Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I would like to thank them and let them know how very grateful I am and how much it helps to know his grave is being cared for . ’
2 In Africa visitors are looked upon as a blessing and people go out of their way to meet them and make them feel truly welcome and at home .
3 But forgive me and let me succeed .
4 John Kelly loves them and helps you choose the best ones for your garden
5 She must judge , too ; he thought she would trust him and let him have his way .
6 Does she entice him or does he appear by chance ?
7 Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint .
8 And so when you 're pushing pressing on that squashing it and making it flow into sheets the pulling on it and seeing whether it will stretch or whether it .
9 Do you know how to spell it or do you need to guess .
10 Then , in a postscript , as if feeling that his measured words had not yet said enough , he added with a sudden note of desperation : ‘ May God preserve us & make us continue to be joy & comfort & wisdom & virtue to each other , my dear , dear , Poole ! ’
11 Are you going to serve me or do I have to step behind the counter and cram as much food into my face as possible myself ?
12 Today I asked him to bind me and gag me and let me sit at the foot of the cellar steps with the door out open .
13 Will I collect you or do you want directions ?
14 ‘ The principle is that once we find we can do something that makes us feel good , we repeat it , ’ he explains .
15 Jim assured him that hearing me sing was the experience of a lifetime , but Dad was n't having that .
16 Or kill her and let you go ?
17 Presumably he should have shot her or let her drown , rather than make a present of her to the French , but there were some things Karelius could not bring himself to do .
18 Something had happened to split him and make him fight himself .
19 Well you must have left but then the bet was if Charlie could do it and do something like splits in the middle or something , ca n't remember what it was , then I w
20 The accidental loss or destruction of a will has no effect upon its validity , and its contents may be proved by the production of copies or drafts , or even by the recollection of persons who have seen it or heard it read .
21 But if you 're really stuck and you 've got a third question that you ca n't come up with I mean y'know sort of blur it , fudge it and make it look like there 's a sort of metamorphic answer there and we can sort of say well that 's sort of twenty percent or something and then that counts and it may carry you over .
22 The wind coursed over it and flapped it — little whip noises that stirred it and made it seem alive , the dog-face scowling .
23 Good training is there to support you and help you grow as an actor — and usually , it works .
24 Remember that harmful thoughts will hurt you and let them go as soon as you become aware of them .
25 This lack of exposure in itself must have the effect of limiting motivation : staff nurses are rarely found battering at the tutors ' doors for advice on how to develop their teaching skills , and some way of motivating them and making them see the importance of teaching must be found .
26 If we say them often enough we will actually believe them and make them happen .
27 Why did n't you ring me and let me know you were coming ?
28 I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would
29 She took the folder he handed her and made her escape .
30 If people had been in a building after we had been round testing it and seen it secure , they 'd come out and leave it open .
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