Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 2 | What major good were we producing or did we start producing around nineteen seventy seven ? |
| 3 | Now did they give you that and it 's something you do n't need or do you think maybe it 's something you do need ? |
| 4 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 5 | When you say Supported , do you mean they did n't object or do you mean they |
| 6 | I can choose not to do things that do n't excite me , but fortunately things are happening that do you know . |
| 7 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 8 | ‘ What can happen in one 's middle-fifties one can be bugged by something they say that makes you react as if you are six . |
| 9 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 10 | Aerobics ( or exercises that make you puff ) have the advantage of making your heart fitter , but sometimes the disadvantage of pushing the body too far and causing excess wear and tear on ligaments and joints . |
| 11 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 12 | So Malcolm went down Club Row market and bought us a cat and the most ridiculously horrible food — tins of sardines and those disgusting tinned plum tomatoes they used to try and make you eat at school . |
| 13 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 14 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 15 | Well , perhaps I wo n't light the fire until half past eleven or something to try and make it go that bit further . |
| 16 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 17 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 18 | Punc punctuation do you want to try and do you want to just write it down . |
| 19 | Colleagues , just to try and let you know what , er I 've got in my mind concerning the business that 's fell off the agenda yesterday and today so far . |
| 20 | ‘ We need to try and help them progress in life as opposed to literally shutting the door in their faces . |
| 21 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 22 | The Occupational Therapist is there to try and help you find a solution to your problem . |
| 23 | That 's , that 's , yeah that 's the special edition which is the one er just , you know , to try and help you sell better and that 's the , that 's the other possibility , the |
| 24 | I think it might be a good id , I do n't know whether , Lisa would like it better if you would let her know and let her get Kev talking on it , which perhaps be a better idea if she was in on it , but I 'll , I 'll have a word with her |
| 25 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 26 | Towards the end he could no longer fend for himself and good neighbours used to come and help me get him up out of bed and into a chair . |
| 27 | ‘ They both love sport and have no time for show business — except sometimes they like to come and hear me sing . |
| 28 | I have thought from time to time that I would like to write and let you know how much those lessons meant to me — and now I am ! |
| 29 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 30 | Or ask your seller to obtain and let you have office copies , which will almost certainly be an obligation under the contract . |