Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the possession of a common culture and the ability to communicate and pass it on to others that distinguishes the human being from other animals . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , ’ the Doctor answered , a little hoarse himself , ‘ the enhancer works both ways , and the Old One 's survival instinct is letting him draw on its excess life-force to try and bring it back into the world . |
| 3 | Cos if it is , how much are we gon na have to pay for it , and why and what can we do to try and bring it back in . |
| 4 | And she acknowledged that part of her longing to be bustling about was to try and snap him out of his trance so that he could tell her where her sister was . |
| 5 | You 're concentration goes it 's like er it 's like someone 's going to try and head it in to the net and he 's trying to work out which corner it 's going into and he 's |
| 6 | Immediately Alex thought : so that 's why she invited me to dinner , to try and match me up with her semi-alcoholic brother . |
| 7 | I think she was going to try and throw it out of the window but she did n't have the strength . |
| 8 | Because you 'd you could n't hold that much in your head so you have to try and break them down into little patterns of Oh it 's one of that lot or it 's one of this lot . |
| 9 | You 're not going to try and talk me out of it , I hope . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ My father asked you to try and talk me out of getting married ? ’ |
| 11 | Your father asked me to try and talk you out of this engagement , to try and find out what you felt about this boy . |
| 12 | So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door . |
| 13 | It 's best not to try and fit it in during school breaks because you need a continuous stretch of time at it . |
| 14 | It would not be past Zhukov 's greed and cunning to try and fob him off with the wrong pie e of film . |
| 15 | I want to try and get her in for er into the auctions for Wednesday . |
| 16 | I used to try and get him out into the country in the car . |
| 17 | ‘ And Francesca 's there to try and get him out on bail . ’ |
| 18 | They di they did n't want to feed those on strike , they wanted to try and get them back to work did they ? |
| 19 | And they do n't really want to go on using you as a a sort of prop , because I mean you ca n't afford that because you 've got lots of other clients and you , you know really the aim is to try and get them back to self-sufficiency . |
| 20 | Terry had invested so much in the project that he was damned sure he was going to try and get it home with him . |
| 21 | PP : You had every right to retire if you wanted to , but of course we also had the right to try and persuade you not to . |
| 22 | I appreciate obviously tonight we have are not not gon na carried today but nonetheless it is something that we believe in very firmly and I hope we have the opportunity to try and persuade you otherwise at some other time . |
| 23 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |
| 24 | Now another one I 'm going to try and catch you out with . |
| 25 | Not like , I mean I was making my way there , he was making his way there and I would n't want them to come and pick me up in the car |
| 26 | Her husband had been taken into hospital and she was waiting for her son to come and pick her up at half past twelve , this was at half past ten in morning ! |
| 27 | Well I 'm delighted to see so many of you have taken the trouble to come and join us today for yet another annual public meeting and in welcoming you can I give a particular welcome to our new chairman Mike Betts , thank him very much indeed for joining us . |
| 28 | If you refuse to come and help me out with this , you might miss getting your end away . |
| 29 | Her husband had to come and take her away from me , which was really quite fortunate . |
| 30 | ‘ I asked her to come and get me out of foster homes but she never did . |