Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [pron] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I shall never regret Er I do n't know but I 'm just perhaps one on me own , but er it could n't have been better for because I was a freelance and er I wanted to learn and wanted to get on and they allowed me , they allowed me to do what I wanted . |
| 2 | It is that the directors ' accountability should be to those who do not direct but who are nevertheless committed to the company . |
| 3 | There may be things that we can improve and I 'm damn sure there are and we work hard at |
| 4 | I have no doubt that a brilliant article will appear but I am not at all fooled that someone of your peculiar talents would either be asked or would agree to such an easy exercise . |
| 5 | I do what I 've got ta do but I 'm not gon na make her life any easier ! |
| 6 | ‘ Some of their success in attracting savings may have been due to people 's desire to save rather than spend and they are well placed to fund mortgages for those now planning to buy homes . ’ |
| 7 | I certainly do n't mind but I 'm completely but at the prospect of having to face them tomorrow morning . |
| 8 | They are human , and are acknowledged to be , they can think but they are not to be acknowledged as authoritative , and if their presence demands such acknowledgement , they are bad women who should have been taught to hide or repress such demands . |
| 9 | Yes , you can scowl and laugh but we are very keen on our diet … ‘ |
| 10 | There was a lot at stake for both clubs , but we just did n't perform and I 'm very disappointed . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Is it your wish to so demoralize Aschmann that she can not perform and you are therefore left without a leading lady for three operettas ? ’ |
| 12 | I can draw but I 'm not particularly good at painting . |
| 13 | ( No one , of course , believes that the Liberal Democrats can do any more than secure a hung parliament — but there is a very real possibility that this may happen and they are therefore a force to be considered . |
| 14 | However , as one speechreader said to me , ‘ By using my eyes , I often find my way around large terminals and airports much more easily than my friends who can hear and who are automatically inclined to rely on announcements . ’ |
| 15 | Those who do not pass or who are not worth bothering about in terms of academic success get very little reward out of the school system . |
| 16 | We now have a general date for elections in nineteen ninety four and when that date is formally agreed , many sanctions will go and we 're already preparing because Cosatu and the South African Council of Churches believe that there should be a code for investments so that investments go to help uplift people and indeed tomorrow I have to go to Holland for exactly such a conference called by the World Council of Churches and the South African churches . |
| 17 | And I 'm going as slow as I can go and I 'm just taking everything in , and I 'm unwinding , I 'm relaxing mentally and physically as I do it because that 's what I feel I need at the moment , and having that ability is good . |
| 18 | Well , I might forgive and forget but I 'm more likely to get mad and get even . |
| 19 | Perhaps his ‘ gardeners ’ will come but I am not frightened . |
| 20 | We 've been brought up to know that it ca n't last and we 're deeply suspicious of what we disdainfully see as decadent ‘ beach bimbos ’ . |
| 21 | And er to avoid a collision and in fact I think they did strike but I 'm not really sure , but to avoid a collision this one then goes over the other side of the road , picks up this Ford Orion coming the over way , rolls it over the bank , and it goes underneath the tractive unit of the artic . |
| 22 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 23 | So he 'll phone her and she 'll say and I 'm still sat behind him rabbit , rabbit , rabbit , moan , moan , moan you see . |
| 24 | ‘ By this time of year the table does n't lie and they are there on merit . |
| 25 | If we do n't raise our targets , we shall stumble but I 'm absolutely confident from all the news that comes in from the field , that we shall raise our targets . |