Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had nothing to lose and they had everything . |
| 2 | You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest , even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess . |
| 3 | But if you want to improve the quality of your sex life , you have nothing to lose and everything to gain . |
| 4 | You 've nothing to lose and everything to gain , and I wo n't make you cry . " |
| 5 | ‘ We 've nothing to lose and everything to gain . |
| 6 | British Rail have nothing to report and I 've no problems to tell you about on the local buses either . |
| 7 | The technique learned during those years did n't fail him on this occasion , for he stepped forward , swung the bitel in such a way that to my amazement and also that of the onlookers , the disc just sprang up the standard and hit the gong with a resounding clang , whereupon Dad modestly collected his prize of a coconut , handed it to me to carry and we went on our way . |
| 8 | After confiscating their musical instruments , the police allowed them to proceed and they went on to parade — much more quietly than they would have liked . |
| 9 | alcoholic they abilitating teaching them to , to live again and , and getting into the community , helping them to shop and you know helping them to be self sufficient . |
| 10 | We as a group , defining ourselves as human , decide whom to include and whom to exclude as members of this group . |
| 11 | That 's for me to know and you to find out . |
| 12 | In another letter , Carter said : ‘ I have nothing to hide and nothing to fear . ’ |
| 13 | all I could is , I 'll get Tracy summat to wear and you got time , and she picks like a blouse , she 'd pay a hundred pound for one . |
| 14 | Vines , they 'd tell you , tend to mature their grapes at different times , and only an experienced eye can spot which to pick and which to leave behind . |
| 15 | Nightlife can be fairly active , but even during the day there is plenty to do and we guarantee you 'll be tempted at least once by the luscious cakes on offer in the resort 's many cafes . |
| 16 | The way we decide which to condemn and which to pursue turns out to be complicated and illogical : a synthesis of the times we live in , the place and what the newspapers tell us . |
| 17 | The northern , pale-blue eyes seemed to be everywhere , and he was reputed to have a remarkable instinct for knowing whom to praise and whom to blame . |
| 18 | She did nothing to help and nothing to hinder . |
| 19 | One task of the counsellor is to determine which members of the family are relevant to the processes which contribute to the problems being experienced — who to include and who to leave out . |
| 20 | I want you to know and I think that you do — that I love you more than I ever did before , but in a slightly different way . |
| 21 | I willed you to come and you did and now you are here and I 'm never going to let you out of my sight again . |
| 22 | A diary helps you to reflect and it aids memory . |
| 23 | And that means that from then on your life is n't your own , you do n't do what you want to do , you do what you believe God is telling you to do and you try to live by what the bible says and you pray about any important decision you make and then , when God has shown you what the right thing is to do , even when you 're going through very hard times , you know that you 're there because that 's where God wants you to be and that gives you faith to carry on . |
| 24 | This is the space left for the pharmacy 's stamp , so that the pricing authority knows who to pay and who to address any queries to . |
| 25 | I told you to stop and you did n't |
| 26 | It 's shocking that hospitals can deny help to older people , taking age into account when deciding who to admit and who to give anti-clotting drugs . |
| 27 | he said but do n't wait he said I 've only got you to blame and he did |
| 28 | Where business executives are concerned , though , management has in most cases considerable discretion in deciding whom to retain and whom to release in a redundancy exercise . |
| 29 | I was trying to hint at that this morning that we 're looking at a whole child and sometimes they 're not gon na succeed in a subject they 've put it cos there 's sod all else for them to put and we need to be aware of that . |
| 30 | Okay well they get they 've got lots of them to mark and they marked quickly but I Looks alright to me that . |