Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 2 | We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help . |
| 3 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |
| 4 | I woke feeling unwell and I decided to go downstairs and make myself a cup of tea . |
| 5 | Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown . |
| 6 | If you do n't mind , I will go and make myself an omelette . |
| 7 | ‘ Would you like me to dig too , or will you stop and make me a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 8 | Oh well of course that 's making me have a parched throat you know , so you 're gon na have to ma , go and make me a cup of tea ! |
| 9 | The Paseo simply is n't as refined as it should be , although some elements of the equation , such as the smooth , light manual shift and positive clutch , are as good as you 'll find anywhere and make it a doddle to drive . |
| 10 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 11 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 12 | I 'll go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 13 | Oh I think I 'm going to go and make you a bottle , make you a bottle shall I ? |
| 14 | Let me go and make you a cup of tea . |
| 15 | When , a few hours later , Harriet got up to go downstairs and make herself a cup of tea , she was surprised to find Liza 's bedroom door open . |
| 16 | It would be preposterous — and cruel besides — not to go in and comfort her a little . |
| 17 | The medium bombards and basilisks , made by John in his wisdom with trunnions , now showed the virtues of his new two-wheeled carriages , which made them easy to move and regroup whatever the weather . |
| 18 | These have to be married with the individual dreams of each business who , in addition to achieving the best they can ask for their business , have to perform and deliver what the board has asked of them for the company as a whole . |
| 19 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 20 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 21 | Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . |
| 22 | As soon as the shops opened after the holidays he was going to go out and buy himself a tie ! |
| 23 | Why do n't you go and buy yourself a sweater , on me ? ’ |
| 24 | no it 's not , it 's been designed especially for it so erm he 's gon na get erm , I said what are you doing all this for I said , it 'll be easier to go and buy yourself a three wheeler |
| 25 | It thus becomes highly convenient to view the market , in a world of production , as if all entrepreneurial activity were in fact carried on by producers ; in other words , it now becomes convenient to think of resource owners and consumers as passive price-takers , exercising no entrepreneurial judgement of their own and simply reacting passively to the opportunities to sell and buy which the producer-entrepreneurs hold out to them directly . |
| 26 | Yeah well I could n't so I had to come over and and buy them a flipping new one ! |
| 27 | things you see , so erm , I thought right well that 's it Ben can have the garage , I 'll go and buy her the flying circus , Joseph can have the bus and call it a day . |
| 28 | Steve looked at it , he said I think you 'd better go to shop and buy yoursen a new one . |
| 29 | ‘ What you need to do , Leith , is to try and deglamorise yourself a bit . ’ |
| 30 | All the more important that you should choose wisely and know what the cost of any anticipated repairs will be . |