Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 2 | The Second Symphony is a work that wears well and suffice it to say that this newcomer can hold its head high in this company . |
| 3 | You need to do nothing except stand there and sing your numbers . |
| 4 | ‘ But you would sooner return to la dolce vita than stay here and help her get well , ’ he said coldly . |
| 5 | His critical eye revels in the play and contrast of light on form composing the stark minimal images that have all but become his trade mark . |
| 6 | ‘ Come and sit here and tell me about yourself . |
| 7 | You come to see me and sit there and say nowt . |
| 8 | Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell . |
| 9 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |
| 10 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
| 11 | If you 're administering , you might as well administer something that is new and challenging rather than doing something I had been doing all my life . |
| 12 | I 'm here to do a job of work and if dressing conservatively and ignoring his attempts at seductive banter are what it takes to remind him of the fact , so be it . ’ |
| 13 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 14 | Certainly if farmers wish to have a suitably skilled and motivated labour force by the late 1980s they will have to do more to recognize the farm worker 's quite legitimate aspirations and to help rather than hinder his search for ‘ a place in the sun ’ . |
| 15 | They must take a realistic view and look objectively when deciding which movements will best describe individuality . |
| 16 | Now in this particular case I 'm using a tap funnel Tap funnel just as it 's it 's Erm the concentrated acid you do n't just sort of pour it in and run away and leave it to it . |
| 17 | Aberdeen , erm and get together and decide what they want , discussing dates |
| 18 | When Gareth lived with us before he got married he turned the bath on and walked away and left it . |
| 19 | round about the first world war time , he used this sort of sort of pitching his tent up to the and staying there and learning their language and observing their rituals , getting to know them . |
| 20 | Metaphysics invites us to revel in the never-ending process of personal growth , to delight in the ever-changing scenery of our lives , and to befriend rather than fear our subconscious mind . |
| 21 | He clasped my hands and bowed rhythmically while greeting me in Arabic . |
| 22 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
| 23 | We try and try again and abandon it . |
| 24 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
| 25 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |
| 26 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 27 | ‘ Aline , be a dear sweet girl and go away and let me die in peace . |
| 28 | ‘ He will hear a tune on a programme and go away and play it on a keyboard . |
| 29 | Force yourself to think of an effective here-and-now action and go ahead and do it . |
| 30 | A man who would touch you for ten francs , and go home and paint what would one day be worth ten million . |