Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even then research into the old approved schools showed children who experienced them had a reconviction rate 49 per cent higher than would otherwise have been expected from their characteristics and records . |
| 2 | Last but by not means least , and we 've heard them mentioned a couple times already this week and it will be dealt with more extensively later in the week we have of course persuaded to enter into detailed discussions with us er , which would hopefully lead to a transfer of engagements by the end of this year . |
| 3 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 4 | Now , if you 've got nowhere else , erm , at the bottom end of the door to fit it , that 's fine , but as a matter of a preference , Crime Prevention like to see them fitted a third of the way up the door , that is where our thieves put the boot in , and thieves will work to pressure points , to leverage points they come equipped , or most of them do n't come equipped , because obviously if they 're walking along the street and a police officer sees them , you know , pull them over and start to talk to them , most of them will actually er use the tools from the back garden or or things they find lying around to help themselves in . |
| 5 | And I popped out to the shop on Sunday the second of November and came back totally and utterly bemused to see them putting a christmas tree up and father christmas in the window and fairy lights all over the place . |
| 6 | We want to see them receive a contract of employment which would extend their rights , particularly in relation to health and safety . |
| 7 | ‘ If the bones are my family 's I 'd like to see them have a decent Christian burial in a Russian Orthodox church . |
| 8 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 9 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 10 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 11 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 12 | Community relations and neighbourhood policing reverses the process of depersonalization , and with regard to the police this encourages them to develop a more subtle set of typifications which categorize the majority of residents in West Belfast as decent , honest , and , at root , friendly . |
| 13 | It was a what they call the fighting game , or something to that effect and er the the I remember once I he seeing them having a cock fight . |
| 14 | Well do , do you want me to put a five pound bet on that ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do you want me to take a trip and get rid of them ? ’ |
| 16 | Do you want me to take a book , and then you can choose at home ? |
| 17 | Do you want me to do a slang words on it ? |
| 18 | Do you want me to ask a different question ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Or do you want me to sign a |
| 21 | Oh a little tiny bit left do you want me to mix a bit of lemon ? |
| 22 | Do you want me to fetch a pillow ? |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps she did n't want me called a ‘ bird ’ . ’ |
| 24 | Emmie said , ‘ Do you want me to read a piece out of your Bible , Gran ? ’ |
| 25 | Do you want me to have a go at doing that Simon ? because I have been difficult about it , if that helps you . |
| 26 | Do you want me to make a start now or do you want me |
| 27 | The combination of the sophisticated impresario with his driving ambition and the outspoken Newcastle woman with her earthy language and manner to match , made them appear a strange couple . |
| 28 | Strings were apparently omitted since the small scale ( the whole box is less than 16″x9″ ) made them look a bit stupid . |
| 29 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 30 | About 5,800 of the West Midlands force 's 7,000 drivers have undergone tough advanced driving courses allowing them to drive a car with a siren . |