Example sentences of "and [vb infin] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I think these refugees are likely to include the most enterprising , the best trained and so on , they 'll be a grave loss to the Soviet economy , erm , but I think they 're a potential gain to us and er , I do n't think that , I think therefore we should make arrangements to try and absorb them if we can and , and let them contribute as they undoubtedly will to our own economies . |
| 2 | Er well there are a number of , of points there and I 'll , I 'll try and cover them all . |
| 3 | We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help . |
| 4 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
| 5 | In reality they should have been dumbfounded and embarrassed , wishing the floor would open up and swallow them . |
| 6 | I know now that owls are not at all like living cuddly toys , but at the time I wanted to reach out and cuddle them . |
| 7 | And yet these species are vanishing at the rate of one every half hour , before we can even identify and research them . |
| 8 | Sybase has been selling and supporting the tools since 1988 under the SQR Family line , which also includes the SQR Developer 's Kit developed by SQL Solutions , through its SQL Solutions consulting organisation , but it says that by merging SQ Software 's tools directly into its SQL Lifecycle tools product line , it can more effectively support and enhance them . |
| 9 | There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits . |
| 10 | Many years ago — back in the early '70s , I think — Burt Reynolds called up Warren Beatty and me and formed Marriage Anonymous on the theory that if any of the three of us got tempted to get married we 'd ring up the others and we 'd go round and make them drunk . |
| 11 | So I 'm in there — making them run — that 's what you 're trying to do and make them feel small . |
| 12 | See if you can try and make them feel better — you 'll soon forget about your own problems . |
| 13 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose I could try and make them like me , ’ Jessamy said doubtfully . |
| 15 | You want to scream out and make them stop it , and you want to cringe up your body and hide it somewhere , and there 's nowhere to hide , and the shells keep screaming down and blowing everything up all around you . |
| 16 | ‘ I shall go and make them cook me some breakfast . ’ |
| 17 | Did you try and stop them , did you try and make them see reason ? |
| 18 | Perhaps the Gruagach had been following them , keeping just out of sight , waiting until they dismounted , ready to reach out and scoop them up and carry them back to Tara and the roasting spits … |
| 19 | its been very difficult for everybody and I do hope you 've managed to , you get something out of , out of this talk , if you have any questions I 'll be very happy to , try and answer them . |
| 20 | If you 've got any questions please ask me , I 'll try and answer them . |
| 21 | Er if there are any questions afterwards I 'll be pleased to try and answer them . |
| 22 | erm Would you like me to give you information , or would you like to ask me questions , and maybe I can try and answer them , I mean , it 's just as you wish . |
| 23 | Treat these words with care ; take the time and effort to understand and explain them . |
| 24 | ‘ John and I would trundle up and wind them up . ’ |
| 25 | We shall attempt to apply and adapt them to a much shorter viewing distance , under controlled laboratory conditions . |
| 26 | The mass media are thus integrated into an already structured and unequal society and , more importantly , those systemic inequalities are not self-sustaining but require agencies such as the mass media , the education system , and the Church to maintain and reproduce them . |
| 27 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 28 | Pray God to purify and refine them , so that they can be sharp enough and strong enough to cleave like a great blade through the selfishness . |
| 29 | You could , for example , frighten a child into conformity with your wishes by saying that erm , you know , if , if the child does n't go to bed at the right time , the bogie man will come and eat them up , or something . |
| 30 | I will go now and deliver them myself to Narok . ’ |