Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , my research on images of the gene in popular culture is revealing trends that make me wonder about the results of public participation .
2 Let them pay for the kebabs anyway .
3 Twist some lengths of red ribbon and let them fall down the sides of the cake .
4 Untie the winds , and let them fight Against the Churches .
5 Let me refer to the problems of Europe that the hon. Member for Chichester mentioned .
6 I know about the Islington survey , and I also share his concern about under-reporting in some areas of the country of some types of crime in particular , but let me continue with the facts before we begin to look at the solutions .
7 ‘ But let me revert to the crimes committed last week .
8 Sometimes , they are abetted in their negligence ; but for the moment , let me abstract from the recollections of Sonia Lannaman , a sprinting prodigy from Aston , Birmingham , whose PE mistress introduced her to Solihull AC ( she transferred to Wolverhampton and Bilston in 1975 to train under Charles Taylor : ‘ I outgrew Solihull ’ ) .
9 Let me worry about the dollars .
10 Andrée said not unreasonably , ‘ Why not do as I ask you and let me look after the consequences ? ’
11 ‘ Perhaps we can bring him here and let him rest under the trees .
12 Stella dropped the torch and let it roll into the wings as the children brought their palms together to save Tinkerbell .
13 Let us walk round the gardens until you have to go home , my pretty cousin . ’
14 The great advantage — let us talk about the advantages — to many single people was that the community charge was fairer than the rating system .
15 Let us think beyond the problems to the opportunities and potential which lie before us .
16 Let us start with the objectives .
17 Let us meet outside the gates , ’ he said , ‘ and draw up the day 's work . ’
18 But caution is required where miracles come into play ; let us stick to the facts .
19 Let us begin at the roots of this multifarious society .
20 Let us begin with the eight-year-olds , at the second stage of sophistication .
21 So let us turn from the obstacles to applying in practice the theoretical truism in the first proposition of the Plowden Committee — that ‘ there may now well be excessive social services for some purposes ’ — and consider the second proposition — that there may now well be ‘ inadequate ones for others ’ .
22 Let us wait in the shadows . ’
23 Let us look at the factors considered during the formal decision-making process .
24 Let us look at the figures for central Government expenditure per head of population in the north and the south .
25 Let us look at the stalks
26 Let us look at the problems every negotiator has to overcome .
27 Let us look at the strengths and weaknesses of these two viewpoints .
28 Let us look at the implications of these arguments a little more by examining the implications , for welfare and for social policy , of policy developments in those important policy areas that no one defines as social policy : foreign and defence policy , and economic policy .
29 You 'd think they 'd bottle it , make it last over the weeks or months , but they 're simple people , and there 's no holding them back .
30 ‘ What am I saying , what do I care about the lights ? ’
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