Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina decided he looked happy enough and left him to enjoy himself . |
| 2 | So one day my girlfriend just had enough and told them to fuck off . |
| 3 | You know I think we 've gone over it long enough and leave it to see the er |
| 4 | Find out what the person in doubt is believing wrongly and help him to follow the logic of these presuppositions to their necessary conclusion . |
| 5 | We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes . |
| 6 | Her mum came down the street steaming from the chip shop , and she rushed us inside and got me to make a pot of tea while she shared them all out between the three of us , and we all sat round their fire eating them . |
| 7 | • Steigenberger Hotels , Germany : tactfully explains to guests the cost of energy and detergent in washing towels daily and invites them to re-use — if willing . |
| 8 | They took him back to his own house and shut him upstairs while they sat below and deliberated what to do with him . |
| 9 | Gregory was unable to do so and counselled us to abandon the lesion method altogether . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 're fed up with your partner wearing that shaggy old jumper , why not suggest that you go shopping together and help him to choose something better ? ’ she says . |
| 11 | A vague statement to the effect that you would ‘ call the staff together and get them to sell more effectively ’ does n't carry much conviction , whereas an outline staff training programme coupled with precise incentives suggests that you know what you are doing , and is a great deal more persuasive . |
| 12 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 13 | At Angers the Old King called Henry , Richard and Geoffrey together and compelled them to swear a compact of perpetual peace . |
| 14 | Having looked at all the options , sit down together and decide what to go for . |
| 15 | As I notice various strategies I frequently draw the class together and encourage them to share ideas . |
| 16 | Not only did this process of consultation demonstrate that the Council was in charge of its own proceedings , but it brought the bishops together and helped them to get to know one another . |
| 17 | He did n't like her much but wanted her to stay . |
| 18 | To Zborowski 's annoyance , Modigliani still clung to his old habits in the cafés , making dozens of sketches and giving most of his work away or bartering it to buy drinks . |
| 19 | As Secretary , make sure in advance that there will be a quorum present by seeing members of the committee individually and getting them to turn up promptly . |
| 20 | Finally Miss Thorne refused to wait any longer and told them to take a short break while she left the hall to make a phone call to Hillbrook Farm . |
| 21 | They raped her and took her away and forced her to marry one of them . |
| 22 | We said he was stronger than he looked , but the vet turned us away and told us to bring him back when he was bigger . |
| 23 | Take him away and get him to do as he says . |
| 24 | I have really bad nightmares of someone pursuing me , or a really big landslide coming down on me , and I race out of my bed and run , run far away and find something to defend myself with , like a candelabra or a bottle . |
| 25 | We suspected they were not made of sheepskin at all er and we took some of them away and analyzed them to find out what exactly are they made of . |
| 26 | Having instigated the new lead , the FA have turned away and allowed it to develop into an organisation in which the voice of reason struggles for a hearing . |
| 27 | Draw a number line like the one above and use it to answer the questions , starting from zero each time . |
| 28 | She should be married to Charlie now , and safely pregnant at Lady Mead with Nanny , and if Charlie were to phone her tonight and ask her to marry him tomorrow she would cry , ‘ Darling ! |
| 29 | Habitual behaviour patterns are , therefore , useful because they can be carried out effortlessly and free us to concentrate our energies on other things . |
| 30 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |