Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doth earn their money by taking of hard pains . ’ |
| 2 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 3 | ( Gene Fowler on the book jacket of Beagle 1990 ) ( " This young poet and novelist dares do what is practically inconceivable that he should do in that social context . " ) |
| 4 | ‘ How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience ! ’ he might say , with Claudius ( Hamlet , II.i.150 ) . |
| 5 | The former is probably the case in the following : ( 71 ) When Agamemnon dares bring his concubine , the prophetess Cassandra , home from Troy , Clytemnestra kills them both and exults in full-bodied fury unfit for prudish ears . |
| 6 | Basically any conference lets us gets get lots more business contacts . |
| 7 | ( 64 ) Let me hear now who dares call him profligate . |
| 8 | ( 64 – ) Let me hear now whether anyone dares call him profligate . |
| 9 | Wisdom doth hold thee captive . |
| 10 | CLAUDIUS : With all my heart , and it doth content me To hear him so inclined . |
| 11 | But music for the time doth change his nature , — |
| 12 | But do n't lets knock it to death do n't lets kick it this place saved my life I almost killed myself trying to fulfil those that we 've been talking about . |
| 13 | The balloon 's been stolen , and 10 crates of lager are being offered to anyone who helps locate it . |
| 14 | Perhaps this helps explain something noted by Laura Levine : in the numerous tracts attacking the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre and its dress and gender transgressions , there is a fear that men dressing as women will lead to an erosion of masculinity itself . |
| 15 | It helps explain what they believe in when they believe that a person has authority . |
| 16 | Measles is particularly sensitive to the nutritional status of the victim ; which helps explain its decline and also its marked social class gradient ; in 1931 mortality from measles in social class V was 20 times that of children in social class I. The fall in family size probably helped the decline of this and other childhood diseases ; fewer younger and vulnerable siblings would be infected at home by playground infections brought home by older children ( Gale 1959 ) . |
| 17 | This interest also helps explain his unexpected choice of name when elected pope . |
| 18 | It helps explain his fixation on the details of other people 's erotic lives , the keyhole stuff that filled his files , the anger — envy , perhaps — which made him project homosexuality onto all manner of public figures . |
| 19 | ‘ If it helps reassure you , Tsu Ma , I will say to you what I have already said both to Wu Shih and Wei Feng . |
| 20 | In division three Hereford are off to Chesterfield … they need cheering up … so lets give them a boost by showing their last win … three goals they nailed into Northampton |
| 21 | For the hooligans like , jealous of the fact that English hooligans have got all the erm the headlines over the years , and that , now they , they sort of think , well lets show them we can do it . |
| 22 | Lets assume you 've worked out your timetable for the term/ semester . |
| 23 | Lets see what other people say thank you Ellen |
| 24 | lets see what they do against some real top attackers … |
| 25 | So the only way in which he can have any rights at all to Ricky apart from you agreeing , is to go to court himself , erm and I 'm inclined just to say lets see what he does . |
| 26 | I do n't know if I 'm going to , lets see what else is on , Jagged Edge is on I might watch that instead , oh god its still time , I could , yes I think I could just about give that a wide enough berth |
| 27 | fun fair , you conclude in the kennels , you can meet your boy friend almost any where , but he thinks , you , lets see him dancing could , foot |
| 28 | oh look I 've got all the tissues are used up , I 'll have to go upstairs , let's see if there 's one in my shopping bag , your nose is streaming Bryony you ca n't get out James , it 's locked , Richard I mean , sorry come on , let me in , here lets wipe your nose |
| 29 | It is what helps keep them sane , chained to a wall not knowing if they are going to live or die . |
| 30 | It helps keep your skin clear . |