Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 But , and I did n't know this until I read the book , if you stand next to something that is triangular shaped , like , say , a triangle , it will give you a great feeling of harmony , and you wo n't give a f— about not having a place to live . ’
2 By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level .
3 You can do that while I put the washing out .
4 He laid the naked red scrap briefly in Effie 's arms , and said abruptly to McAllister , ‘ Let Rose do that while you take the baby from me and find something to wrap it in .
5 You ca n't do that until you get the notes can you ?
6 I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ?
7 In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling .
8 But how could she do that when she needed the money ?
9 Obviously you ca n't do this while you have the ball ( you 'd kick it instead ) , or when you 're very close to it ( you 'd probably execute a sliding tackle ) .
10 At Faringdon 's , the singers stood on chairs but I do not usually do this if I sing the song with children .
11 But there is another , very important matter social work can do something about , which , over time , will do more than anything to raise the profession 's standing .
12 Erm , I do not personally like that because I like the discipline of writing things out again for reasons which I will explain in boring detail in a while .
13 We shall see this when we use the Fancy Patterns in a moment .
14 We can test this if we compare the human character of Jesus to our own personalities , as we saw them in chapter one .
15 I can take these if you bring the grey bag .
16 Chris was very quiet and she still did not say much as he threaded the car through the morning traffic .
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