Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Routine thinking throws up no ideas about how to work on or round or against a seemingly impossible situation — which reaffirms powerlessness . |
| 2 | All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries . |
| 3 | The plaintiffs ' contentions under this heading do not seek to cut down or erode or encroach upon the privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 4 | Users could either join in or sit and do nothing . |
| 5 | It may be suggested that he may simply qualify somewhat and say that it is wrong for others to tell such lies and not for him , and that there is no purely logical inconsistency here . |
| 6 | They go , they got ta hold especially and try and get through ! |
| 7 | Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary , and now they can be wholly in charge of this — they can change the layout of it as much as the words within it ; they can ask colleagues to come in and comment and even add a little bit . |
| 8 | They can ask colleagues to come in and comment and you can add a little bit . |
| 9 | Such freedom can only be exercised if the manager has the full authority to make decisions , without the need to ask a boss for approval , and without the chance that a boss might step in and alter or reverse the subordinate 's decisions . |
| 10 | It was a pointless ‘ command ’ , for Baldwin was on the edge of nervous collapse , irritable , complaining and , in the closer judgment of Jones , ’ entirely without resource The Downing Street secretaries circumvented the King by getting an haphazardly chosen doctor ( they had previously tried fourteen others , all of whom were away ) to come in and certify that the Prime Minister had to go . |
| 11 | They do n't want the experts to come in and advise because it is the experts that have let them down . ’ |
| 12 | She asked for any qualified teacher interested in assisting with training — not necessarily on a full time basis — but willing to sit in and observe and become involved generally — perhaps you have a special knowledge and/or interest in Music — Dance — Anatomy — Etc or would like to know more about training and the role of the trainer . |
| 13 | Do n't be tempted to lie in and snooze if you 've had a bad night . |
| 14 | She had the Monday market did n't she ? like all things , you know , though people do tend to go in and look and then say ooh yes , very nice ! |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll nip in and try and get the number and give it to Brown Owl , ’ she decided . |
| 16 | Yet the phrase had remained with him , particularly in its darker aspect , the way it appears to most of those who are bound by the puritan ethic , not as a haven to live in and enjoy but as a paradise to be expelled from . |
| 17 | He said , ‘ Then may I come in and wait till Miss Louisa comes home ? ’ |
| 18 | I said to go in and see and I said to him go and see the bear , and with that Dave knocked on the door . |
| 19 | ‘ Do you want to go in and see if any of your family are there ? ’ |
| 20 | You used to look in and see if he was awake . |
| 21 | We 're just by an inn now — the Half Moon — and I 'll go in and see if they 've got a conveyance of any sort . |
| 22 | I 'll go in and see if Jack 's still there . |
| 23 | ‘ They found us everywhere so we had to stay under water nearly twenty-three hours a day , and the air was so bad you had to lie down and sleep so you did n't use too much of it . ’ |
| 24 | Pass it to me please thank you , Stacey can you reach the erm , no Deana can do it , can you climb down and go and get me one of my tablets please ? |
| 25 | You have to sit down and think and talk it through logically . ’ |
| 26 | We 're on the edge of what we call a no go area , if we try to sail any closer to the wind the boat will come upright , the sail will flap and we 'll slow down and stop and so the best we can make either side of the no go area is known as a beat . |
| 27 | Even so , I do not think they have mended the battery correctly as it said it was about to close down and stop when the battery meter said the battery was five-eights full … |
| 28 | She 's not going to sit down and laugh and joke over you with anyone else . |
| 29 | Erm , Derek said , and Derek said that erm that he now hoping you 'd go down and stay when they get naughty pictures ! |
| 30 | We may prefer arrangements based on institutions like the church and the shop but gangs and parties are also forms of social institution , not perhaps quite so easy to break down and displace as ‘ disorganization , would imply . |