Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right keep notes , er we 're not talking about pigeon toes , we 're talking about club foot , which is a real problem , if we do n't treat this the baby when it grows up it 's gon na have difficulties in walking . |
| 2 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |
| 3 | The thing is , with this I do n't think half the people listen to you 're meant to know you 're meant to , in these exams you 're meant to have everything you should know and everything else |
| 4 | I do think when they 're caught , they are , to me it seems as if they ought to be made to clear up some graffiti and and realise what they 're doing because , I do n't think half the time , they realise the the upset they cause . |
| 5 | Thus a subadult can only deliver half the goods in any exchange ; to avoid being short-changed , a large snail should avoid a subadult 's advances unless no older snail is on offer . |
| 6 | She spent little and even caring for her lodgers generously she did not need half the income she found she earned . |
| 7 | Alice was thinking : Jim 's so big and strong , Philip is n't ; together they 'd need half the time . |
| 8 | What he was planning would tie half the hospital up for the entire morning ! |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't know half the things he can make , Melanie . ’ |
| 10 | Heaven knows who we used to see at the Fitzroy Street parties : we did n't know half the people that were there : we only knew the family . |
| 11 | . I do n't know half the people in area office to send them cards . |
| 12 | ‘ But you do n't know half the words he does ! ’ |
| 13 | You 've seen me , she 's seen me flirt all the time . |
| 14 | so erm , he went to speak to one of the Director 's secretary , to go and buy all the cups , I had to provide the sugar |
| 15 | After all , even if his people as a whole are suffering privations and losses , and ca n't buy all the things they want , it does n't affect him and his ruling clique . |
| 16 | Do n't go and buy all the kit until you know what sort of sailing you enjoy . |
| 17 | You 're not gon na buy all the kids this year are you ? and all that lot . |
| 18 | I 've got to go out and buy all the cloth for the new costumes in The Tempest . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , you obviously ca n't go and buy all the fish and throw them straight in , nor can you go and buy fully-grown specimens to fill the tank on this sort of budget . |
| 20 | If I let life on this planet die out and send the slug into space , then , since it will exist for ever , the quantity of pleasure it will enjoy will eventually outweigh all the pleasures enjoyed on this earth for ten thousand years . |
| 21 | There are other times when for short trips you just do n't need all the capacity and weight of a ‘ serious ’ backpacking sack . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's here , as they land , that we 'll need all the ingenuity we can get . ’ |
| 23 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 24 | So you wo n't need all the others ? |
| 25 | But , with Britain now ranked eighteenth among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) , he will need all the luck that he can get . |
| 26 | She 'll need all the rest she can get for the task now facing her . |
| 27 | Runners are generally suffering at this stage ( 23.5 6o 24.5 miles ) and will need all the support they can get . |
| 28 | Please pray for me as I 'll need all the support I can get . |
| 29 | A king who sought to defy his magnates and preserve his favourites , who was threatened from Scotland and France , who was distrusted and despised by his French wife , would surely need all the support he could get from his clergy and from the pope in order to survive ; and for this , one might expect him to pay dearly by concessions . |
| 30 | After that , the dust will begin to settle and you must settle your differences , too , since you will need all the support you can muster to make your mark at work or make life more financially secure . |