Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Neil had not meant to consummate his love for McAllister , but having begun to heal and reassure her he had started something on its way which was beyond his control , or McAllister 's either . |
| 2 | because we had to sit and prepare what we were doing . |
| 3 | But you remember how intense your feelings were for someone who was your whole life , and you 're afraid that your love for him is n't so much dead as lying doggo , ready to rise up and damage everything you hold dear . |
| 4 | In part , Southey 's changed manner reflected his desperate irritation with someone whose procrastinating habits had become unignorable in the cramped spaces of 25 College Street ( Coleridge admitted to Southey that ‘ you sate down and wrote — I used to saunter about and think what I should write ’ ) . |
| 5 | Now I 've got to go away and think what I 'm gon na do . ’ |
| 6 | in nineteen forty older people were saying do n't , do n't go and , and volunteer and , and think what you 're doing |
| 7 | They ca n't bear that , the Anglos , they 'll cringe and shiver and swallow whatever you tell them . |
| 8 | ‘ We just could n't find a lot of music we liked when we started so we just thought ‘ let's try and make something we like , ’ ’ says Ed . |
| 9 | Excuse me , I did n't come and goggle what you was eating |
| 10 | Do n't try and answer something you do not understand in the hope that you can work it out as you go along . |
| 11 | Too young for you even to try and explain what you were doing , how important it was and how much it took out of you . |
| 12 | I 'll try and explain what I mean . |
| 13 | Checking back replies with the parents can confirm these family views and allow the parents to talk further and explain what it means . |
| 14 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |
| 15 | Even if you do cheat and eat something you should n't , it does n't mean that you have failed on the Inch Loss Plan . |
| 16 | Collect patterns , take them back and the head used to pick and then we used to have to go and buy what they wanted you see , the amount of material they wanted . |
| 17 | And er to a certain extent I do that , for instance people pay a lot of money to go and buy what they call boxes , they 're quite expensive . |
| 18 | When she came with the tray he would slip downstairs and steal what he could from the open shelves in the pantry . |
| 19 | Even if I wanted to try and screw them I 'd be stupid : it would lose me clients and money both . |
| 20 | ‘ Being dropped meant we could step back and reassess what we were doing . |
| 21 | This is now considered to be extremely dangerous — she could bite and break whatever it is and inhale the broken bit . |
| 22 | First , they can see and feel what they are buying . |
| 23 | To pack and process them he needed staff , so our terms stipulated a minimum of two months ' summer work , the understanding being that when contracts came up for renewal , priority would be given to those who had put in most time on the slime-line . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll go and watch what I 've just explained on machine , which should make it easier for you to understand . |
| 25 | ‘ You can pick and choose what you do and when you do it . ’ |
| 26 | I can pick and choose what I play live , which keeps my role in the band interesting . |
| 27 | In short , we would wish to order and organize what we do in a morally respectable and defensible way . |
| 28 | But those people even those these people have their necessary necessary place because otherwise the whole group would merrily go on and do everything they decide to do without somebody sitting and saying wait a minute why are we actually doing this ? |
| 29 | The desire to gain affection and approval from its owner can be a prime motivator for the horse to try and do what we ask of it . |
| 30 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |