Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rationale after a command which can obscure what is required and encourage the child to ask questions and side track , e.g. ‘ Please pick up your toys , you 've got a friend coming and I want your room to look tidy ’ . |
| 2 | I agree with a lot of what he said but one point he repeatedly made got up my nose . |
| 3 | The evidence they read and heard made them strongly critical of the way in which local authorities and health services failed to carry out their important responsibilities in this respect . |
| 4 | Look here — you 've done wrong twice over : what you said was wrong in the first place ; but then you failed to carry out your promise ! |
| 5 | For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation . |
| 6 | Again the appellant failed to carry out his part of the bargain , but from time to time he extracted money from Mr. Hughes against the claim that returns had been made , and various work had been done . |
| 7 | You know the tone of the voice could completely waylay you know lay lay completely your fear of being told off by the by the pleasant tone in your voice . |
| 8 | but I do n't want to go actually I said when I was beginning , there is a reason |
| 9 | But that Sat Sunday when Hazel was here and I , and she did n't want to go so I said I 'd stay with her and cook the dinner when y when you came back you said it 's a good job you did n't come , it did n't finish till half past twelve and you came straight home and you were here about |
| 10 | And some people might say oh I do n't want to go there I 'd rather wait |
| 11 | ‘ Barry , excuse me for asking this , but why would n't I want to see where I was going ? ’ |
| 12 | So you can be sure he 'll want to see out his time here , if only to prove a point to his doctor . ’ |
| 13 | Right , do you want to see how it 's really done , let me show you , watch , are you watch Tim , then you can try , watch |
| 14 | We do n't want to see how you speak ! |
| 15 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the power to make an order under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was not confined to documents which could be said to be necessary to reconstitute the state of the company 's knowledge , even if that might be one of the purposes most clearly justifying the making of an order , but extended to all documents which the administrator reasonably required to see to carry out his functions ; that the applicant had to satisfy the court that after balancing all the relevant factors , there was a proper case for making the order ; that since the information sought was necessary to enable the administrators to carry out the administration and production of the documents did not impose an unnecessary and unreasonable burden on the accountants , the registrar 's order despite its width , was proper in the exceptional circumstances ( post , pp. 855E–H , 860C–D , 862D–E , G–H , 863D , 864E ) . |
| 16 | I do n't know , it was just a novelty , we 'd never ever , I remember an , an aunt of ours that lived in Plymouth near us , she had a house with an upstairs , but she had a downstairs toilet , so we never got to go upstairs you know it 's just one of those stupid things I suppose , I , I thought it was great and another attraction was I think one of the main reasons you got us to really want to come to Harlow was the fact that we 'd have a television |
| 17 | I guess we 'll just have to wait to see how it works out in the US . |
| 18 | In the event one is hard pressed to see how hers is a theology , as opposed to simply a political agenda for the liberation of people . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , he 's here to look after my boat , not to go sniffing around my cousin ! ’ |
| 20 | The whole chapter is ridiculous , for example when Alice asked to sit down she was told there was no room , by the characters already sitting there , yet there was plenty of room for everyone to move round the table several times before returning to their original places . |
| 21 | The possibility of accidental or deliberate pollution of our rivers is always going to be present therefore , and unless some sophisticated measuring device is installed in all our rivers which can quickly detect pollution and hence lead to urgent action , this argument about allowing fishermen to continue to carry out their sport is quite a strong one from an environmental point of view . |
| 22 | ( The two FDP members of the Cabinet were requested by de Maizière to continue to carry out their duties . ) |
| 23 | When he agreed to go ahead he could not have been more generous . |
| 24 | Anyway so and then of course Oh that was another thing , I said to him , No you 'll want to sit somewhere you 'll want I do n't want a desk in there , I 'm not having my desk in there . |
| 25 | Alongside the organisational changes aiming to improve exchanges between Government , the science base , and industry , the industry departments , supported by the Department of Trade and Industry 's ( DTI 's ) Innovation Unit , intend to scale up their activities to promote awareness of the importance of innovation among senior managers in the business community . |
| 26 | Subjects were taken , singly , to a room containing a terminal to each system and asked to carry out their search first on one system , then on the other . |
| 27 | That 's why the best magazine is one which give you all the practical information and advice you need , so you can get on with enjoying bringing up your children your way . |
| 28 | Jones then remarked that , even if there were some commercial benefits , he failed to see how they could be vouchsafed for Utah , and reviewed the history of his own group 's work at Brigham Young University . |
| 29 | They intend to carry on their protest indefinitely . ’ |
| 30 | Did n't want to confirm how I felt . |