Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ?
2 ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’
3 You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ?
4 I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type .
5 " Well , sir , " said Hazel , " my brother does n't really think about these feelings he gets .
6 Mind yer , I do n't s'pose fer one minute I 'll get the job .
7 So erm when er but I hasten to I I did n't know about those people I knew that the the two
8 ‘ Do your parents know about this trouble you 're in ? ’
9 I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams .
10 When they served her with a stallion you see , it was three weeks elapsed then before she if you did n't go and foal with that service it was three weeks elapsed afore you game again .
11 Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’
12 You do n't know in this case you probably do know , that the personalities are the same .
13 It 's probably right but it does n't actually count in that calculation it 's something quite separate .
14 That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone .
15 Where the odour does not fall within that category it is still open to the local authority to reach informal agreement with the odour emitter , offering advice and assistance as to methods of abatement , or take formal action under one of the statutes discussed in Chapter 5 which may have the effect of controlling certain odour emissions indirectly .
16 Er if you can wait till next week I 'll get it down .
17 No doubt you can think of reflex behaviours you have learned in this way .
18 It would have to be a fast one , and expensive — offhand , Rincewind could n't think of any horse-dealer he knew who was rich enough to give change out of almost a whole ounce of gold .
19 And can you think of any ways you you managed to spin your money out ?
20 I can think of some things we should have done earlier .
21 We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’
22 Oh that Nanette phoned in and some of the country said what do you think of this thing he said .
23 The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe .
24 But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them .
25 Before the days of scientific toiletries , your great grandmother had to make do with simple cosmetics she made herself using herbs and foods from her kitchen cupboard .
26 Now that is you know what do you do with these things I mean they 're a nuisance when it comes to making a presentation .
27 There are some S F T twenties and stuff like that as well but those do n't show in these figures you see .
28 Eliot must have heard of his arrest during or just after his visit to Paris at the beginning of that month since , on his return , he immediately sent a cable to Archibald MacLeish , the poet who was then Assistant Secretary of State , saying that he was eager to help Pound in any way he could .
29 ‘ We will learn a lot from our Japanese colleagues and where we can benefit from Japanese methodology we will have no hesitation in adopting it . ’
30 If , instead of ‘ piecework ’ , the men contracted to get the harvest in by the end of a month , it meant that should they finish before that time they could then go to other jobs on the farm , drawing their usual wage whilst doing so .
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