Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What did you do to let the thoughts remain or to rid yourself of them ?
2 It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us .
3 You can paint or stain them to any colour you want .
4 Their main advantages are : wood is an excellent insulator ; the windows come in an wide range of standard sizes ( and non-standard ones are easy for a joiner to make up if necessary ) ; they are , generally speaking , the cheapest type of replacement window to buy ; and you can paint or stain them to any colour you want .
5 Check the prices against what you can buy or install yourself before ordering .
6 The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium , losing its membrane .
7 But we do n't need or love you as an organ gone sour that stinks in the wind .
8 It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more .
9 They move around the tank , scattering the smaller fish in all directions , although they do n't attack or harm them in any way .
10 ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner .
11 An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner .
12 You must not subsequently display or offer it for sale as your own work !
13 I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’
14 Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee .
15 Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ?
16 Others are opportunists , killing anything they can catch and devouring it with relish .
17 ‘ And I tell you frankly that in my opinion one must not hesitate to go to a prostitute occasionally if there is one you can trust and feel something for … .
18 And , and did but I do n't know whether to take him on holiday Doctor .
19 I do n't know whether to take it with me .
20 We did n't know whether to give it to her or not .
21 And he 's filled all the front in and the back , like , referees and everything and he said inside you 've got to give your details of your erm employment history and he 'd not put anything in , said I did n't know whether to put anything on there cos I 'm on a Y P .
22 I 've received a letter and I do n't know whether to show it to the police .
23 There again , I do n't know whether to confront her about it , write her a letter or what .
24 Do n't think that releasing it through your local record shop is the answer — just ask DNA what happened when they tried it with their version of Tom 's Diner shortly before the A&M rep visited the shop .
25 What 's come out in the in the telephone call which you recorded was that er the father baby she is alleging is actually her own father what do you think do you think that puts her in any danger the fact that you 're making this public that the father may hear this .
26 But many hospitals have ‘ built-up ’ pockets of specialisms and she does not think that concentrating them on fewer sites would mean the loss of centres of excellence .
27 Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny .
28 Such theories , he remarks , ‘ are not centrally concerned with literature ; indeed , they may marginalize or abandon it as a category ’ , and he instances their source in such fields as philosophy , psychology , sociology , anthropology , linguistics .
29 The feminist movement has combined with ecology to make many women feel that stuffing themselves with pills is not what Mother Nature wants , and that learning to understand their bodies by the rhythm method is superior .
30 Better to surrender quietly to that hell of pain , to slide into it , to crumble and fold like burning straw , to merge and coalesce and become one with it , until , phoenix-like , she floated away on the other side , whole and free .
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