Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Force the other party to try hard to get your attention and let them know or think that they could lose out to someone else . |
| 2 | What sort of things can I do or learn that will be needed at work ? |
| 3 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 4 | ‘ Shall I ring and see if they 've got a table in half an hour or so ? ’ |
| 5 | Shall I go and see if I can find her ? " |
| 6 | when he went in mum started crying she said Lyn he ai n't coming back he ai n't coming back I said he might mum , he 's just might so anyway that was , at one o'clock he went down , quarter past five , ring , we kept saying can you ring and see if , and they rung said be out the operating theatre to tell us how far they 'd got and what was happening , he 's had four units of blood |
| 7 | Do you suspect or know that your son was involved with any particular woman ? ’ |
| 8 | What sort of work did you try and get when you came ? |
| 9 | Why do n't you go and change and hang that suit up ? |
| 10 | You know the housing office If say you 've got need any repairs or anything , if you 've got any problems , do you do you use them at all do you go and go and see them ? |
| 11 | I goes , can you go and get and some beers , yeah cos otherwise , I should , you know you said lend us a pound , he goes yeah , I goes well you can yo he goes not a pound , one pound four P ! |
| 12 | ‘ And I have n't heard you scream or shout or cry . |
| 13 | During training , your instructor makes you practise and insists that you try to fly more accurately and efficiently all the time . |
| 14 | Can you cook and sew and wash clothes , Jimmy ? |
| 15 | He had already noted in her favour that she did not avoid looking him full in the face as many did ; nor did she flinch or stare when she did . |
| 16 | I made them wash and iron and do certain cleaning jobs to earn their spending money . |
| 17 | How can we eat and drink when our poor brothers starve ? |
| 18 | If this had n't happened … how many times do we think and feel and say those immortal words , a strange mantra that underscores the mystery of who and what and where we are in this mysterious world . |
| 19 | " Should we go and see if there 's any more room for dancing ? |
| 20 | Shall we go and see if Charlotte 's ready . |
| 21 | It was hard , travelling home in that bus , and surrounded by the immense , evident , and varied liberties of people and land , to believe in the small impossibilities of her own home , and she felt , as she so frequently felt , the will to believe it to be different : the truth was too grotesque and too unnatural , and her hopes were so strong that she carelessly let them wander a little , giving them a little leeway , letting them sniff and pry and explore . |
| 22 | Nicola had made me go and see if he was okay and I said yes he was , because I 'd seen his eye move and I left him there . |
| 23 | He often wondered what they did in there that made them scream and shout as they ran out . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do they smoke or drink or bet ( or breathe ) ? ' |
| 25 | Occasionally , especially in the evenings , Creggan would see him stop and roar until he could roar no more ; and then he would continue pacing , on and on . |
| 26 | The person they sought had disappeared into thin air ; it was only then did they puzzle and wonder if the dusk had conned them into imagining that they could be mistaken . |
| 27 | Let her go and see if she fancies staying there . |
| 28 | Many would not turn to a sound , nor would they smile or babble when spoken to . |
| 29 | Oh it was funny with Alison when I first saw her on when she was still a terrible state she let it all out in a great scream and I just let her talk and talk and talk |
| 30 | It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased . |