Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women would look up and congratulate me and encourage me to ‘ go on , go on , you can , you can ’ . |
| 2 | Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers , who may imitate them and style themselves upon them . |
| 3 | Rigorists rejected compromise : they would surrender nothing and understood it to be of the essence of their Christian allegiance that every Lord 's day they would unfailingly celebrate the eucharist . |
| 4 | These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step , and do this going all down the road . |
| 5 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 6 | you might as well buy it and leave it at home . |
| 7 | Ruth shall unpack it and put it on you . |
| 8 | Therefore , I shall consider it and inform you of my decision when you return to this base . ’ |
| 9 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 10 | Let the man lift me from the car still asleep and wrapped in a tartan blanket , let him lift me and carry me up the stairs to my bed , let him gently say , ‘ we 're here ’ … let him lay me down to sleep . |
| 11 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 12 | She might just waylay him and hit him with something heavy ! |
| 13 | Why do n't you bring her and put her in your dolls pram ? |
| 14 | I mean , maybe there are others who could , who can do it and explain them to me , and I 'd be very grateful if they could but , erm in detail |
| 15 | When a number of people have taken that holiday , they may conduct another poll to investigate whether they enjoyed it , and , most important , whether they would repeat it or recommend it to friends . |
| 16 | They ensure , for example , that meals are eaten at the right time , that appointments are kept , that a daily routine is adhered to and that patients do not neglect themselves or put themselves in danger . |
| 17 | I 'll have something ready that should make you feel better , and , before you ask me , yes , I did undress you and put you into my shirt . |
| 18 | They are generally thought to be striking at Hipparchos not shown , an interesting but rather surprising concept ; one might rather see them as defending themselves against the bodyguard which cut them down . |
| 19 | They wanted a fairy princess to come and touch them and turn everything into gold . |
| 20 | The investigators had also come into possession of what was said to be Fhimah 's personal diary , improbable though it must have seemed to them that a trained intelligence agent would keep one or put anything in writing , let alone the incriminating English word ‘ taggs ’ ( sic ) in the middle of an entry in Arabic and then , according to media reports , leave the diary behind for the investigators to find . |
| 21 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 22 | Er I 'd store it and use it with whatever I 'm asked to use it with . |
| 23 | Probably when the saying went into general use , people did n't understand it and changed it to cat . |
| 24 | No matter how wide the terms of the clause , the courts will limit it and modify it to the extent necessary to enable effect to be given to the main object and intent of the contract . |
| 25 | And we increase it by ten perc Well let's say we increase it by It 's not out money is it , so let's really spend it and increase it by fifty percent every year . |
| 26 | Why not discover them and weave them into your do-it-yourself material . |
| 27 | For all that it remains an object which can not move itself or save itself from destruction . |
| 28 | ‘ I can arrange for you to fly to Turkey , where the Americans will meet you and take you to safety . |
| 29 | We 'll probably take this on paper , so the reason it 's on the agenda is to tell you as a department that we 've had this sent to us , erm we 've got a meeting later this week to actually sit down and analyse it and to put something on paper to send up to command . |
| 30 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |