Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | Any growth which has occurred must either have come later or have involved other forms of temporary working , such as the imposition of a special " temporary " status on certain workers recruited on open-ended contracts — something which our case studies indicate might have been the case . |
2 | that if had relinquished all his responsibility regarding the mortgage and so on and signed it over to you , then you could have turned round and say alright that 's it , I 'm going to sell the house |
3 | It is doubtful whether , given his premises and the situation in which he found himself , he could have done more than convey the expression of widespread discontent and indicate at the same time that something had changed in the Roman governing class . |
4 | I sense that you are suggesting the County Council should have done more than write a paragraph or two |
5 | They would only have grown up and become Boy Scouts . |
6 | Check the report log file , ABLE_REPORT.LOG , for errors which may have occurred earlier and resolve these . |
7 | Check the incident log file for errors which may have occurred earlier and resolve these . |
8 | In the course of the year some fixed capital will have worn out or become obsolete , and some inventories will have become unusable . |
9 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
10 | I thought we should have walked down and try and find her . |
11 | He should have known better than agree to support a magistrate whose hatred of gipsies was so well known . |
12 | ‘ Could they have gone ahead and set it up anyway ? ’ |
13 | To his credit , he had never engineered such postings and , in the early part of 1944 , he would rather have gone anywhere than remain in close proximity to Liza Tremayne . |
14 | He I thought he might have sneaked out and come back again when I know he would n't leave Robert like , you know |
15 | If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne . |
16 | The other issues are Aberdeen to we 're gon na get shafted again cos have got a different schedule now have n't they ? |
17 | Slowly Maura went to get her coat , hoping against hope that if she took long enough Margaret would get fed up and go home . |
18 | ‘ The work is obviously piling up , and there 's always the worry that my clients might get cheesed off and take their business elsewhere . |
19 | Anyway , if you 're goin' to tea with the toffs you 'd better get scrubbed down and pick out some decent clothes . ’ |
20 | I think about how I could get dressed up and go out somewhere , for a couple of hours , and just leave it all , because I get so sick of it sometimes … |
21 | Well I think you should get dressed rather than do that . |
22 | ‘ You would n't want me to let an old man get beaten up and do nothing . ’ |
23 | You should get married now and get that baby started . |
24 | Here a solicitor can become an adviser and mentor to clients and can help set up or expand small businesses , draft a complex will , or draw up different types of contracts . |