Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie felt indifferent as each of the decorated men was announced and his citation read out until he heard the name of Lieutenant Arthur Harvey who , the colonel told them , had led a charge of Number Eleven Platoon all the way up to the German trenches , thus allowing those behind him to carry on and break through the enemy 's defences . |
| 2 | The Government are hoping to carry on and according to the Secretary of State for the Environment the people will have to put up with the tax until 1993 . |
| 3 | Green fields through which a road wound , not tiled like the tunnel floor but just as white ( the deep white dust of chalk hills in August ) so that the tunnel floor seemed to carry on and meander into this summer landscape . |
| 4 | ‘ He decided to carry on and returned to training four weeks ago . |
| 5 | But having said that , given that we do need to go on and talk about it , I will do my my best to give that information er that I have . |
| 6 | What I was going to do is to go on and talk about , bring out electricity again as something which crops up . |
| 7 | She wanted to go on and talk to the audience before the show began : ‘ Like me , please like me , ’ she said to them , which is an approach not appreciated by British audiences . |
| 8 | Paul says he 'd like to go on and run in 12 and 24 hour events . |
| 9 | With the Mercedes contingent out of the race , it paved the way for Mike Hawthorn ( GB ) and Ivor Bueb ( GB ) to go on and win in their Jaguar . |
| 10 | it is a funny film , you seen Roxanne where he plays a fucking funny , he has to think of twenty pornographic , the only women who can satisfy two by two women at once its got here , nature loving , too much , really love little bee , give a mat to sit on and stuff like that , your gon na fucking break that in a minute , time have you Mark ? |
| 11 | He did not ask her to sit down but said to her straightaway , ‘ What has she told you ? ’ |
| 12 | The old Frenchman motioned for them to sit down and continue with their meal as he opened a cupboard and took out a bottle and two glasses . |
| 13 | We need to sit down and talk about what to do . ’ |
| 14 | Kylie and Blamey were forces to wait agonising days before the trio agreed to sit down and talk about writing a song . |
| 15 | Mr Chalmers said in Glasgow : ‘ The only political parties who are not prepared to sit down and talk about the recall of a Scottish parliament are the Tory party and the Labour Party . |
| 16 | I mean I 'm obviously happy to sit down and talk through any of it beforehand anyway with you . |
| 17 | They all have people who deal specifically with debt problems and will be happy to sit down and talk to you . |
| 18 | The important thing about that Richard is you still have to sit down and talk to them about these businesses . |
| 19 | that looked fantastic and everyone said oh god he 's so artistic you know and he 's a butcher he was n't really but we just used to sit down and think of all these ideas you know |
| 20 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person . |
| 21 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person |
| 22 | Ingleston , if we were offered a King 's ransom , we might have to sit down and think about it , but it is very much a long , long shot ! |
| 23 | ‘ It got people to sit down and think about these things . |
| 24 | But I did n't really have time or the ability to sit down and think about their whole term 's work which is what I had to do really . |
| 25 | At Christmas the pressure to sit down and eat with others is immense . |
| 26 | There has been no point in British history at which the prevailing method of government has been completely swept away , allowing those in power to sit down and create from first principles a new and clearly delineated form of government . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to sit down and rest for a while ? ’ she suggested . |
| 28 | There 's a thread running through them , but you have to sit down and listen to them before that sinks in . ’ |
| 29 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 30 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |