Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 2 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 3 | Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ? |
| 4 | Others are opportunists , killing anything they can catch and devouring it with relish . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 … . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For what a horse does under compulsion … he does without understanding , and with no more grace than a dancer would display if a person should whip and spur him during his performance … |
| 8 | We called friends in Australia and amazingly , they found a cylinder we could rent and shipped it to Darwin . |
| 9 | Roman took her arm in a grip she could n't break and marched her down the path . |
| 10 | Your coach will collect and return you to your hotel on completion of the tour . |
| 11 | If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him . |
| 12 | Then , when we are ready , we can reconstitute and display it as new information which human beings can once again understand . |
| 13 | ‘ So he can stay and assist me with my enquiries . ’ |
| 14 | Tonight it seemed to me that Mrs Browning had still not recovered from her fear , and I suggested that I should perhaps stay and see her into bed . |
| 15 | ‘ Sub-lieutenant Bacci here will stay and help you in case you leave any gaps . ’ |
| 16 | I let the girl loose and pushed her towards my wife . |
| 17 | She 'd just laugh and say summat like that . |
| 18 | Wayne , Ricky 's favourite pony , had such a low threshold of boredom that he had a special manger hooked over the half-door so he could eat and miss nothing in the yard at the same time . |
| 19 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't aid and abet you against Susan . ’ |
| 21 | These people may need to get married — trapped — to prove that they can get out , that divorce is not impossible , to discover that they can influence and do something about the situation . |
| 22 | Is it not true that giving 17-year-olds fines does not work and sending them to prison is counterproductive ? |
| 23 | The most serious danger , however , is that the ‘ people bit ’ gets lost — plans often assume that people will work and prosecute them in logical , rational ways , which of course they do not . |
| 24 | If your father has a favourite hobby , gather together a few well-chosen gifts that you know he will like and wrap them in a presentation basket . |
| 25 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I 'd ring and congratulate you on managing at last to see what some of us have been going on about for all these years . ’ |
| 27 | Lambert heard something crack and thrash itself in the slipstream , but the plane still flew and although there was stink coming from the engine it was not on fire . |
| 28 | The thought which came most readily was to restrict the amount of paper which each student could use and to force them to be more economical with it . |
| 29 | We should review the resources we have but do n't use and use them for mission . |
| 30 | O K , erm , and you do have to actually pay back the premiums other people would stop and start them at random . |