Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the trees grew , he had told Miss Lockwood , she could thin them and sell the thinnings as Christmas trees in the right season . |
| 2 | We can win it and spend the last three weeks of the season trying to clinch the big one . ’ |
| 3 | Did he buy it or did the agents ? |
| 4 | They will enjoy themselves and make the most of their lives like everyone else . |
| 5 | ‘ By injecting humour into foot education , we hope children will enjoy themselves and remember the important messages , ’ said acting district chiropodist Paul Thurland . |
| 6 | I also set up snares and trip-wires linked to glass bottles in the grass on the dunes over the creek , so that if anybody tried to sneak up they would either catch themselves or snag the wire , pulling the bottle out of its hole in the sand and down on to a stone . |
| 7 | But there was always them as just wanted to come and do nothing and pick the money up and that 's what they had to sort out the firms . |
| 8 | ‘ We can exert ourselves and win the battle for funding for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 9 | In order to develop a coherent transport strategy to meet the challenge of increased demand in the 1990s the Government should either invest itself or encourage the private sector to do so . |
| 10 | Better go and watch it and see the form . |
| 11 | ‘ I say , maybe we can finish it and put the ladder back before he returns . |
| 12 | I was gon na say decide when you 're gon na do it and have the days off work , but they wo n't , they wo n't let us both have days |
| 13 | Well you might as well do it and press the two together . |
| 14 | If the account is for a child under seven , you must identify yourself and produce the child 's birth certificate . |
| 15 | I palmed the credit cards into my jacket pocket so that Melanie did n't see me and rescued the still smoking joint from Carol 's fingers . |
| 16 | You must come and see me and see the television . |
| 17 | If they say black cards you say ‘ Good , so I will keep them and take the red cards away ’ . |
| 18 | And she had half expected that he would follow her and continue the argument . |
| 19 | She was ‘ extremely upset ’ and shouted that she knew they would not believe her and left the workshop . |
| 20 | However , when the garment was completed I did n't like it and took the decision to unpick the whole thing . |
| 21 | And then you know , when you check up on it , the following day , you probably find the council 's been back in and forgot to secure it , so we 've got s a nail and some nails and a hammer , and we 'll er just re-secure it and let the the council know in the morning . |
| 22 | Many cottage garden plants are useful : dog violets , hearts-ease , forget-me-nots , Welsh poppies , honesty and primroses will seed themselves and soften the formality of the roses . |
| 23 | In my elevated state I was afraid only that the cop might search us and discover the Dexedrine in Dana 's pocket . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course you could always marry me and blame the lack of children on my war wound — ’ |
| 25 | He aims to show that concepts which appear to be independent are actually interdependent , so that one can not abandon one and leave the others intact . |
| 26 | The scandal would ruin him and mean the end of his political career if he should be named as corespondent in a divorce case . |
| 27 | First , an investor who holds a long position in shares which are overpriced can sell them and buy the relatively underpriced index future ( a swap or stock replacement ) . |
| 28 | The truth is that it is in a dreadful state of disrepair and would have been difficult to sell unless it went to a builder who would demolish it and redevelop the site . |
| 29 | The point was , he 'd made sure I could n't sell it and blow the proceeds on some other scheme . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's essential at least to keep Tweed harassed and fearful — on the move until you can locate him and do the job . ’ |