Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I mean do we want to go and stay with the children at camp or shall we stay home ?
2 Do you want to go and sit in the lounge , Joanna ?
3 On the other hand , I do n't want to go and retire in the country and grow cabbages , in order to prolong my life !
4 Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see .
5 She could be heard hawking and coughing in the upstairs bedroom .
6 Little children whose faces had opened like flowers in the nurturing glow of their first year became withdrawn and cried on the way to school .
7 5.19 Statutory notices etc To give full particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction order or proposal for the Premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any local or public authority within [ 7 ] days of receipt and if so required by the Landlord to produce it to the Landlord and without delay to take all necessary steps to comply with the notice direction or order and at the request of the Landlord but at the cost of the Tenant to make or join with the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any notice direction order or proposal as the Landlord shall deem expedient Seven days may be too short a period , particularly if the notice is served at the premises and not forwarded to the appropriate officer of a tenant company with any great alacrity .
8 She had arranged to go and live with a niece , whose husband was out of work ; the couple would look after the old lady together .
9 Then came a day of snow showers , and she did not want to drive and waited until the late afternoon while Magnus sat and whined by the door .
10 The ‘ enlightened classes ’ failed to appear and respond to a creed forged in their supposed interests : the propaganda of luces could no more create in Spain a bourgeoisie in the French image than the propaganda of free trade , half a century later , could create an English middle class .
11 I hate that programme because I like I tend to come and listen to the content of what they 're saying
12 Mrs. Mallett , the typist from the general office , had brought her knitting to work and fortified by an unshakeable alibi — she had sat between the postmistress and Mr. Mason from the general store at the village concert — and with something to occupy her hands , sat clicking away with understandable if irritating complacency until given the order of release .
13 We may notice too that since pleasures tend to fade unless varied at every recurrence it is difficult to distinguish in practice between the man who lives for pleasure and the man who lives for new experiences .
14 And reluctantly MacArthur agreed to come and talk to the president .
15 fra , ma frame of mind , you got to demand and wait for the answer , even though it might take a minute for the to say erm , erm , oh we use erm , you know , we 've got a , a , a local van that comes and se , like , you know .
16 C There will be certain knowledge and skills that you will need to acquire while working in the surgical ward .
17 He is not to retaliate and must always be happy ; thankful for all the help he has received and act like a fucking Samaritan to those worse off then himself .
18 Whether such attachments are possible will depend very much on how much help and support he or she has received whilst going through the process of loss ( which we will be looking at later ) .
19 Water that has evaporated and condensed in the upper atmosphere , and then falls as rain , should be pure , except for a little carbon dioxide picked up on the way down ( although in fact , these days , it tends also to contain a whole catalogue of pollutants ) .
20 In education , local government , and health the government has intervened and regulated on a large scale .
21 ‘ You do n't need to go and work as a librarian abroad , for God 's sake .
22 Through their prophetic utterances , each of these in turn has given and passed on the messages of the beings of light who guide mankind .
23 There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering .
24 But her weeping window sill sheds tears of condensation , scarring the wall down to the carpet which has curled and crumbled at the edge .
25 SPECIAL : Regiments of Archers are permitted to skirmish as described in the rules for skirmishing in the Warhammer rulebook .
26 That may occur even though the owner has permitted or consented to the property being taken .
27 It will be seen that Viscount Dilhorne 's speech contains two clear pronouncements , first that it is no longer an ingredient of the offence of theft that the taking should be without the owner 's consent and second , that an appropriation may occur even though the owner has permitted or consented to the property being taken .
28 Later , at p. 289 , he mentioned that in Lord Roskill 's speech in Morris no reference was made to Viscount Dilhorne 's ruling in Lawrence that appropriation might occur even though the owner has permitted or consented to the property being taken , and continued :
29 The crucial statement , apart from what was said at p. 632a , was at p. 632e : ‘ [ Appropriation ] may occur even though the owner has permitted or consented to the property being taken . ’
30 That may occur even though the owner has permitted or consented to the property being taken . ’
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