Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to try to clear away the distinction between two kinds of text , the " literary " ( or poetic ) and the " non- literary " , as regards the function of context . |
| 2 | They saw Albert Tarr reach the mother , and grab hold of her and also appear to try to push away the child , then the train hit them all . |
| 3 | ‘ There we hope to continue to push back the technological frontiers and reduce the 3D turnaround cycle even further by doing even more of the seismic processing on board the vessel , ’ he says . |
| 4 | Special Skills/Abilities/Aptitudes Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Authority to control all participants in the case and achieve general acceptance of judgements made Integrity and fairness trusted by all Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgement Courtesy |
| 5 | Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgment . |
| 6 | Get cook to make up a tray of coffee will you ? ’ |
| 7 | Without ever themselves having had as much as a picture postcard to sell , they feel entitled to criticise both the dead peer and his widow for having disposed of some of the contents of Althorp . |
| 8 | ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’ |
| 9 | So just use wax to build up the polish |
| 10 | However , I do want to query why the LTA produces a high gloss tennis magazine at a cost that is totally uncommercial and it does so in direct competition to other magazines which have to operate within the framework of normal commercial practice . |
| 11 | However , for the best effect , you do need to work out the right size and shape for your arrangement , choose appropriate containers and know which colours of flowers go well together . |
| 12 | The males do like to set up a territory , and minor skirmishes can break out between them if the tank is not large enough to allow two or three separate domains . |
| 13 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 14 | If they do happen to pick up the wrong isomer erm , these isomers by the way , you 'll find things put in front of them like you often find a little d or a little l in front of the name it means dextarosatory rotated to the right and leverosatory |
| 15 | Somehow the words ‘ dietary fibre ’ do tend to conjure up an image of being put out to graze on food that has all the comfort and flavour of that consumed by a sheep or a cow . |
| 16 | I 've forgotten to write down the bad dream I had last night . |
| 17 | ‘ Because I 've decided to give up the artificial fiction of being myself for the genuine , satisfying falseness of being somebody else . |
| 18 | We 've decided to set up a campaign to put pressure on the Government and we need someone to run the office . |
| 19 | ‘ So you 've decided to put in an appearance ? ’ |
| 20 | As getting tiny clothes was a problem for us I 've decided to put together a pre-term pack to loan out to NCT members who find themselves in need of them . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I 've decided to stay on a bit to settle him . ’ |
| 22 | Erm you 've got to put up a show |
| 23 | what , you see , what , what happens you see , I mean all my re all the transactions here are done through banker 's orders you see and the banker 's orders they , they wo n't know who , who ever it is going to be responsible you know , but you 've got to put down the wife and , and yourself , see |
| 24 | Take away one twelfth okay just write that down that you 've got to take away the one twelfth . |
| 25 | I 've got to take up a new attitude with him . |
| 26 | She wants to run through them all and then you 've got to fill in a piece of paper on which three pieces you 'd like to do , and al you know , she wants the cheque and full details of what name to go on the certificate and that sort of thing . |
| 27 | no it 's not , mum says you 've got to fill in a form and say who 's talked and how old we are and |
| 28 | I 've got to go up the town , like |
| 29 | I 've got to pop upstairs a minute . |
| 30 | " I 've got to give up the job . |