Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want me to just go through any others ? |
| 2 | ‘ But the board know when contracts are up and now they expect me to just sign for a year . |
| 3 | So I would venture to suggest that if I 'm interviewing you as the Environmental Health Officer for a particular council on a council matter , then I would expect you to only speak on behalf of the council — unless I asked you whether your professional body was happy with your council 's policy . |
| 4 | I certainly did n't expect her to actually complain about the LP she 's supposedly promoting . |
| 5 | Then , as she began to think about it , her anger rose , asserting itself to an even greater degree and causing her to almost hiss at him , ‘ Tell me this — what sort of a hypocrite kisses a woman when he dislikes the entire sex ? ’ |
| 6 | Bitter disappointment caused her to merely pick at her breakfast until suddenly she was startled by the sound of his deep voice coming from behind her . |
| 7 | Your filter can deal with the waste products of the fish , but you should not expect it to also cope with additional and unnecessary pollution . |
| 8 | On the one hand I 'm gon na say you 've got the enabling factors , these are things which enable you to actually participate in taking a holiday overseas . |
| 9 | Similarly , if we force them to outwardly behave like us , ignoring the fact that their inner mind still sees things quite differently , then we are living in a fool 's paradise . |
| 10 | Erm unless you 've got a doctor 's note saying that you 've passed the medical , they wo n't allow you to actually go on the activity holiday . |
| 11 | He has been banished from the real world , we do n't allow him to even glimpse at it any more . |
| 12 | Tell him , you can only , you can only advise you to actually invest in the managed fund . |
| 13 | This key enables you to temporarily exit from a LIFESPAN option to access VMS . |
| 14 | Erm , could I ask you to just share with us briefly , er , not in great detail , but , just a few words about what it is that you want to influence somebody about . |