Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I 'm afraid it 's another story which does n't reflect much credit on me — I seem doomed to show you the worst side of my character .
2 Alan Ball admitted his men had it all to do after his men crashed to South Africa , the Australian wicket went for a duck as a defending champion slumped said we are going to have to do it the hard way now , we just did n't play very , we did n't get it together against New Zealand in the first match and today we were never in the picture , our brothers never really had a chance of any attempt of a hundred and seventy , but full credit to South Africa they are a rate , a better to side
3 It 's just that we 've received soooooo many queries asking ‘ when ’ , ‘ who ’ and ‘ … how much ’ that we 've decided to give you the full story here ( maybe NOW you 'll stop inundating us with begging letters ! )
4 ‘ Alec , ’ I said , a little desperately , ‘ I 've got to do it the only way I know how to .
5 Can you see it requires more in a static holding , this is building muscle power and you have to do things , and muscle can build it if , it c if you asked that those legs to do that every day they would get better at it , because what the body would then do would be build in more muscle fibre to cope with the job , so can you see it , what you ask the body to do , you 've got to ask it the right amount , not too much or else you damage and you 've got to ask it regularly and gradually increase it if you want to improve the muscle power .
6 I said , well I 've got to give you the funny finishes for when you come to your finals .
7 you know , but , you , not only have you got to get the right colour and everything , you 've got to hold it the correct distance away from the metal
8 ‘ I had thought to ask you the same thing .
9 There were three words in the do n't ring yet there were three words in the title I 'll give you two you have got to give me the last one .
10 1 have chosen to call them the Northern and Southern Bands ( Map 3.1 ) .
  Next page