Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] and [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
2 | But the r and K lines were cultured at different densities , so that selection on life-history traits other than late fecundity may also have differed between them and may have accounted for the decline in late fertility of the r -line females . |
3 | Potter paddled for it and could have made it . |
4 | Our Services deserve the excellent pay and conditions which we have secured for them and will maintain . |
5 | The O'Hooligan character , with his outsized nose , was so popular that iron casts used be made of him and would turn up occasionally as Belfast doorstops . |
6 | The spirit that believed in him and would dare anything in its innocence . |
7 | If he did , the police would know where to look for him and would catch him . |
8 | Or perhaps I should just wait here — perhaps someone 's gone into town to look for me and will come back eventually — ’ |
9 | Joan had thought of it and could understand Anne 's feelings . |
10 | He can waffle on about OPEC ad infinitum , and most clients wo n't know what the hell he 's talking about , but they 'll pretend to agree with him and will buy on the strength of what he says . |
11 | It will give you a break from the restrictions that have been placed upon you and will enable you to see how you get on on your own ! |
12 | The semantic net does not have a particular linear version burnt into it and must distinguish different history subsections by giving them distinct names . |
13 | She had never belonged to anything and would have been a hopeless soldier . |
14 | If you are intending to take out a Woolwich mortgage a copy of this report will be provided to you and will accompany our formal mortgage offer . |
15 | Occasionally this contrivance could overshadow the less congenial reality which lay behind it and could override the more mundane , everyday exploitation of work on the land , but this , given the conditions under which farm workers lived and worked , was only sporadically successful . |
16 | Anyone want to pick up the ball and run with it and would question whether it is considered necessary and does it give you sufficient guidance at strategic level ? |
17 | She looked at it and could see no fault ; she thought of Lucy and did n't care . |
18 | Let the fatuous sun shine by itself and let's head for the moon . |
19 | Think about it and let's have a proper talk . |
20 | Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him . |
21 | When asked she said that she would like her mother to stay with her and would prefer the nurse to obtain any necessary information from her mother . |
22 | Please note that where an area is marked for cyclists ( as in Middle Meadow Walk ) pedestrians have not been physically excluded from it and may use it ; also children or dogs may run on to it unexpectedly . |
23 | Now yes there are times when other people give you arguments and will try and change it around and and you know yes we will listen to them and will agree that but what we want to know is ultimately is what 's going to be done about it . |