Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 He or she will be obliged to wait politely as you go about your task , which you can time to complete at the same moment you recover the skill of breathing in and out .
2 We are , he observed , only too willing to make this sort of leap , and not only in the field of theology ( Hume was also very critical of what he saw as the pretensions of the science of his day to uncover the ‘ hidden springs ’ of things ) , but we need to be much more modest and cautious , to realise how limited the scope of our experience and knowledge is , and how liable our minds to go astray when they over-reach themselves and fish in waters too deep for their lines to plumb .
3 you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ?
4 er , if the , if the , er service charge costs had gone up in the meantime , obviously after you reached the end of the first accounting period you have some accounts to go on and you have a much better idea of what the costs are actually going to be
5 They wo n't be able to go on if we do n't rest . "
6 It 's just it 's very very very well , put it this way , children seem to learn language very very very very quickly and they 've got very very very little data to go on when they learn the language .
7 er and in any , in any event there are a number of things I tend to miss altogether if I want to er keep to timetable which I and I , I 'm sure you 're , all the , the audience or group or whatever you like to call it that will welcome an extension of the talk .
8 I want to sit down before I go a rush this morning
9 I have to sit down cos I feel all dizzy .
10 She 's a clumsy clogs that 's why I wo n't let her walk around with the baby if she wants to cuddle her I tell her to sit down and I tell her not to move well she 's always tripping over her feet .
11 Do you want two piece construction to go in as they 've done it , or just one trip in the end ?
12 It 's actually not uncomfortable to sit in when you get used to it .
13 It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket .
14 But the two struggles , for national liberation and against patriarchy , have to go together and I think that 's what went wrong in Ireland , when we got our pseudo independence .
15 Nanny and rotten news seem to go together if you ask me .
16 Can I just say colleagues before you , you second the motion , there is this hubbub again that 's growing , I mean it seems to go down and I do n't know perhaps it 's like the tide but can we try and keep it a bit lower , especially when colleagues are trying to make a speech from the rostrum .
17 We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright .
18 We need to leave them some to swim in before we catch them .
19 So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed .
20 Not the place to leap on if you 've never heard a single GOR song , but the dedicated and the brave newcomer will find much on ‘ Too Much Fun ’ to fall in love with .
21 I do n't know about Augusta being my territory but it 's nice to come somewhere where you have won before , obviously , and live off the memories …
22 We have to stand somewhere as we decide the next step forward .
23 And use part of the platform to stand on while you continue building
24 You know I mean can you think of anything more ridiculous with there you go they probably have n't got any other leg to stan I mean that 's no leg to stand on but they 've got nothing else to say really you know .
25 It is the only castle I have been to which has a front doorbell , which you need to pull on if you want to see round since it is not automatically open to visitors .
26 I , I did n't intend to come on but I think it 's one of the best er , Sunday mornings I 've had in years !
27 starting with the right material , the A&R staff try to encourage artists to write commercially and they introduce them to good studios , engineers , producers and other musicians . ’
28 Yes you do go on tell i what have I just been telling you then that you need to concentrate on that I think you should be concentrating on .
29 One or two pensioners were unable to come along and we wish them well .
30 They did give up their own time to come along and we appreciate that . ’
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