Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’ |
| 2 | They did n't chat each other up , because Boy still did n't know what to say half the time , and O did n't want to say anything , not any more , he had said too much to too many men . |
| 3 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 4 | Of course , should you not wish to join for a year , day membership payment facilities will still entitle you to use all the facilities . |
| 5 | I do n't think you tackled all the needs in the now area of it but you got the amount at the end of it . |
| 6 | But I mean basically , that means that for the , tomorrow morning 's breakfast programme , I want a package including lots of different views , but for drive time which is five till six in the evening , I just want a straightforward , two minute head-to-head , one-to-one interview but for lunchtime which is C A T O , which is Cambridgeshire at One , which is our lunchtime programme , I 'd like you to put all the views into a script of about forty seconds , and do n't forget , for the two o'clock bulletin , which is a very short one , I 'd just like three sentences of copy which sums up the story . |
| 7 | I do n't believe they run all the way to the sea . |
| 8 | How is it going , can you see yourself going all the way ? |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose you 'd like us to walk all the way to Liverpool ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It does upset me seeing all the stories about her because it 's not a true picture of the real woman . |
| 11 | I could hear him honking all the way from my bedroom . |
| 12 | He untied the rope and then bent , inspecting the horse carefully , examining each leg , and they could hear him talking all the time , soothing , quiet words that stilled the animal . |
| 13 | Oh and can you hear it rumbling all the time ? |
| 14 | I can hear myself talking all the time . |
| 15 | Space does not permit us to review all the actions which needed to be taken so we will focus on two — banking services and air passenger transport . |
| 16 | I think , I think that , I do n't think they smoke all the time upstairs , but like , in the summer , er , basically this place just had its windows and doors open all day long , every day . |
| 17 | I do n't think he listens half the time . |
| 18 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
| 19 | And I think there is scope for misunderstanding there , and I think that if those two basic things , if we could learn to do those better , and I say ‘ we ’ because I do n't think anyone has all the answers to these problems , that , that school-parent relationships would , would improve a lot more that way , by doing these basic things better , and being sensitive to the difficulties of , of communication , rather than by trying to do all kinds of new policy things and erect new formal committees of this and that kind . |
| 20 | They should let them do all the houses up with it should n't they ? |
| 21 | So if anybody would like to write I 'll let them have all the addresses , there are about eight there , so erm , otherwise it 's just the urgent action network which is er a constant thing really . |
| 22 | Time may not allow you to visit all the wonders of Switzerland , but whatever selection you make , you 'll enjoy and unsurpassed ‘ Go-As- You-Please ’ holiday with high quality hotels to match . |
| 23 | This is good news , we can actually let you have all the cows . |
| 24 | What Chaplin had needed was a clown whose loneliness , detachment , pathos , optimism , indestructibility , incorrigibility , and vulnerability would allow him to exploit all the humour and tragedy , love and violence that everyday life offered . |
| 25 | She smiled grimly , let him sleep , let him get all the rest he could — he was going to need it . |
| 26 | I ca n't imagine them pushing all the way back against the river . ’ |
| 27 | " Can you help me find all the pieces ? " |
| 28 | This will help you to record all the details required by law . |
| 29 | Well you see Archie said to dad that he would help him to take all the bush bit out |
| 30 | The nurse , watching the monitor screens , said , ‘ I 'd say he showed all the signs of regaining consciousness . |