Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Cos he said to me , he said do n't rush in to stripping that table cos he 's gon na buy a sander to keep his |
2 | ‘ So I suppose she wo n't feel up to taking that creature out in the morning . |
3 | His Lordship would hesitate long before holding that Parliament intended the Home Secretary to have authority either covertly to censor programmes or to require broadcasting authorities to present news programmes otherwise than with due accuracy and impartiality , but he did not so read the power . |
4 | Thanks to new legislation , pension scheme members can look forward to enjoying more protection in the future . |
5 | In either event , small shareholders should think carefully before selling any holding . |
6 | Those interested in Provençal paintings should move on after seeing this show to the newly reopened Musée national des Monuments français in Paris , which is showing some of the same artists in an exhibition on Marseille until 5 July ( see p. 8 ) . |
7 | It was recognized more clearly than before that most large companies actually held a portfolio of businesses , and that long-term growth , or indeed survival , might depend more on managing that portfolio rather than assuming continued growth on all fronts . |
8 | Then they can go back to asking each other where they got their blow-drys and leave the rest of us in peace . ’ |
9 | You should really think twice before approaching this woman or before telling your boyfriend . |
10 | So Swedes may think twice before rushing more money abroad . |
11 | We will get on with fulfilling that commitment from the moment of our election — by strengthening and modernising the NHS , by extending care in the community and by establishing the National Health Initiative to prevent illness . |
12 | The sooner you have your pupil back , the sooner you can resume your tutoring — needless to say , without any little ‘ arrangements ’ — and the sooner you can get on with earning that money you need . ’ |
13 | Should not the Chancellor hang his head in shame and resign now , and let the Labour party get on with bringing this country back to the richness that it deserves ? |
14 | well , if you can get on with doing that thing , sit down and look through those magazines with me and I 'll show you the prices that I can get them at retail I mean at trade , all the prices cos I 've got that two and a half thousand gallon job and that is only seventy quid , so I 'm just gon na have one of those , I 'm gon na have that with a U V A filter and eight er eight watt U V A filter which is fifty quid , that then , which is for one of those tanks which is for three hundred and fifty , but that 's not , I 've that 's |
15 | Local autonomy — an increasingly integrated Europe can not operate effectively by drawing all power to the centre . |
16 | The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more . |
17 | That 'd make them sit up and realise they ca n't get away with desecrating any bit of wild country they can get their hands on … ‘ |
18 | And they 're saying , if they do get away with knocking this money off |
19 | It 's reassuring to know that we can all get back to abusing each other and women know their place — ‘ Harry , the ceiling needs painting ’ and ‘ Is n't it my turn on top ? ’ |
20 | ‘ When the brewery is open I might get round to organising another trip , ’ he said . |
21 | An an and to speak quite bluntly on the state of the evidence at the moment it seems that that is a very possible end to this case , in which case , in which case the jury wo n't even get round to having this matter . |
22 | But Bodo did not get round to answering that question because , to another curse from Herr Nordern , the door opened again — only this time the frame was blocked by Frau Nordern , her pale face paler than usual , her hand at her throat , and her eyes wide and staring . |
23 | If the Roker captain can breath satisfactorily after training this morning , he has a very real chance of playing . |
24 | It may in part be a function of the teacher 's own practices , and when this is so an analysis of his or her use of time , from the broad organizational strategies right down to the minutiae of moment-to-moment interactions with the children , could help both in creating more time and in making for a more effective and efficient context for learning . |