Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made me sad to hear him speak like that ; he did n't seem to understand that was all I wanted to do . |
| 2 | I do n't know that we should Do we all do we want to go together |
| 3 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 4 | She opened it wide to let them see the contents . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll give you letters of introduction saying you 're a writer and to give you any help you need . ’ |
| 6 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 7 | The staff thought it better to let her go through her labour cheerfully . |
| 8 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've also had a chat with her , and it seems she did n't think it necessary to let us know about her condition when she came on board . |
| 10 | PAMELA : I can not say what you ought to do , but only beg you will not ruin me and if you think me virtuous let me go to my poor parents . |
| 11 | So , er , have you any did you have music homework Josie ? |
| 12 | Erm have you any do you sell fish fingers ? |
| 13 | Were looking at the body beautiful and what we do to achieve it , we all arrived in the world with more or less the same package of features , limbs , faces , torso 's , since then , all of us I bet have tried to improve or disguise the way we look , what do we do ? , why do we do it ? , well let's start with a few questions , er , are you , well let me ask you this do you have a beautiful body ? , button one for yes , and button two for no |