Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He said he 'd think about it over the weekend , and let Paul know on the Monday .
2 No that was that was the Friday and as it says th well I do n't know if it says there or not , but they said what would happen , they 'd think about it over the weekend and they 'd contact me the Monday afternoon erm to make a final decision .
3 I 'll think about it on the way home . ’
4 The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's .
5 If there 's a traffic jam anywhere the new information unit will let you know about it on the hour as well .
6 The body 's mechanism takes over because the logical consequence of that would be to die , and we can see here that there is an arousal of something like eight to ten seconds , and during that period the patient would wake up , probably not sufficient that they would know about it in the morning , and we can see here that the breathing starts again .
7 ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’
8 I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘
9 She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance .
10 Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’
11 Will you wait for me in the car ? ’
12 If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level .
13 Never mind , I 'll wait for him in the car . ’
14 He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed .
15 I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’
16 There was a murmur of conversation , then the receptionist said , ‘ He will wait for you in the bar .
17 This man will wait for us in the car .
18 Providing she is sufficiently impressed , she will mate with him inside the bower .
19 In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ .
20 She was always surprised that things did n't fall on her from the sky more often , considering how much was up there these days .
21 All along Zen had been haunted by the idea that he might make some blunder which would hang over him for the rest of his life , yet here he was behaving like a dope addict .
22 And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them .
23 The circumstances will dictate how much you can make of it from the standpoint of good video .
24 ‘ You must think of her on the toilet , ’ Aline said , and giggled .
25 Right , well what do you think of it at the front ?
26 The current is you can think of it as the amount of water goes through , it 's actually the the current is the amount of electrons that get through in a second .
27 You might think of it like the clock in your hall being set forwards or backwards at the beginning and end of Summer Time , so that it registers nightfall as coming first later and then earlier … ’
28 We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ .
29 Even if you have problems , there is very little you can do about them in the middle of the night .
30 ‘ There 's not a lot we can do about it at the moment , is there ? ’
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