Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | Well do , do you want me to put a five pound bet on that ? |
| 3 | Do you want me to ask a different question ? |
| 4 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 5 | Many of the training difficulties encountered with dogs in later life can be traced back to allowing them to exert a subtle dominance over you at any early stage , while they are puppies . |
| 6 | To motivate students by allowing them to share a common experience . |
| 7 | It is far better , for the sake of peace and quiet , to ‘ give them their head ’ within reason , without allowing them to get a total stranglehold on your time . |
| 8 | Some are combatants and others work in agriculture , They describe their music as giving culture back to the people , allowing them to find a new identity and respect for their collective cultural history . |
| 9 | This not only enables them easily to recheck particular information if they need to , but it also has the effect of encouraging them to consult a wider range of sources of information . |
| 10 | If you believe in your children you do n't want them to do a dull job just to earn money . ’ |
| 11 | I presume he must also want them to have a happy death . |
| 12 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 13 | Or has this issue never previously been on the Church 's agenda because the majority of women did not — until our century — have the education , the freedom or the position in society to enable them to take a priestly role ? |
| 14 | The campaign had already cost the locals £2,000 and a fighting fund was started to enable them to take a High Court case if necessary . |
| 15 | Large GP practices to be able to apply for their own practice budgets to enable them to purchase a defined range of services direct from hospitals . |
| 16 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 17 | It is also wise to make the most of any planned concessions by using them to achieve a notable reduction in tension , thereby making it more likely that the seller will reciprocate . |
| 18 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
| 19 | I did not have enough knowledge to enable me to make a complete computer model of the individual player 's contribution to the stroke . |
| 20 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 21 | One hundred ladies kindly volunteered and eight weeks later I asked them to complete a lengthy questionnaire . |
| 22 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 23 | They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city . |
| 24 | You want me to live a middle-class life . " |
| 25 | Can not you trust me to ensure a square deal and to ensure even justice between man and man ? |
| 26 | Most will have started yoga after watching it on television or because a friend invited them to join a local group . |
| 27 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |
| 28 | ‘ She wants me to make a thousand currant buns , five hundred sausage rolls and fifty chocolate sponge sandwiches , if you please , in time for the jubilee , ’ Mrs Cartwright exploded as she juggled with dishes and tins and bowls and ladles . |
| 29 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
| 30 | It is in the area of personal search that pupils are helped to find answers to their questions about themselves , about the world and about God in the light of Christian revelation , enabling them to develop a Christian view of life in the world and a faith which is personal , reflective , knowledgeable and freely adhered to . |