Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother will faint if she sees him like this . ’ |
| 2 | Never mind : no-one lets me do any painting now — and I ca n't say I mind . , . |
| 3 | A simple adaption using a machine bolt lets me mark many chamfers , on different dimensions . |
| 4 | Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water . |
| 5 | Such reading not only consolidates what learners already know , but helps them develop that general ‘ feel for language ’ which can not be readily taught . |
| 6 | Mr Jackson helps me get all my stuff together . |
| 7 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
| 8 | That lets them use such phrases as ‘ smart cookie ’ and ‘ that 's the way the cookie crumbles ’ — meaning the inevitability of some outcome . |
| 9 | However , the method we advocate , that helps you achieve all your aims , is itself enjoyable . |
| 10 | If you could quickly scan down and see what somebody 's done and the levels of competency they 've achieved , it helps you think that why are n't they doing the job , it might not be a trainee , it might be somebody else . |
| 11 | This lets you hide any application , whether open or minimised — great if the boss is coming and you 've got a game of solitaire on the boil . |
| 12 | The design of the motherboard ( featuring Intel Xpress architecture ) means that system RAM is decoupled from the processor , which lets you fit any speed of upgrade processor . |
| 13 | TrueEffects for Windows lets you create some deliciously hideous fonts , using a variety of patterns and backgrounds |
| 14 | This is a basic screen capture program that lets you capture any part of a screen into a PCX file . |
| 15 | Give Windows a sense of humour — Icon Make-It lets you do some extremely silly things to the Windows icons and desktop |
| 16 | In Symphony you have to fill in two settings forms — but there is a Group facility which allows you to specify all the series to be charted in a single operation and similarly lets you assign all the legends in a single step . |
| 17 | As small headphones are dreadfully inefficient at the bottom end , there is a built-in bass boost which helps the guitar sound in this situation — switch eight lets you turn this off when not working with headphones . |
| 18 | A three-dimensional spreadsheet lets you keep several conventional work-sheets together in one file . |
| 19 | For example it lets you highlight all cells containing formulae . |
| 20 | if he lets 'em do that , but they 're not are they ? , you know , you 've got to do your F like that , only |
| 21 | The powers of the European Community are not vested in the Community and then , as it were , the Community lets us have some crumbs from the table . |
| 22 | It serves as a dual purpose : it performs a musicological service by presenting us with an intelligently planned selection of the kind of harpsichord music current in the Germany in which the young Bach grew up , and it also lets us hear several composers of outstanding merit in their own right . |
| 23 | Again , an understanding of biologically and psychologically based emotions helps us understand such social movements , many of which seem irrational and beyond explanation . |
| 24 | The historical background provided in this chapter helps us understand some of these diagnoses as well as some of the prescriptions . |
| 25 | Or does everyone know such things but me ? |
| 26 | Does everyone know this ? |
| 27 | Well , that TV contract faded to materialise as usual , being a parrot does you fuck all in the way of good ! |
| 28 | How far does she go each second ? |
| 29 | ‘ Does she think that ? ’ |
| 30 | Why , I asked her , does she think that is ? |