Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you 're in a situation where that 's not possible then you 'll do the very best you can , but you 're always going to be on the look out for the priorities as they change , cos once the person stops breathing they become unconscious , they stop breathing , their heart stops , then everything else has to wait and you have to try and get on with that , okay ? |
| 2 | At first , when the L Dopa starts to work and he signals his awakening with some familiar Dr Niro facial ticks and mannerisms you think he might be blowing it . |
| 3 | ‘ If the shopkeeper wants to sell and I want buy , what business is it of anyone else ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Pears wants to play and I have to bear that in mind . ’ |
| 5 | So he has control over what he wants to hear and I have my own mixer on stage . |
| 6 | You say he is clever , clever enough to know what he wants to do and what makes him satisfied . |
| 7 | I want to see er the this rubbish dump but this is n't the time to do it and as the Conservatives said , we should wait on er to see what the Council er wants to do and I take that on board . |
| 8 | Yet for all this , more co-ordinated machinery still has to emerge and I confess to experiencing a certain sour taste of insincerity when I hear educational leaders talking about promoting a relevant and dynamic curriculum for primary schools , yet notice that they are hastening most slowly in providing the assessment policy needed to enable this to happen . |
| 9 | I like it when she says ‘ Surprise , Surprise ’ , it 's so funny , and I like it when they all start crying , 'cos they 're happy and they all start crying 'cos they 're thick and my mum starts to cry and you say ‘ Why are you crying , it 's meant to be happy ? ’ and she goes ‘ Weaarrh ’ . |
| 10 | Of this lot I feel McCallen can just about win the race — or at least one of the Superbike classes — but Fogarty is obviously the man everyone has to beat and I feel he will not go away empty-handed . |
| 11 | That in itself does n't matter cos you 're coping , but I suspect what happens is every now and again you get a little blip and your your breathing starts to alter and you get a little breathless , |
| 12 | I 'd like to take that on board and review the situation that we give , given a predicament still therefore a purpose and I hear what Mr has to say and I look at that particular pelican crossing myself , and respect the |
| 13 | Immortality and a Godly status are two things that Tamburlaine wants to achieve and he believes this will happen due to his ‘ protection by the Gods ’ , especially Jove : ‘ And shall the sun fall from his sphere than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome ’ . |
| 14 | Some writers use an engineering analogy and point out that the words ‘ stress ’ , ‘ strain ’ , ‘ tension ’ and ‘ pressure ’ are used when the load becomes too great and a breaking point is reached ; it is the point where the strain is so great that metal ceases to bend and it snaps . |
| 15 | First , it is ( or should be ) well known that the peer review system is not infallible and , further , that the best journals openly acknowledge that editorial judgement on the importance of a paper and its estimated interest to readers play an important role in deciding which papers to publish and which to reject . |
| 16 | She took me to meet the Fellowship she helps to lead and we had a lovely time of worship together . |
| 17 | That historians are increasingly being involved in the process at an earlier stage — being consulted over which documents to destroy and which to preserve , or being involved in discussions with the creators and storers of data as in this workshop — is good news , and helps the two sides to better mutual understanding . |