Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They express a certain mental stance to the world which others are invited to accept or reject just as do factual statements , and as mere imperatives , exclamations and interrogatives can not . |
| 2 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 3 | So that you have your they 're not so daft as to know that two people who are going to come and live even if Richard 's away half the time . |
| 4 | The eggs hatch in twenty-six days , and the chicks are able to stand and walk almost immediately they emerge . |
| 5 | They all stared at me wide-eyed and continued to stand and stare even after I had sat down at the table . |
| 6 | ‘ Qui plus fait , mie[u]x vault ’ ( ‘ Who does most is worth most ’ ) , the refrain in the Livre de chevalerie written in the middle of the fourteenth century by Geoffroi de Charny , the standard-bearer of King John II of France at the battle of Poitiers , who preferred to stand and die rather than run away in the moment of defeat , aptly sums up the chivalrous attitude to war . |
| 7 | In Europe , AT&T plans to add to its existing network management centres here in the UK and in the Netherlands by installing systems in key European commercial centres to provide the service for multinational customers in the UK , France , Germany , Spain , Italy , Belgium , Switzerland , the Netherlands and Sweden , and plans to hire or redeploy more than 650 technicians and sales personnel in Europe to provide customer support for the new services that are to be available in 1994 . |
| 8 | Markets fail to allocate or coordinate efficiently when competition is not perfect because there are few enough sellers or buyers , or both , to affect price by the amount they trade . |
| 9 | The upper section of the sheet was left parted to expose the features to view and remained so until the time came to secure the lid . |
| 10 | It aims to elaborate and refine rather than overturn ; it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 11 | It behoves the sceptics among us to listen and argue rather than to whoop with delight at the superficial difficulties . |
| 12 | The verses are meant to explain the fact that the disciples responded to Jesus , but there were many who refused to repent and stand outside because they did not recognise who Jesus was . |
| 13 | The voice is normally used to soothe and reward a horse , it is also used to tell the horse to trot and canter etc. when used more sharply , as when lungeing and can also help teach the young horse the aids when first starting to ride the horse . |
| 14 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 15 | Even if the quarrel is not started by you at all , you will be less able to cope and respond appropriately if you are already slightly under the weather . |
| 16 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 17 | I believe that the long training that doctors undergo enables psychiatrists to diagnose and prescribe better than those without this training . |
| 18 | And there is plenty to read and write even when there is strict censorship and the theatres are closed , so long as trustworthy domestic service gives one the time . |
| 19 | This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged . |
| 20 | I said I can understand , he said I had to turn and walk away because my fingers were itching |
| 21 | The view was that radio should always speak with the same voice as the Government , aiming to educate and improve rather than entertain the public . |
| 22 | Your dog can be trained to stay or sleep here while you are talking to visitors in the room or , indeed , sitting there on your own . |
| 23 | Whatever the nature of the program , the teacher and the pupils have the opportunity to investigate and discover together whether through discussion and argument , using drill and practice program through simulations , modelling or database programs . |
| 24 | These are the highly successful , who must be encouraged to stay and to do well for they are the motor that pulls the rest up ; they create prosperity and employ other people . |
| 25 | It aimed to extend the scale of human social , political and cultural units : to unify and expand rather than to restrict and separate . |
| 26 | It remains to be seen whether this suggestion will become law , but the only really confident prediction must be that so long as capitalism remains , trusts will continue to change and develop so as to meet changes in social conditions and the tax structure . |
| 27 | Sometimes I got to stop and breathe deep cos I feel sick , but I do n't puke up again . |
| 28 | By the time I reached Tintern I could go in straight lines easily and had a right wrist the size of a tennis ball that was painful to touch and crackled ominously when I flexed it . |
| 29 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |