Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It would probably throw me completely If you
2 it would throw me completely if you put , if you changed some of the number plates over .
3 BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes .
4 If they are a pain the cast will throw them out and they 'll return to the factory they came from . ’
5 I could throw them out and replace them with Bretons , ’ said Thorfinn .
6 keep thinking I , you know , I should throw them out or something .
7 He had an idea that Dinah might not be permitted to open her own letters , or perhaps would throw them aside if there were too many admirers ; but surely she would take notice of the sketch .
8 The Minister did not answer me earlier when I tried to raise a point about the period of between six and 16 months .
9 She did n't want me around 'cause she was sure I 'd get hooked too .
10 ‘ Your Gran did n't want me around when you came visiting with Sarah and her family — wanted to have you to herself , she told me .
11 The rebel officers had probably been given US blessing on the understanding that it would not bail them out if things went wrong .
12 You 're gon na paint them exactly as you would if you were just doing it on paper alright ?
13 WHEN it comes to mounting a defence against hostile bidders , big German companies can tap an influential old-boy network which , together with legal takeover barriers , can make them all but impregnable .
14 Or , more critical perhaps , why — if evidence reviewed earlier is to be believed — many creative individuals even seem to have enhanced resistance to the mental illnesses to which , according to the theory outlined , their dispositions should make them more than usually susceptible .
15 We do not deny that some characteristics of prison inmates may make them more or less likely to cause problems — if the prisons predominantly housed old people or nuns rather than young men with past records of anti-social behaviour they would doubtless experience fewer riots .
16 I do n't think they even thought they would need to do any other sizes and they did n't proportion them so that you could interpolate .
17 And I 'm sure she 'll want them too when the time is right .
18 Do you want them now if you wanted them ?
19 Hey , darlin' , do n't you fancy me more than that nigger ?
20 Mum says you 'll bump yerself up an' down one day till yer 'ead comes orf . ’
21 ‘ I accept partial blame but I have a feeling that history will treat me kindly because there was nothing wrong with my basic thesis .
22 … I think you can only treat them similarly if all other things are equal , if they 're discharging into the same sort of watercourse in the same sort of position .
23 Yeah , I 'll eat them tomorrow as well .
24 Perhaps the Gruagach had been following them , keeping just out of sight , waiting until they dismounted , ready to reach out and scoop them up and carry them back to Tara and the roasting spits …
25 A later article will argue that this lowering of costs does not eliminate them altogether but rather transfers them .
26 Such occurrences have been rare at the Masters but we must eliminate them entirely if our patrons are to continue to merit their reputation as the most knowledgeable and considerate in the world . ’
27 I thought of asking that old fool , but I decided he 'd probably unsettle them more than calm them down . ’
28 Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ?
29 If it started to snow , say at four o'clock , we would have what we called snowmen — and we would knock them up and they would come running to get a day 's work in the snow .
30 But if you do have any questions , please get in touch with your branch and we will answer them quickly and clearly .
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