Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they could only wait and listen for any scrap of news . |
| 2 | It may have brought much comfort ( or much discomfort ! ) , it may have been continuing or a once only meeting but nevertheless was important in that another Christian was alongside to listen and share in such a way that you travelled on encouraged . |
| 3 | If you want to colour the planets , do n't all go and stand round that picture , go and have a look come back and colour them . |
| 4 | I do n't usually come and talk like this , do I ? |
| 5 | The important feature of both initiatives was that people who normally work independently from each other and who shared a common vision and interest , were brought together also to share and benefit from each other 's expertise . |
| 6 | The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds . |
| 7 | ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members . |
| 8 | Leavis always laid claim to the subtler view of controversy , but his doctrine was always easily open , as he knew , to cruder interpretations , and the fire-and-brimstone of his prose sometimes made it hard to interpret or understand in any other way . |
| 9 | The accord exists because all promises of a ‘ happy ’ after-life are related to ‘ happiness ’ with the meaning it has acquired in the worldly sense , for indeed , it can mean nothing else , as human beings can neither experience nor envisage with any real conviction , any other kind of happiness . |
| 10 | The five foolish virgins with no oil for the lamps could neither buy nor borrow from those who had supplied their own lamps . |
| 11 | It implies that , since subjects can not completely understand or communicate with each other , or even themselves , the full ‘ representation ’ of women by female subjects , or of particular , female-identified subject areas , methods or theories , is impossible . |
| 12 | You will either belong and adhere to this school of thought , or you will be outraged at the very suggestion . |
| 13 | The reservations manager will either write or telephone near that date to verify the reservation , as a ‘ no show ’ means a loss of business to the hotel . |
| 14 | Did Kuwaitis actually fight or die in that war ? |