Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] them [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other I sell them to make a living . ’ |
| 2 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 3 | ‘ I believe I have two more years of top-class rugby in me and I want them to include a return to the England team . ’ |
| 4 | I want them to share the Person who has filled my life with such abundance . |
| 5 | He said of his team : ‘ I want them to win the FA Cup for a start . |
| 6 | I told them to put a tourniquet on my arm and give me some morphia , whereupon one of them started to bandage my wrist and the other went off to ask what morphia was . |
| 7 | I told them to spare no expense . ’ |
| 8 | When I pressed them to imagine the result of such an event , they replied the murderer would be so ashamed ( lidya ) that she/he would leave the region altogether never to return ; again withdrawal . |
| 9 | I ask them to form a circle , as if standing around the hole , and close their eyes . |
| 10 | I use them to make a Summer Pudding or a water ice . |
| 11 | I invite them to examine the Opposition 's policies to see how they would fare under a Labour Government . |
| 12 | In those days I lived with my parents and when the film resurfaced at a local cinema I convinced them to spend an evening feasting their eyes on those sanguinary sapphics . |
| 13 | I wanted them to learn the piano and both did learn . |
| 14 | I wanted them to have a programme they could say they watched simply because they liked and enjoyed it . ’ |
| 15 | Do you want them to do a menu rotation or keep making them up every week ? |
| 16 | Shall I just throw these away then or do you want them to have a second look at or , yeah , I 'll bin them . |
| 17 | She asked them to donate a collection of drawings , watercolours and sketches as well as etchings , lino prints and engravings on metal . |
| 18 | She helped them to organise a process of gathering information by drawing up a list of possible sources , and setting them writing letters . |
| 19 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 20 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 21 | You want them to enjoy the books that imagination and curiosity thrive on . |
| 22 | a part payment of money , which is made so that the seller will not sell the goods to anyone else : You must pay a deposit to the hotel if you want them to keep a room free for you compare earnest(1) 3 an act or action of depositing : The rate of the river 's deposit of mud is about one inch a year deposit account n. a bank account which earns interest and usu. from which money can be taken out only if advance notice is given . |
| 23 | We just do n't seem to be able to track them down or attract them in quite the same way , so there is a massive practical problem if you want them to have a voice in how things are done , there 's no doubt about that . |
| 24 | Can you trust them to tell the truth about where they 're going ? |
| 25 | ( c ) Can you re-phrase them to make the points clear ? |
| 26 | You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while . |
| 27 | and you get them to make a will afterwards . |
| 28 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 29 | She pocketed them to make the break-in look authentic . |
| 30 | At the beginning of the session she lights the candle , the children sit round it in a large circle and she asks them to watch the flame , to concentrate on the flame and nothing else . |