Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I expect I 'll soon work out how to drive it back to the quarry , and we can pick them all up . |
2 | The ‘ applied scientist ’ whose identity is fundamentally pragmatic — given something to be done , he [ or she ] will work out how to do it . |
3 | Yes , and she ca n't quite work out how to do it yet cos it moves . |
4 | I just could n't work out how to bring it about . |
5 | Can you work out how to program them ? |
6 | But me luck do n't hold out forever does it ? |
7 | Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it . |
8 | Of course , yo you do n't go tell him , it do n't come on there does it . |
9 | Does she get on alright do you know ? |
10 | He did n't get in yesterday to see you because er he 's got , he was very , very busy , he 's got a lot of poorly , really poorly patients at the moment |
11 | So , somebody no doubt has got ta get up there to put them up wrong . |
12 | yes , anything else ? there must be something else you can put up there to make it er , |
13 | ‘ But when he ca n't carry you any longer , I do hope you will still come up here to visit us . ’ |
14 | Do n't know what they 're gon na come out like did it with my camera . |
15 | The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’ |
16 | Jessica and Mallachy had moved beyond armed politeness , but not significantly , and there was a palpable edge to many of their exchanges that Karen assumed meant they fancied each other , but could not climb down enough to acknowledge it . |
17 | I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob . |
18 | That 's why I asked Sister if I could slip up here to see her . ’ |
19 | It was the same when The Who smashed their gear at the end : everyone would turn up just to see them smash their gear and it was n't cool , because everybody knew they were going to do it . |
20 | It 's it 's the people who do n't turn up always amaze me . |
21 | This leaflet summarises the Plan and explains how you can find out more to enable you to submit your views by the middle of August 1993 . |
22 | This would reveal an untidy to-and-fro between problem areas and techniques , from biochemistry to behaviour ( our lab is much more magpie-like in picking up techniques than most others I know ; for us , anything goes , provided ( a ) we can afford it , ( b ) it moves us forward on our central question , and ( c ) we can find out how to do it — or hire someone who can ) . |
23 | How did you find out how did you find Annie in ? |