Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patterns of dots from a painting program tend to fall apart when enlarged or coagulate into muddy puddles if reduced . |
| 2 | The Old World monkeys tend to sit upright when at rest and many have special thick-skinned sometimes brightly coloured pads on their rear ends . |
| 3 | The river bottom was ridged sand , a difficult and unkind footing , that combined with the cold and the rush to make me want to go fast while forcing me to go slow . |
| 4 | We should not want to go slower than 1/200th second because of camera movement and , for a bright day , f8 at 1/200th with ASA 200 rated film will give a result . |
| 5 | and I , I always felt if we have a change onto this er new system of er , of these quilts , I , I you know , I were n't too sure , but once you 've changed I do n't think you 'd ever want to go back because in winter time when it 's a bit cooler and you put more blanket on to keep warmer and then it becomes heavy |
| 6 | In fact , she did n't want to go anywhere unless he came with her . |
| 7 | The justification for this view is partly pragmatic ; as Cohen puts it , ‘ it would be a mistake to refrain from taking those explanatory steps which are open to us , just because we should prefer to go farther than our current knowledge permits ’ . |
| 8 | er and in any , in any event there are a number of things I tend to miss altogether if I want to er keep to timetable which I and I , I 'm sure you 're , all the , the audience or group or whatever you like to call it that will welcome an extension of the talk . |
| 9 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 10 | They would wait five miles ahead , not daring to go further because of my leg . |
| 11 | WHITBREAD yesterday denied that the 12 deals it is finalising to lease more than 1,000 pubs to regional brewers and pub chains go against government orders , aimed at loosening the big brewers ' tie . |
| 12 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |
| 13 | They tend to work effectively when a balance of roles is present in their composition . |
| 14 | Bradshaw and Millar found that about two-thirds ( 62 per cent ) of lone mothers on income support said that they did not want to work immediately although they would want to work in the future . |
| 15 | ‘ But Olechea was playing a winner 's game and he failed to come through because of his cowardice . |
| 16 | Wild animals tend to hide away when they fall ill or are injured , and those in captivity try to do the same , but it 's almost impossible for them . |
| 17 | ‘ I literally found about our endorsement of used motor-oil from someone I was phoning to find out whether the stuff was OK , ’ says the group 's Education Programme Co-ordinator at the time , Dave Bruer . |
| 18 | That 's a really fine line right there because some bands tend to come across as doing a speed metal/jazz fusion . |
| 19 | Julian Wood , a partner with liquidators Sterling Ford , said there are ‘ significant deficiencies ’ with losses expected to total more than £200,000 . |
| 20 | The council 's working party on grants to cultural organisations took no decision on payments expected to total more than £2 million in 1993-94 . |
| 21 | Mr Knight , who was a county councillor for Harwich for 12 years , said he was very upset at the latest snub but did not want to comment further until he had considered his next move . |
| 22 | ‘ He might want to find out if I was back yet . |
| 23 | I did not want to find out if it was friendly . |
| 24 | … not particularly comforting , since many of the goals which we as a nation set ourselves , the policies which we pursue and the material objectives to which we attach importance tend to increase rather than to diminish the incidence of crime . |
| 25 | An important feature of such costs is that they tend to increase rather than decrease with sales volume . |
| 26 | It wo n't want to stand around while we talk ; and if we get off its back and tie it to a fence , it will dig a hole in the ground through sheer impatience . |
| 27 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 28 | frightened to come back if you need them again . |
| 29 | I intend to find out whether she was there that night and who Leila was . ’ |
| 30 | Derek said : ‘ We do n't want to wait to find somewhere when we are homeless . |