Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the only thing I need to ask you about is that bloody great , bloody great memo , I 've said it so I 'll say it again it 's pinned up in my old tutor 's room what do you want me to put down on the document for the record of achievement on attendance ? |
| 2 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 3 | What do we want them to get out of the advertising ? |
| 4 | What some writers now term the ‘ widening gap ’ between the rich and the poor , both within countries and between the First and the Third Worlds , might tempt us to subscribe pessimistically to the view that the countries of the Third World are passive victims of the exercise of First World hegemon countries ' power . |
| 5 | The House will expect me to apologise again for the remarks that I injudiciously made when I was trying to illustrate a simple point — that , with the private sector providing more rail services in future , I hope that a range of choice will be available to the travelling public in terms of price and time of day , rather like that provided by the airlines and the long-distance coach market . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ? |
| 7 | Do you think that teachers really do n't expect them to do well in the sciences and perhaps even positively discourage them from going into science ? |
| 8 | If prison riots are caused by overcrowding , understaffing , bad physical conditions and poor security , one would expect them to occur exclusively in the local prisons and remand centres which are the most overcrowded and understaffed , where conditions are worse and security less tight than in many longer-stay establishments . |
| 9 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 10 | He must expect her to get up off the bed and kiss his cheek , say good-night , see you in the morning , go out quickly and close the door behind her . |
| 11 | The young man know as Sandro appeared at the house and his parents said ‘ we do n't want you to go back to the Hare Krishna movement ’ . |
| 12 | Mr Craven does n't want you to wander all over the house ! ’ |
| 13 | What I 'd like you to do just for the last ten minutes is to think of a member of staff you have who has a training need and think about how you will go about training them and the methods that you will use . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll bet she 'd like him to end up at the foot of the cliff , ’ said a voice . |
| 15 | That will enable them to respond flexibly to the transport needs of their students , including students with learning difficulties . |
| 16 | Mr Fu , probably illiterate , can not get the kind of job with a township enterprise that would enable them to keep up with the Lis . |
| 17 | The group , headed by Stanley Kalms , said his resignation would ‘ enable him to concentrate fully on the financial management and control of the group 's retail businesses . ’ |
| 18 | The restructuring will enable it to focus better on the two areas of its expertise in both wide area and local networks . |
| 19 | The summit may be an opportunity — I know that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is encouraging other Heads of State to attend it — that will enable us to put over to the British population the need to recognise that there is a balance , an interdependence and a need for the transfer of resources . |
| 20 | ‘ Our strengthened balance sheet will enable us to benefit fully from the opportunities which the recovery will offer across our range of activities . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Our strengthened balance sheet will enable us to benefit fully from the opportunities which the recovery will offer across our range of activities . ’ |
| 22 | Erm on the use of existing employment sites , I 'd hate you to go away with the impression that er we were actively seeking to reallocate sites as they came forward , and that certainly is n't the case . |
| 23 | Did they want him to crack down on the rioters ? |
| 24 | Yeah , it 's just , I do n't want him to start up in the summer again |
| 25 | I do n't want her to end up with the sort of empty life I 've got to look forward to . |
| 26 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 27 | " Did Comrade Andrew tell you to go down to the picket ? |
| 28 | You hardly had room enough to do your job , but you dare n't tell 'em to get out o' the way ; or else they 'd say they 'd as much right to be there as you had ! |
| 29 | It should lead us to reflect further on the messages which such behaviour is intended to convey . |
| 30 | Eve did n't want it to get back to the convent that she was trick acting in Healy 's Hotel and ogling teddy boys out of the window . |