Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Windowless , roofless and with blackened walls , the manor house was still smoking and nobody dared go inside just yet . |
| 2 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 3 | She did her best to try and in to make things a little bit more er interesting and she did start a tennis club up , which was nice because there was nothing at all before then . |
| 4 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 5 | ‘ Yes we are friends , we have known each other since we were both 12 years old and we do spend lots of time together , ’ she said . |
| 6 | It 's smart , effective , ecologically sound and it does pop in such a thirst-rousing way . |
| 7 | I think the things that have come out of this for me er from Councillor actually is that it would be unlikely that we , we or would be allocating that plan today and I think the amount of traffic has increased through the town centre would make it foolish and one does wonder at the wisdom if all the development went along which had to be serviced then through er Street and through the town centre in to the main areas of employment that happened years ago . |
| 8 | Because you 're seen in public and you do sing in public , there 's a lot of people that sing but as you say it 's sometimes just in their own homes or they used to but they would never sing in public , they used to sing in the choir . |
| 9 | They have now been accepted by the CNAA as being equal and acceptable degree qualifications where appropriate and they do mark a major attempt at the rationalization of art and design education below degree level . |
| 10 | During the early months of the season I catch my breath a bit , but the body is wonderfully adaptable and I do manage to reach parts of the loch others never cover . |
| 11 | Still , if Hawking is right and we do find a complete unified theory , we shall really know the mind of God . |
| 12 | ‘ Suppose Dora 's right and he did kill Gebrec ? |
| 13 | On the Quakers ' goal of the season so far , he said : ‘ I ca n't remember a lot about the build up , but the ball sort of bounced just right and I let fly . |
| 14 | Paragraph three , the action plan , er well it will guide itself evidence this , the statements made under the action plan , from section three of the report will guide our activities over the next three years and of course paragraph four performance the critical success factors , by the seven criteria we will be judged in the highway service and each one is a challenge in its own right and I do hope to receive in order to carry out these er , these er promises in fact , that erm , I 'd be given the relevant level of financial staff and resources |
| 15 | Cos erm , apparently erm Trevor was working for Bettaware for Avon and they had the Social Services round to say that I hear that your working and they do toy parties and they said no , I mean there not making a living out of it , it 's was just |
| 16 | retarded lad that invented all these strange and he did bank robberies with a remote control car . |
| 17 | yeah , that 's the core but it needs fleshing out more and a has agreed that you know it 's if you just stuck to the Editor 's Handbook it 's too narrow and it does need , I mean B A I E in London thus far are being extremely helpful if slightly cautious and I 've to go down and talk to the revamped education committee when the revamped education committee gets around to having a meeting |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 19 | Fortunately this was a case where I had felt very confident of the remedy and close questioning revealed that her appetite had returned , her chest was n't as tight and she did experience feeling better in herself immediately after taking the medicine . |
| 20 | He 'll be very quick and I do regret that he 's not here . |
| 21 | Well after extensive tests it can be revealed that they are human and they do have a heart . |
| 22 | It 's quite dangerous , as well , because you want to be objective and you do get sucked into the picture they 're presenting to you . |
| 23 | I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are . |
| 24 | ‘ If it is sure to make you happy and you do wish to marry me very very much … ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't keep my cool and he does rattle me ! ’ |
| 26 | It 's just one of those things that happens at parties ; people do get drunk and they do do things they would n't normally think of . |
| 27 | He was looking at his food , or at Mamma , or Papa , when he was listening- and he does listen now , does n't he , like a proper grown-up man , making conversation . ’ |
| 28 | Er now did we get John back or we 've forgotten John now because he 's in a shop serving customers in Ripon and er great take away Indian there very very good take away Indian and they did ask me this would you please play this so hang on . |
| 29 | Whereas at the time it was a thin old wicket — you know , ‘ Madness are a bit thick and they do come out with some bollocks sometimes , so I do n't know if I can throw my weight behind them ’ . ’ |
| 30 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |