Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edgar wicket keeper , innkeeper and redoubtable raconteur confided some time after midnight that to help run in his pain-free new hip joint he 'd taken an early morning paper round in Aycliffe village . |
| 2 | In a lot of cases that does seem to happen , but I think it 's partly because people do the wrong things in training . |
| 3 | The functions , including in particular those to be carried out for the direct benefit of individual members of the public , such as social services , may require the borrowing of money and do require the recruiting and employment of many men and women to work for the council . |
| 4 | The first , Chapter 4 , deals with the measurements of crime , the extent and character of recorded crime and the dangers of assuming that the criminal statistics accurately reflect the amount and character of crime that does occur . |
| 5 | They went ahead in the 30th minute when Tommy Gaynor skipped away from a couple of tackles and let fly from 25 yards : no sign of gratitude there for Eoin Hand , Huddersfield 's manager , who had helped along his fellow-Irishman 's career in the early days at Limerick . |
| 6 | I mean , seeing the amount of kids that do go out there , and the state of the changing rooms that they are using at the moment , I , I think it 's really degrading . |
| 7 | With this in mind , we have drawn from our 30 years of experience as one of the most successful tour operators in the UK , to produce the COSMOS ‘ all inclusive — all on board ’ programme of exciting FUNBREAK holidays to the spectacular EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park , so you and your family or friends can sit back and look forward to a truly memorable time in this spectacular wonderland of fantasy and make believe , whilst making sure you do n't pay more than you need to . |
| 8 | David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously . |
| 9 | The earliest I have found relates to Henry de Lornes , in the year 1203 , when he paid 16s and a palfrey for 1½ yokes of land in Halling and Cuxton and another in 1271 , when Walter , son of John de Boghurst granted land to Thomas Heryng of Halling for which he was to pay a seam of corn and do service to the chief lord . |
| 10 | It includes 28 fonts and you can think of it as a sort of ATM that does work with FX80 ( and other ) printers and WordPerfect 5.1 . |
| 11 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 12 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 13 | But the , the Carpet Union , there is still a number of people that do believe in it . |
| 14 | It does n't teach you what is right or wrong in terms of style but does allow you to practice and develop ideas with almost consummate ease . |
| 15 | I mean the very small number of girls that did get to university at the turn of the century had to endure the most extraordinary trials and hardships . |
| 16 | He was nicknamed Joe the Toe by a grateful Duchess of York after helped improve her appearance . |
| 17 | On Kuhn 's view , the kinds of factors that do prove effective in causing scientists to change paradigms is a matter to be discovered by psychological and sociological investigation . |
| 18 | We have tried out these tasks with users of French and do find much greater levels of competence . |
| 19 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 20 | However , there are at least three arrows of time that do distinguish the past from the future . |
| 21 | Chris Poole says there not here to win the race but get in touch with kids and help promote solar power the American 's are here in force too … in the states solar technology is big business |
| 22 | ‘ That reference to judges ; you were n't thinking I might drag you into court and do battle over Thomas ? ’ |
| 23 | For example , a headline announcing ‘ President Bush at Oxford hears of Second Falkland Crisis ’ does not merit retrieval under Oxford but does require to be retrieved under Falkland . |
| 24 | Busby had five years ' experience in the lower divisions with York and helped lift the club out of the doldrums . |
| 25 | ‘ Stop it , ’ said Drew , pinning her arms behind her back and grimly increasing the pressure until she gasped with pain and let go . |
| 26 | The grain was too complex and cross for him , the blade stuck , and in the same instant Isambard stretched both arms over the boy 's shoulders and seized his hands , forcing them apart and wringing them until he twisted with pain and let go both the knife and the wood . |
| 27 | Experimental evidence ( e.g. Caramazza , Grober , Garvey & Yates 1977 ; Vonk 1985 ) suggests that such sentences are harder to understand than those with verbs that do conform to their biases , for example : |
| 28 | Our findings appear to rule out a role for CREM but do suggest that ATF1 is a candidate for ICR . |
| 29 | We 're about the only people in , in Harlow that do sell the Anglepoise lamps |
| 30 | This course should foster suitable professional standards in investigations and help reduce the chances of miscarriage of justice . |