Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if the , the director plans to talk about the cri criteria we will work towards with the independent erm living fund and I wonder if we could possibly accommodate something within the criteria because I think the number of people involved needing adaptation to their home over about five thousand is fairly small but for those people it will make the difference between them being able to remain in their own home or within the community care package , a vast sum of money being needed to be spent on them to accommodate them within residential accommodation . |
| 2 | In waking life it was too strong to allow me to indulge myself in secret feasts , and I no longer felt any desire for them . |
| 3 | I do as I 'm told , and he told me to include you in this job . ’ |
| 4 | It does n't seem to me to affect it in any way . |
| 5 | There 's been talk of Bruce leaving but it will be a greater achievement for me to establish myself as first choice with him still at the club . ’ |
| 6 | If we decide er , at each point of the committee meeting I , I think we should be processing any and suggestion forms that procedure owners have received , in a reasonable time , in order for them to process it before that meeting . |
| 7 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 8 | You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’ |
| 9 | I just want you to know nothing of that kind will happen again — ever . ’ |
| 10 | It looks to you to provide it with that light . |
| 11 | I do n't ask you to sell better , ladies and gentlemen , I do n't ask you to sell itself for certain companies , I 'd like you to , but I do n't . |
| 12 | If there is a drugs ring operating in my father 's club , then I 'll help you to crack it in any way I can . ’ |
| 13 | But I would b , e very glad if I might see you on your return to ask you to help me in two cases . |
| 14 | " Thank you , Mrs James , we should like you to confine yourself to first-hand evidence … you wrote to your husband , of course , to explain the arrangements you had made in his absence ? " |
| 15 | Remortgaging unlocks this capital , allowing you to use it for other purposes . |
| 16 | I would be happy for you to use it in any way you felt appropriate . |
| 17 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 18 | My God , not if I have to kill you to keep you in this bedroom ! ’ |
| 19 | Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ? |
| 20 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 21 | I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear . |
| 22 | It is even a good idea to hold on to congratulatory memos ( perhaps appended to slips telling you of pay increases ) or any other correspondence which might at some distant date help you to defend yourself against unfair criticisms of your capabilities . |
| 23 | It really is not good enough for you to preen yourself in this way while Britain continues to suffer from the consequences of a largely uneducated workforce . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose I might have expected you to remind me of that possibility ! ’ |
| 25 | I wo n't allow you to manipulate me in this way . ’ |
| 26 | So there 's really no need for you to boost it by spending hours on the sun-lounger . |
| 27 | We would therefore ask you to familiarise yourself with these requests so that you can take part fully in the discussion in your group . |
| 28 | To ask them to do something about that mess . " |
| 29 | The beer orders did not require them to do anything of this sort . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you seriously asking me to do something for twenty dollars difference a night . |