Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun pl] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may damage my buses and I would have no alternative but to withdraw the service . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ — read my mind , then how could you answer my questions before I had a chance to ask them ? ’ she gabbled , and took a deep breath . |
| 3 | Now , please could you answer my questions as I 'm desperate to find the answers : |
| 4 | Say you can buy them films if you want |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know my lines and I 'm dragging down the rest of the cast . ’ |
| 6 | The real reason why a fluke is recognizably separate from its host , the reason why it does n't merge its purposes and its identity with the purposes and identity of the host , is that the fluke genes do n't share the snail genes ' method of leaving the shared vehicle , and do n't share in the snail 's meiotic lottery — they have a lottery of their own . |
| 7 | This would baffle her friends and her students who had the impression that she was engaged in some vast if imprecise enterprise . |
| 8 | Older people will not discuss their feelings unless they feel safe in doing so . |
| 9 | It needs a foundation not only of shared values but also of shared experience , so that people identify with the political system to which they belong , and can trust its procedures and their outcomes . |
| 10 | They do n't know the language so their choice of jobs is limited to the worst and least skilled ; they do n't know their rights so they can be intimidated , they do n't have much information about other , better off workers so they can be paid poverty-line wages . |
| 11 | He wanted very much to do something to please her , and it was hard , for he had never had any kind of a way with women , did not know their minds or their tastes , except for Ma . |
| 12 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 13 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 14 | The male , which senses her hum through his long feathered antennae , does not unfurl his wings until he is sexually mature . |
| 15 | They have no means of assessing the reliability of automatic control systems but they can make some assessment of a skilled individual and without knowing very much about his working procedures they will trust his actions if he seems calm , competent and mature . |
| 16 | So we can only concentrate our efforts and what we have been concentrating our efforts on is not turning any place into a nuclear dump , then we have been concentrating on our union 's policy which is the retention of all the facilities and job security for our members . |
| 17 | ‘ Let's not count our vultures before they 're hatched , eh ? ’ |
| 18 | In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases . |
| 19 | The problem I think comes when you go when you become insolvent , you know , and I think that 's and so therefore unless we 're going to come up with some system where we do insure our pensions as we do our home , then you , you , you 're still back to the basic contract between a company and an individual . |
| 20 | Well there was you would er buy your errands and they was marked down in a book at the shop . |
| 21 | ‘ Can you describe your feelings when you saw the body ? ’ |
| 22 | If so , let us know your findings and we 'll publish and/or be damned ! |
| 23 | Let us know your requirements and we can show you how CUE can help at our new demonstration facility . |
| 24 | somewhere that you did n't need your headlights if there was street lighting . |
| 25 | But she did not know our ways and her complaints or corrections were harsh by comparison with my mother 's . |
| 26 | ‘ However , I can promise our customers that we will be putting everything into opening up as soon as possible . |
| 27 | We have more than 200 branches open on Saturdays from 9.30 am – 12.30 pm , so you can call in and discuss your needs if you ca n't manage it during the working week . |
| 28 | Where they 'd steal your children if you did n't bolt them to the ground ! ’ |
| 29 | " King Darzin , " he sniffled , " that wicked thief El-ahrairah , has said he will steal your lettuces and he is coming to trick you and get into the garden . " |
| 30 | Yeah a bit cold , are you gon na dry your hands and I 'll put your chair back |