Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 2 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 3 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 4 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 5 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 6 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 7 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |
| 8 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 9 | Efforts to strengthen and improve it in the last decades of the century had only moderate success . |
| 10 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 11 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 12 | Except to note that now that the right honourable member for Chesterfield is publishing his former speeches as a video , it is rather a cheap operation to come and repeat them in the chamber er rather than putting them out er for public consumption there are places where he could repeat the kind of speeches just given , unfortunately the government is closing most of them down at the moment and putting the cut the inhabitants out in the community er but it had no relevance to the er the subject we 're dealing with today . |
| 13 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 14 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |
| 15 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 16 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 17 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 18 | I decided after all it would be better to go and see him in the shop like you said — ’ |
| 19 | I 'll come and see you in the mental hospital if you promise not to cause a scene . |
| 20 | ‘ Go to sleep and your papa will come and see you in the morning . ’ |
| 21 | the first year and the most you get out of them is they do n't even bother to come and see you in the corridor do , who went down ? |
| 22 | He uses another shabby character , Tigg , to do his scrounging for him , he himself being ‘ of too haughty a stomach to work , to beg , to borrow , or steal ; yet mean enough to be worked or borrowed , begged or stolen for , by any catspaw that would serve his turn ; too insolent to lick the hand that fed him in his need , yet cur enough to bite and tear it in the dark ’ . |
| 23 | How could you direct a team when your staff practised half a dozen different scientific disciplines , used their own methods , were responsible for their own results , stood finally alone to justify and defend them in the only place where the quality of a forensic scientist 's work could properly be judged , the witness box of a court of law ? |
| 24 | Just our own lighting plant and the hens would even come out and meet you in the dark they knew knew you were coming . |
| 25 | We need some of the younger , newly retired to come and join us in the fight to restore the dignity and security that should be there for everyone in the autumn of their lives . |
| 26 | He 'll turn up with a three course meal for as many as you care to name and serve it in the comfort of your semi . |
| 27 | Some people like to use a card for each question at this stage so that it is simple to move questions about as it seems desirable to order and re-order them in the best sequence . |
| 28 | The princes of the realms decided that they needed someone to rally round and lead them in the event that war should come again . |
| 29 | Small world then , life 's I mean erm , child seat , there was one child seat in that was strapped to the and erm there was erm the , the other car seats in the front of the not strapped in I had to hurry up and put them in the back , cos I was running a bit late I was running a bit late anyway . |
| 30 | I think I ought to go and put them in the dryer a bit longer . |