Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines . |
| 2 | They should get off their backsides and let us see what they intend to do about it . |
| 3 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 4 | I set to work with my little bag of magic potions and do you know what I discovered ? ’ |
| 5 | Put such facts as we have before the Sheriff and the Merchant Venturers and let them sort it out . ’ |
| 6 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 7 | We shrugged our shoulders and let it go . |
| 8 | Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things . |
| 9 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 10 | I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice and let you have fun . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ New entrants put pressure on existing companies and make them change their existing practices , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 13 | They trust me with bunches of keys and let me phone my sister . |
| 14 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 15 | But unless you can grasp the private contractors and make them cooperate within this or encourage them to do so , there 's absolutely no way you can have a so-called seamless journey . |
| 16 | I found one of the drummers and let him have a tape and he loved it . |
| 17 | Britain should stop giving ‘ piffling ’ sums of aid to Latin American countries and help them find alternative crops . |
| 18 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 19 | Would you like to contact me to exchange experiences and help us feel less isolated ? |
| 20 | He lifted one of the plump feet and let it drop again to show us how lifeless it was . |
| 21 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 22 | It 's unfortunate that such things serve to bring you to your senses and make you realise that of course it 's dangerous . |
| 23 | Right current in amps , let's give you two , volts and do you know what we measure resistance in ? |
| 24 | He lifted up a handful of burnished tawny curls and let them slide silkily through his fingers . |
| 25 | I find it impossible to comprehend the scale of this arena , and that afternoon provided a great opportunity to relax in the mountains and let them have their effect on us . |
| 26 | Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care ? |
| 27 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 28 | Environmental policies which did not take economic concerns into account were " doomed to fail " , he said , whereas " there is no better ally in the service of our environment than strong economies , economies that make possible increased efficiencies , that enable us to make environmental gains , economies that can generate new technologies and help us arrest and reverse the damage done to our environment " . |
| 29 | And in using these terms , we reinforce such attitudes and make them seem like something timelessly true about women . |
| 30 | Eventually , he arrived at her side and , exasperated , flung his clubs down the bank and exclaimed crossly : ‘ Here , lady , for God 's sake , let's do a swap ; you have these damned clubs and let me have your fishing rod . |