Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help them think in advance about the issues , members undertook pre-work relating to the quality Improvement Process and its state of progress in their domain . |
| 2 | But , who let them loose in the launderette |
| 3 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 4 | Apart from cleaning each pane , they take photographs of the windows which help them paint in missing images , in keeping with the overall style . |
| 5 | She took the keys from him , and was appalled to hear them rattle in her shaking hand . |
| 6 | Use a sunscreen with a SPF greater than 10 from 6 months onwards , and then only let them stay in the sun for short periods . |
| 7 | Almost always , by helping them stay in their own homes — not only by providing the necessary cash , but also by helping them to obtain all the entitlements to which they are due . |
| 8 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
| 9 | " Why do we let them stay in that warren ? " cried Silver . |
| 10 | If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done . |
| 11 | If women want to be in the home then certainly let them stay in the home . |
| 12 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 13 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 14 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
| 15 | If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 17 | The hand-outs were vital to get them a bite , to help them survive in their pitiful plight . |
| 18 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 19 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 20 | Oh , please God , she prayed , shake Perdita out of this ghastly mood and make her happy again , and look after darling Violet and Eddie , and Gainsborough and Ethel , and please God , if you think it 's right , let me fall in love with a man who is n't married , who falls in love with me and do n't make it too long . |
| 21 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 22 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 23 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 24 | The slightest disturbance makes them retreat in fear ( I shall return to this point below ) . |
| 25 | Erm , try it , and let me know in six months . |
| 26 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 27 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 28 | What type of fuse do I want in it ? |
| 29 | Yeah do I , do I throw in objections or |
| 30 | He did not ask : how much can I earn in a day if I do as much work as possible ? but how much must I work in order to earn the wage which I earned before and which takes care of my traditional needs ? … |