Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight . |
| 2 | Perhaps the young black man was not mad ; people did talk to themselves . |
| 3 | It perhaps will never be realised as it is questionable as to how many people do want to be active in politics . |
| 4 | There is a lot of social life there , people do tend to , to entertain more in their homes |
| 5 | Er people do go to pub , they do meet , but it 's not a family outing because our women do n't go to pub , it 's not socially approved . |
| 6 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 7 | Wenger ( 1984 ) , in discussing her North Wales data , argues that elderly people do turn to their children for support , but they do so reluctantly . |
| 8 | A few people do seem to be able to remember everything ( they have ‘ photographic memories ’ ) but this can often lead to remembering a mass of unwanted material and so things have to be actively ‘ unremembered ’ . |
| 9 | On occasion , older people do come to me and expect to be told their cholesterol level . |
| 10 | And we feel that people do need to be trained in these erm cars which have these erm special erm adaptations . |
| 11 | The fact is , as we shall see , that different media do tend to be rather better for different things — you can not get a lot of information into a 30-second TV commercial , for example . |