Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 2 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |
| 3 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 4 | I 'll go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 5 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 6 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 7 | Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . |
| 8 | no it 's not , it 's been designed especially for it so erm he 's gon na get erm , I said what are you doing all this for I said , it 'll be easier to go and buy yourself a three wheeler |
| 9 | Yeah well I could n't so I had to come over and and buy them a flipping new one ! |
| 10 | things you see , so erm , I thought right well that 's it Ben can have the garage , I 'll go and buy her the flying circus , Joseph can have the bus and call it a day . |
| 11 | Steve looked at it , he said I think you 'd better go to shop and buy yoursen a new one . |
| 12 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 13 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't you love your grandmother enough to come downstairs and give her a little goodbye kiss ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’ |
| 16 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 17 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |
| 18 | I just tell him to shut up and give him a sharp rap across the knuckles . |
| 19 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 20 | I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare . |
| 21 | We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest . |
| 22 | He would come here and give you a good , price for everything you wanted to sell . " |
| 23 | Ma'am , sir I should say , erm Mr makes certain comments about there are doubts about whether this scheme will go forward , we have been in contact with Department of Transport , again to try and give you the correct factual position . |
| 24 | But another judge will come along and give it a fine mark , but |
| 25 | In this way , if you stray from the healthy diet , you will know immediately ; your body will protest and send you a clear message , just as it would if you were too hot or too cold . |
| 26 | And I said oh that 's right , he said and I , I 'd come up and see her the first we 'll either take her out for a drink afterwards , I thought that does n't seemed to mix in one glass , and I going to a pub because she 's , but there you are , and she so 's erm , can I bet you 'll stay a bit , she said oh , I think December is your like it to be , well obviously it 's getting him settled you must n't over , she must off pushed him and then he 's said erm , I , I 've told mum and dad that if they want to go as well , they can go . |
| 27 | Erm Simon had a list Well we 'd come and see him the thirty first of January , Tony came to me to work on it today , and that 's not . |
| 28 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
| 29 | If the NCVQ was too narrow in its concern with those skill-based qualifications which satisfied employers , the local manager could only wait and see what the final outcome would be between the force of BTEC ( arguing for greater breadth and balance ) and NCVQ . |
| 30 | Theresa I 'm going to have to stop you and I 'm going to have stop you as well Sue and can I say that we 're going to need to wait and see what the Prime Minister has to say . |