Example sentences of "they [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made them want to , of course . |
| 2 | He jumped up , pulling the lower branches of the tree down and clipped off stems , letting them fall to the ground . |
| 3 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 4 | The land would have to be cleared and drained , of course , but we could leave some of the better trees and let them grow to maturity . |
| 5 | He trained the bees whose ocelli had been painted to a food dish , and then let them dance to their unpainted hive mates under an electric light bulb . |
| 6 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 7 | Letting trainees see themselves teach may seem in itself a good enough reason for recording teachers teaching : the benefits of being able to see themselves as their students see them appear to be so obvious . |
| 8 | Let them see to it that their power is used effectively in the coming elections for the establishment of a bona-fide working-class party , and above all let them beware of the intriguing politics and hypocritical middle class friends of Germany . |
| 9 | The faster the stream , the heavier the material chosen ; while those species occupying slow-flowing rivers or ditches construct a case of wood around themselves to help them float to fresh feeding grounds . |
| 10 | Very gently he caught the long glittering strands and brushed them behind her ear , his fingers lingering coolly against her flesh just for a moment before he let them drop to his side . |
| 11 | We provide opportunities and support to our people to help them perform to their fullest potential as the way to achieve our business goals . |
| 12 | We will continue to provide development opportunities to : help them perform to the best of their potential . |
| 13 | It would help them adjust to the culture and tell them when they 're being abused and how to answer back . |
| 14 | When world oil prices plunged in the 1980s , their leaders did little to help them adjust to the inevitable decline in living standards . |
| 15 | Those which have are reaping impressive rewards simply by identifying precisely the services or products customers want ; looking at their most lucrative areas ; finding out what clients really value ; and establishing what would make them move to a competing hotel . |
| 16 | If we teach a horse to move to the right away from the pressure of a rider 's leg on their left side ; they do not seem to be able to reason that pressure on the right side is intended to make them move to the left . |
| 17 | No true supporter of any country would want Wales to remain in the doldrums , but would rather see them return to a competitive level because it is good for the game . |
| 18 | This was intended to help them return to civilian life until they round employment and , to conform with the allowances they had received in the services , this sum included additions for dependants . |
| 19 | Seek the Lord while he may be found , call upon him while he is near , let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man is thoughts and let them return to the Lord , for what 's gon na happen , for he will of compassion on him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon those words were very quoted from Acts , chapter sixteen , when that Philippine jailer said Lord what must I do , sir what must I do to be saved and there Paul timac believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved this is God 's way by repentance in faith that 's presented in Jesus , he is the only saviour , not your works , not my works , not our good deeds , not our religious observances , he is the only saviour , did he not say himself I am the way the truth and the life , nobody comes to the father but by me . |
| 20 | If they get in if they start getting in the way the best thing to do is just let them relax to the side and try and forget about them , I know it 's difficult to forget about them but just to the conscious effort with the hands is just to put them at the side . |
| 21 | Simply to apply findings , without regard to their particular conditions of validity , is to impose prescribed patterns of behaviour on learners as if they were subjects rather than people and to make them submit to solutions which correspond to problems other than their own . |
| 22 | Some old people have ill-fitting dentures which make them change to a ‘ soft ’ diet of bread , jam , cakes , biscuits , tinned puddings , and other convenience foods which do not supply all their dietary requirements . |
| 23 | After that the solid throb of their engines and the thrill of seeing them skim to a halt on the waters of Poole Harbour were mere memories , although they continued to give excellent service in other parts of the world and a travel company has recently introduced a nostalgic flying-boat holiday across Africa on the route once used by Imperial Airways . |
| 24 | Sunday nights have always been a problem for the serious cinemagoer , since this is the night that brings out the lads whose parents do n't make them go to bed early before a fresh week at school begins . |
| 25 | Er and in the South Midlands ' section , I think it is erm towards Coventry and Nuneaton , we have got erm I can even remember the name of the Guild it 's we 've got a lot of younger women in there and these are younger women that , it 's very , I 'm very pleased to see them and when you see them go to the rostrum you can , you know they really are , they seem as if they 're a revival of the old camp because we , we 've got to campaign you see and but you , you try , I mean I 'm getting beyond it really myself and yet you see , you try and whip up erm an aging movement it you , you want younger women you see . |
| 26 | How , that is , do they relate to the particular things which are instances of them , and to our minds when we think of those things as men , or as triangles ? |
| 27 | Just how do they relate to each other ? |
| 28 | What themes emerged in public argument against the slave trade and how do they relate to the basic concern with good order and the imperative of action to achieve it ? |
| 29 | Just who are these people , and how do they relate to you and to the rest of the agency ? |
| 30 | How exactly do they relate to grammar and vocabulary ? |