Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] i [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want them to brand me a bully-boy because I 'm a National Socialist , to discredit me through their media . |
| 2 | ‘ Then if you 're ready , shall we move , as I do n't imagine you can bring yourself to offer me a drink before we go ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you think you owe me an explanation of all this ? |
| 4 | I do n't want you to give me a lift . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't want you to do me a favour . ’ |
| 6 | I know you will he disappointed but I really would like you to give me a change . " |
| 7 | I 'd like you to give me a month . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 9 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 10 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 11 | ‘ She was picking them up at random and saying things like , ‘ This boy 's in a wheelchair but that does n't stop him giving me the eye , ’ or , ‘ This is the college stud but he cuts no ice with me . ’ ’ |
| 12 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 13 | ( 201 ) And I 'll thank ye give me a glass of punch too , John . |
| 14 | If you refuse to co-operate I can force you to pay me the money you owe me . |
| 15 | I do n't want him to give me a job , but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that 's really mine ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'll admit he gave me a start , because it was dim in the office and I did n't expect to see anybody . |
| 17 | I ca n't recall who gave me the information . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't you get him to rustle me a couple of good bullocks ? ’ |
| 19 | And I would n't let him give me the strap then . |
| 20 | Yeah , erm , if you could ask him to give me a call |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't say it gave me no satisfaction . ’ |