Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] and [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 2 | The class can simply tell him he has to go , but the moment of eviction is potentially highly charged and to let it slip by is to waste opportunities . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better go and help him unpack or he 'll bite my head off . ’ |
| 4 | That they had all stood and let him go . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps even that is preferable to thinking she could just disappear and let us think she was dead . ’ |
| 6 | Colleagues , just to try and let you know what , er I 've got in my mind concerning the business that 's fell off the agenda yesterday and today so far . |
| 7 | She knew that it was time to ease off , do n't push too hard , just wait and let it come out . |
| 8 | Just relax and let me love you . |
| 9 | But surely we 're all aware enough of what it 's like playing in pubs and clubs , in duos , trios or bands , and if anyone has some amazing revelation on this front they can always write and let us know . |
| 10 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 11 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
| 12 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 13 | Is current expenditure well spent and does it produce services of an appropriate quality ? |
| 14 | Deal with it , discuss the evidence amongst yourselves and when you have arrived at your verdict please return and let me know how you find . |
| 15 | Well come and let me look at them . |
| 16 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
| 17 | No doubt this was the real point of the missive , but it is rather vaguely expressed and makes one wonder whether the author really had much idea what had happened . |
| 18 | I 'd rather sit and do something like sewing even if it might be monotonous to someone else . |