Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 2 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 3 | He told me to go ahead and finish it . ’ |
| 4 | She told me to go away and stop pestering her . ’ |
| 5 | I knew that they would be criticized by the Fontanellatesi for allowing me to go away and live in a distant city among thousands of Allied soldiers . |
| 6 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
| 7 | I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows |
| 8 | They told me to go home and talk it over . |
| 9 | ‘ You almost convince me to go home and change ! ’ he teased softly . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not expecting me to go home and wait till they shoot that boy on Friday ? ’ |
| 11 | So it 's easy for me to sit here and say , we think we 're doing a good job on the environment , because we 're not threatened , we do have to find ways round existing chemicals , we may have to pay , pay a higher price , but we 're not threatened in terms of the the core of our bottom line . |
| 12 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 13 | Now , they know who they are , and I would like them to come forward and admit their guilt . " |
| 14 | Within our provision for grants for voluntary organizations , we hold an unallocated figure , because we do n't automatically erm , add inflation to grants to voluntary bodies , and in fact we wait for them to come forward and justify the increases of grants we 're giving . |
| 15 | ‘ We would ask them to come forward and help us solve this terrible killing . ’ |
| 16 | McHale revealed : ‘ Basically , it 's down to them to come here and impress . |
| 17 | Parents ' main interest was seen as the opportunity to influence the quality of their children 's education … the view was expressed that the APM should be seen as the climax to a continuous relationship between various parties and an opportunity for them to come together and ask questions about what had happened over the course of the previous 12 months . |
| 18 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 19 | And I know it 's very easy for me to stand here and say you know try to keep calm and polite and reasonable . |
| 20 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 21 | Can I go away and hide now ? |
| 22 | May I go ahead and place an order for this model ? |
| 23 | Should I go ahead and stab them or just scare them ? |
| 24 | How … how can I go there and live ? ’ |
| 25 | It was a relief to both of them to reach home and find Helen and Anne waiting for them in Magdalen Street , with a hot meal prepared and a warm welcome from them and Moira . |
| 26 | " Well now , I want you to go away and think about this very carefully . |
| 27 | Retailers have a tendency to be quite selfish people wanting more and more of a product that is selling well , but cancelling an order and telling you to go away and solve your own problems when there 's a product that is n't selling well . |
| 28 | ‘ I would hate for any of you to go away and say the first quarter is an indication and multiply that by four , ’ Reuter quotes finance director Dudley Eustace as saying . |
| 29 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 30 | ‘ Watson , you know the house , so I want you to go forward and look through the windows . |