Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's just wait and see what the critics have to say , ’ Josh returned drily , but he was grinning broadly , clearly delighted . |
| 3 | If the NCVQ was too narrow in its concern with those skill-based qualifications which satisfied employers , the local manager could only wait and see what the final outcome would be between the force of BTEC ( arguing for greater breadth and balance ) and NCVQ . |
| 4 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 5 | Perhaps next time you could surrender and call it a tactical strike without arms . ’ |
| 6 | Erm , it it , it makes it very , very difficult to imagine how you 'll recover erm , but in the end it 's a personal decision to , to try to achieve self respect , to care for yourself better , to adopt good habits of nutrition and exercise , not dieting , cos diets are the biggest con trick of all and certainly , to rid your life of people who do n't respect and accept you the way you are . |
| 7 | This definition should be understood as the choreographer 's ability to establish a style of movement through which the audience will feel and understand what the performers are communicating through a particular way of dancing . |
| 8 | If the lord abbot agrees , I hope you will stay and give us the benefit of your judgement . |
| 9 | So she would stay and see what the future brought . |
| 10 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 11 | ‘ If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic . |
| 12 | I 'll run and get me a minute . |
| 13 | No you 're alright , no I 'll look and see what the man 's doing . |
| 14 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 15 | ‘ There is n't a problem between a hairdresser and his client as long as the hairdresser can listen , understand and interpret what the client is saying . |
| 16 | Since the presumption of both ‘ meaning ’ theist and ‘ meaning ’ atheist is that each can understand and criticise what the other is saying , the main arguments for and against theism can be brought out by following through the position of either . |
| 17 | ‘ Would you like me to dig too , or will you stop and make me a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 18 | Dared she stop and wish him a happy Christmas ? |
| 19 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 20 | We 're going to make use of this moonless period , but we 'll try and give you a practice run over the ladder before the big night . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll try and give you an example . |
| 22 | Let me try and give you an example . |
| 23 | So I 'll try and give you an idea some time tomorrow morning of the of the situation . |
| 24 | And they 've given her something low in glucose and that you know to kind of try and stabilize it a bit . |
| 25 | This morning they 're different again down there cos I 've been down there and I 've looked at the situation erm and I 've had a word with the lads there and I will try and alter it a little bit more . |
| 26 | Erm , I 'll try and summarise them A perce an understanding of perception , whereby we say that i features are hierarchically extracted , is unable to deal with ambiguous input . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , thanks very much , ’ said Dolly , ‘ and why do n't you try and get me a spare face as well , seein' you do n't like the one I 've got ? ’ |
| 28 | If you ca n't get it done tomorrow I 'll try and get you a Doctor so she |
| 29 | Anyway let's try and get you a zither you 'll pay and collect ? |
| 30 | And he said Beck and Pollitzers often hire cars he said and you know he said I thought I 'd try and get you the business . |