Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want me to ask a different question ? |
| 2 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 3 | If you believe in your children you do n't want them to do a dull job just to earn money . ’ |
| 4 | I presume he must also want them to have a happy death . |
| 5 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 6 | Can not you trust me to ensure a square deal and to ensure even justice between man and man ? |
| 7 | How the hell does he expect me to keep a straight pen ? |
| 8 | ‘ We do set study leave requirements , we do require them to pay study leave tuition fees for the first attempt , we do require them to pay examination fees and we do expect them to pay a reasonable salary . ’ |
| 9 | Likewise , there is no reason why adjectives which are restrictive in attributive position should not be acceptable if used , say , predicatively with the same nouns ; only in that case , we do not normally expect them to have a restrictive value . |
| 10 | Indeed it will probably be harmful , for at the very least the interviewer will expect you to take a positive interest in the job on offer and in the company . |
| 11 | They ca n't really expect him to have a physical game this afternoon can they with David Speedy ? |
| 12 | However , policies of positive integration such as the CAP , which impinge upon trading relationships , can blur the CU issue and can incline us to exclude a particular class of trade . |
| 13 | So many people have an interest in this topic and would therefore expect us to spend a good amount of time on it . |
| 14 | Mr Gorbachev would like them to do a great deal more . |
| 15 | ‘ Would you like me to organize a small party to go downstairs and get what bed-coverings we can ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It would not occur me to drink a low-alcohol beer , ’ says Alison , a 23-year-old sales assistant . |
| 17 | Although these are still in draft form , the Lead Body will use them to prepare a new framework for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 18 | The risk that the others would use them to get a political voice was a risk that had to be taken . |
| 19 | Even if a firm has roubles in a Kazakh bank , it can not necessarily use them to pay a Russian supplier . |
| 20 | Today I would like you to take a small piece of card which you will keep for your eyes only . |
| 21 | I 'd like you to do a proper job . |
| 22 | ‘ I would like you to do a little service for me , and you will do it . |
| 23 | Peter had discovered that his five villages would not like him to have a working wife . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been too busy to take him out all day , and I do like him to have a little outing . ’ |
| 25 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 26 | You can use it to find a particular place in a text if you know a word used there , or as a way of following up a particular theme , metaphor or symbol . |
| 27 | Engineers can use it to model a wide range of process industry applications ; from complete plant to individual items of equipment . |
| 28 | ‘ Your Grace , I ask your indulgence but I would like us to perform a small mummer 's play , a useful introduction to what we are about to declare . ’ |
| 29 | To them mathematics will be relevant if it helps their children gain a qualification which , in turn , will enable them to obtain a good job . |
| 30 | Through this Initiative , the University hopes to develop in its graduates and diplomates qualities which will enable them to play a positive role in an increasingly competitive and changing world . |