Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [vb infin] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet we experience a great sense of loss , if we only let go of this intellect reluctantly and in fact would rather nurture it than shed it . |
| 2 | For example , in the sentence People have and still do disagree on this matter the form disagree can not follow both have and do . |
| 3 | The correct sentence would be People have disagreed and still do disagree on this matter . |
| 4 | Mother Teresa said : ‘ The way the Mirror readers responded to this appeal shows that people really do care about each other . ’ |
| 5 | I mean , it 's , it 's , I really do feel on these tendency to come on all the reports , I think we want , I think we want to hear that jobs and wages will undoubtedly go up , it 's erm this is absolutely inevitable that wages will go up and rise in the situation . |
| 6 | He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case . |
| 7 | The promises and statements made in election programmes are the basis of all those made in the campaign , so by relating these to government statements of their legislative programme , and even more so to actual behaviour in office , we can see if party-based democracies actually do work in this way . |