Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 2 | If I ca n't read or understand something in the paper he discusses it with me — about what is happening in the country or the community or about what politics can mean . |
| 3 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 4 | The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium , losing its membrane . |
| 5 | The makeshift bomb lobbed into an upstairs bedroom was packed with nuts , bolts and glass in an attempt to kill or maim anyone in the room . |
| 6 | Sir Harold left his collection to the Corporation of the City of London , but rather than include them in the Guildhall Art Gallery , he left instructions that , due to the fact that he believed his pictures looked best in domestic surroundings , the pictures be installed in the Lord Mayor 's residence , where , unfortunately , they will mostly be inaccessible to the public . |
| 7 | Rather than write them in the book , just put the answers down either on a on a piece of paper . |
| 8 | Newspapers , therefore , are the media through which political parties can establish and/or sustain themselves in the minds of the public . |
| 9 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 10 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 11 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 12 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 13 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 14 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 15 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |
| 16 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 17 | Another way of creating a bad impression at a social interview is by being so self-conscious and aware of what is going on that you are unable to act naturally and show yourself in the best possible light . |
| 18 | Efforts to strengthen and improve it in the last decades of the century had only moderate success . |
| 19 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 20 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 21 | Except to note that now that the right honourable member for Chesterfield is publishing his former speeches as a video , it is rather a cheap operation to come and repeat them in the chamber er rather than putting them out er for public consumption there are places where he could repeat the kind of speeches just given , unfortunately the government is closing most of them down at the moment and putting the cut the inhabitants out in the community er but it had no relevance to the er the subject we 're dealing with today . |
| 22 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 23 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |
| 24 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 25 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 26 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 27 | I decided after all it would be better to go and see him in the shop like you said — ’ |
| 28 | I 'll come and see you in the mental hospital if you promise not to cause a scene . |
| 29 | ‘ Go to sleep and your papa will come and see you in the morning . ’ |
| 30 | the first year and the most you get out of them is they do n't even bother to come and see you in the corridor do , who went down ? |