Example sentences of "and [vb base] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
2 | If you have any difficulties , ask someone you know and trust to explain them to you . |
3 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
4 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
5 | And now they 've changed their mind and want to put me in a caravan . |
6 | They 've been through a lot and want to put it behind them . |
7 | For instance , if that 's an overseer 's house and you extend the town and want to turn it into two labourers ’ houses , all you do is add a w.c. upstairs , change the stair entry , and remove the coloured-tile decoration from the balcony and cornice . ’ |
8 | But there 's always going to be someone somewhere who will be fascinated by it and want to do something against you . |
9 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
10 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
11 | If you 're having trouble with your wrestler , and want to change him during play in the survivor series , the secret is to press Select once the bout has begun . |
12 | If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please . |
13 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
14 | Many writers incorrectly put a comma only before the appositive element and forget to put one after it as well . |
15 | anyway Bob said oh you 'll see him on Friday , I says Bill is a busy bloke you know , I says you ca n't just go on Friday and expect to do it over weekend |
16 | This is not always easy ; we become skilled at using professional jargon and expect to hear it from others , but if we believe that people who use services should be involved in planning , then it is important that the language we use can be understood . |
17 | I must look deep , deep into your soul and grow to trust you as a brother ! ’ |
18 | You can vanish , fleet as the wind , and contrive to lock yourself in the bog . |
19 | Now they are much more relaxed and hope to turn it to their advantage while still denying involvement . ’ |
20 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
21 | " If it 's not a success , " Sara said slowly , " I 'll turn my half of Moorlake into two flats and hope to keep one for a country retreat . " |
22 | Valley Canoe Products have located a source of indestructible deck elastics and hope to offer them in 6 and 8mm sizes . |
23 | We have now agreed to produce a joint leaflet and hope to distribute it to BMH and Sorrento , reaching mothers we have n't reached before . |
24 | As a result they are less willing to accept the increasing costs caused by disruption and seek to recover them through claims . |
25 | But all of them endorse one or the other of the principles of political neutrality mentioned above and seek to implement it by some variant of the following principles of restraint which limit the political relevance of ideals of the good . |
26 | Both groups purport to find their principle validated within the criminal law but both tend to assume that they have found the master principle and seek to defend it at every turn . |
27 | I wonder whether you could define the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the Government to introduce a law reform Bill and seek to push it through all its procedures in a day without it going to a Standing Committee to be considered carefully as to its detail , when it happens that there is no particular circumstance of urgency and when the reform concerned could lead to considerable difficulties for the courts if the measure is not fully considered ? |
28 | Once people overcome their fears about computers and begin to use them in telecottages , they acquire their own equipment . |
29 | And s and begin to drive them with a consolidated plan . |
30 | The narrowness of the path means that they must always play ‘ follow the leader ’ , and begin to learn something about position and ordinal number . |