Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly 's brother had rung her to thank everyone and said Molly was delighted to receive them . |
| 2 | Everyone buckled up and braved a face to see everyone and say their goodbyes as it was a parting for many good friends , both teachers and pupils . |
| 3 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 4 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 5 | Anthea was told to interview someone while bouncing up and down on a trampoline . |
| 6 | He found himself suddenly reaching out and touching someone or making some wild arm movement without thinking . |
| 7 | He also carried out fibre and hair tests , but found nothing that connected Nichol with the crime . |
| 8 | When PC Stennett was sent to investigate he searched Hagans , but he found nothing and left him in the car park . |
| 9 | His current philosophy is summed up by a note on his fridge door — ‘ Ask nothing , expect nothing and accept everything ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Test everyone and let those who are positive be kicked out ’ is the general consensus . |
| 12 | So , as soon as the misbehaviour begins , turn away or walk away from your child ; pretend not to see or hear what is going on ; say nothing and try not to show any expression at all ; resist getting into any debate , argument or discussion with your child while he or she is misbehaving . |
| 13 | Rachel-comes out of her room looking as frightened as you 'd expect , but I say nothing and concentrate on easing into my shoes . |
| 14 | Dry batteries for fencer units are outrageously expensive , so I have resorted to an old tractor battery , trickle-charged by a windmill made from a bicycle wheel with its dynamo hub : it cost nothing and worked without trouble for a year at a stretch . |
| 15 | He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto . ’ |
| 16 | If I want nothing but to prepare the best Chinese meal I can manage then I should just follow John 's instructions . |
| 17 | For example , they might have been asked to meet someone or open something . |
| 18 | And er what attracted you to the job , did you know somebody that worked here ? |
| 19 | Lili said that of course I must , but I made the error of looking at my mother for approval , found none and saw only displeasure at my childish crudity . |
| 20 | He found none and sat down again . |
| 21 | To ‘ the staunch neo-Darwinists ’ genetic drift is ‘ virtually ’ a dirty word ( quite untrue — I do n't know one that does n't accept that it will occur given the circumstances ) . |
| 22 | He likes to know everything that goes on . |
| 23 | Worried by their absence , it was only when he had contacted the superintendent of the building — who seemed to know everything that happened in the neighbourhood — that he 'd learned exactly what had happened to Laura and the twins . |
| 24 | ‘ Right then , I want to know everything that 's been happening . |
| 25 | So you have to know everything that 's said do n't you ? |
| 26 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 27 | yeah , but you want one that 's closed up do n't ya for that picture |
| 28 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |
| 29 | The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while , but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back , and nothing happened . |
| 30 | These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step , and do this going all down the road . |