28 | Her two Newmarket wins last autumn promised plenty to come and she is certain to be suited by middle distances . |
| 29 | She 's soaking wet and within a few thrusts I 'm ready to come and she 's panting , then grunting then calling out , ‘ Oh , fuck , yes ! ’ and then it 's all over and I collapse over her and then fall off her and almost cut my ear on the cool blade of the kitchen knife lying on the sheet . |
| 30 | when she was due to come and she 's still got a very bad chest |