Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , they were behind schedule and I had to make do with a curry-house scene . |
| 2 | But I had not voluntarily given up my ‘ lecturing ’ ; my institute had closed on account of the Cyprus situation , and I had to make do with inadequate ‘ private means ’ , even ‘ touching capital ’ , which would have deeply shocked Ivy . |
| 3 | I want to know and I want to help make it happen . ’ |
| 4 | America is a stolen country , and I want to help give some of it back to its rightful owners ’ |
| 5 | But so far as I know they have never been reprinted , and I have let slip from my memory now the name of the author ( a salutary warning against undue pride for those of us writing today ) . |
| 6 | And you have to flash flash flash flash flash before you know oh , oh , ooh ! |
| 7 | Unfortunately , that was finished now and she had to make do with what was to hand , ‘ Johnnie Walker ’ , which was very nice indeed thank you . |
| 8 | In 1981 , when I left , there was no surgical alcohol available and we had to make do with boiled water . |
| 9 | Once a week bath night , now we do all these dirty jobs , because next door she had her own coal Lashmere cooking you see , and we had to make do with wood , and that entails cutting it ourselves , so our weekend , we worked Saturday mornings ; Sunday used to the day we had to do all the cottage work . |
| 10 | The majority of windsurfers , though , do not enjoy the perfect conditions that are needed to perform such spectacular manoeuvres and we have to make do with much smaller and fewer well-shaped waves . |
| 11 | Why , so hasty had been their recruitment that there even were n't police uniforms ready for them when they were rushed over to Ireland and they had to make do with some rag-tag-and-bobtail hotch-potch of khaki tunic and dark green trousers , supplemented with the black leather belts of the RIC . |
| 12 | Or or tomato sauce for the pasta , she 'll freeze it in indiv individual portions , but Kerry at home like , they 've got some real frozen meals , and they do do rely heavily on convenience foods , which we do n't really . |
| 13 | At one stage Mr Howes said he had hold of Alan 's arm … but his colleague was a dead weight , and he had to let go . |