Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older siblings living in mainland Scotland were not permitted to see or communicate with their younger brothers and sisters , even though they were in no way involved or implicated in the allegations that had been made against the parents . |
| 2 | your bargaining power is based on the losses I would suffer if I were to agree or disagree with your proposals . |
| 3 | my bargaining power is based on the losses which you would suffer if you were to agree or disagree with my proposal |
| 4 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 5 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 6 | In other cases there were no restrictions on numbers of temporary workers or the duration of their employment , merely a requirement to inform or consult about their use . |
| 7 | Foreign language teachers might say that their students already know how to communicate and interact in their own language ; what they need in the foreign language are formal skills and knowledge — pronunciation , vocabulary , grammar — which will provide the basis for communicating and interacting . |
| 8 | Yes er although let me say this , that er there were many things which the management were required to do , for example , when we , when we went to our monthly meetings with them , we established monthly meetings with the management , one , in order to try and control from our side , er the , to have some control on the production er side of things . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's foolish to try and manage on your own . ’ |
| 10 | But like , wi with the door Dave 's mum 's sister was rubbing it in to try and say to his nan that we were kicking her out and so she got a bit funny over it ! |
| 11 | And of course if you 're finding that there 's a shortfall there , then you 've got to try and look at your you know assets , your lump sum etcetera , as a way of , of erm er trying to cover that shortfall . |
| 12 | Most people like to try and look after their horses themselves , often with some help from the livery yard owner or a friend who has different commitments . |
| 13 | GEORGE MICHAEL has launched a legal battle against Sony Records to try and escape from his contract . |
| 14 | Instead , they sensibly decided to avoid disputes and differences by jointly employing one average adjuster to advise them on how the loss should be apportioned and agreed to accept and act on his advice . |
| 15 | But if you change your mind , feel free to come and knock on my door . ’ |
| 16 | Ask him if he wants to come and knock at my door . |
| 17 | Would you like to come and dance at my wedding ? ’ |
| 18 | We invite you to come and eavesdrop on their story . |
| 19 | Oh yes she was very keen was n't she when she used to come and stay with her Grandma ? |
| 20 | " I would like to invite you to come and stay at my house , " he said . |
| 21 | " When you think of the relations we had with the most countries , " said the Queen later , " and suddenly they do n't care to talk to you , or write to you , ask you to come and stay in their country … |
| 22 | ‘ And then , ’ Corbett interrupted smoothly , ‘ she allowed the royal whore to come and stay in your midst ? ’ |
| 23 | I was going to say , you say you do n't have to watch it , well you want to come and stay in my house ! |
| 24 | They had all disappeared except for one of the bigger branches that bent and pointed a little his way and seemed now to come and go before his very eyes as drifting mist obscured it . |
| 25 | The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it . |
| 26 | Once or twice a year he 'll go even further and invite a business writer to come and talk to his people . |
| 27 | He wants to come and talk to your Cabinet . ’ |
| 28 | You want to come and talk to your daddy ? |
| 29 | Ah , thank you very much , she said we 're very appre very much appreciate the fact that you 've given up your time to come and talk to our members you see we ca n't afford to pay for really good speakers |
| 30 | She should be prepared to come and stand on her own two feet and say , er this happened to me , I 've survived it , I 'm proud that I have survived it . |