Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take it you 're agreed that we ought to go on expanding our hotel interests , right ? |
| 2 | They may chug along believing that structure is all there is to it or that a combination of structure and roles is the answer . |
| 3 | • If you make a move that takes you beyond the last circle on the grid , you must count back to complete that move before continuing forward with the next move . |
| 4 | Silence when we should speak up condones cruelty and injustice . |
| 5 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 6 | Wheelchair-bound Mrs Betty Richardson and her husband , Jim , of Newton Aycliffe , claimed they must give up shopping in Darlington after 20 years . |
| 7 | Animals again can easily be accommodated at this level but it will not follow from this that they will be capable of the conscious distress or anxiety of a parent at an injury to their child , or of the hamstrung athlete warned by the doctor that they must give up running . |
| 8 | Newtown Coaches , from Reeth Place , Newton Aycliffe , was told by Durham County Council it must give up running the route from Darlington to Bishopton after complaints about the service . |
| 9 | But then they should carry on getting better on their own . |
| 10 | But in a sense , they will stand a better chance of staying open and being appreciated and supported by the public , if in fact they 're going to devote a modicum of their time to explaining to the popular , population as a whole , what they 're doing , why it 's important and why they should carry on doing it . |
| 11 | Branson 's views about England were more platitudinous than revolutionary ; England , he would say , is ‘ a great place to live in , but as a great place it should carry on standing totally for democracy and people should have the absolute freedom to say what they think ’ . |
| 12 | But after the fire er Willy er requested you know that er the men should carry on working and , and we gave him our assurance that we would do our utmost you know , to keep the place er going . |
| 13 | She said soothingly that , really , I should n't worry as these things often took three to four weeks to sort out , and I should carry on waiting . |
| 14 | Given that level of support , I think we should carry on fighting . ’ |
| 15 | How many times have I told you that you should give up smoking but you never listen to what I say . |
| 16 | ( 12 ) Some doctors now advise couples who are having difficulty starting a family that both partners should give up smoking . |
| 17 | And saying maybe you know I should look up see if I can find some . |
| 18 | Firstly , we should look back to see how things could be improved . |
| 19 | Hailsham , in an article in the Daily Express , of 3 September , called for an election , to be fought on party lines , with the aim of securing a Conservative majority for protection , The government , Hailsham said , should hurry up to complete the purpose for which it was formed , namely the balancing of the budget , and then go to the country on party lines . |
| 20 | Graham nodded to indicate they should keep on walking . |
| 21 | Our Gujerati women are often weak , weakened by the acceptance that their life must revolve round dressing up , housework , wearing jewellery and other things like that . |
| 22 | ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ ends more hopefully , despite Gatsby 's death , with the thought that no matter how impossible it seems to reach something , you must keep on trying to get it and maybe one day you will . |
| 23 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 24 | Mike McClennan , the St Helens coach , conceded Wigan looked title certainties , but he added : ‘ We must keep on winning in case they slip . ’ |
| 25 | I must keep on forgetting . |
| 26 | It follows that if a government should wish to keep unemployment below the NUP , it must keep on increasing the rate of growth of the money supply and will have to tolerate an ever-increasing rate of inflation . |
| 27 | We must keep on finding better and simpler ways of doing things . |
| 28 | The banks themselves must weigh up lending costs and risks , and in many cases will seek to protect themselves by requesting some form of security , e.g. property deeds , bonds , stocks , etc. , from the borrower . |
| 29 | He must sleep out to test his gear |
| 30 | The current serious cut-backs in adult education and the social services due to economic difficulties are perhaps an indication that the Church should step in to make available its local resources in building plant and volunteer personnel . |