Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’ |
| 2 | And the council 's housing department is asking tenants thinking of moving on to help them make the most of the housing stock by giving early notice when they intend to leave . |
| 3 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 4 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 5 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 6 | He 's certainly made me laugh a few times ! |
| 7 | Can I make the same point as well please ? |
| 8 | ‘ May I steal a few minutes of your time on this unique occasion and go back to November 22 , 1944 when nine Mosquitos from our Squadron were briefed to mark the U-Boat pens at Trondheim for 171 Lancasters . |
| 9 | May I present a few eye-openers for those who have accused Pakistan bowlers of doctoring the ball ? |
| 10 | Why did I choose the same piece , The Education of Children ? |
| 11 | Just then they heard a heavy footstep outside , and a voice called , ‘ Neighbours , can I bring a few lambs in there ? ’ |
| 12 | Well I 've made it not to if , if , if I , if I , if , if they 'd ordered , been ordered on my say so , I have made an autonomous decision , well you , there 's so many people in that place making autonomous bloody decisions , why should n't I do a few ? |
| 13 | If it 's all right for Ernest to change his religion to marry me , why should n't I do the same for him ? ’ |
| 14 | Now , can I do the same for you ? ’ |
| 15 | But I 've said the same before , only to hear someone use the same gadget and get a monster sound . |
| 16 | As my old friend , the Communist priest , performed the last rites , did I see a half smile on those weatherbeaten features ? |
| 17 | Er can I , can I take a few of those er an and try and separate them . |
| 18 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 19 | Can I have a another two Diet Cokes please ? |
| 20 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 21 | ‘ Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’ |
| 22 | Erm can I have a few a that or erm , marmalade sandwiches please . |
| 23 | Mm Can I have a few more thank you . |
| 24 | As vicar of Bidston and deeply involved in the plans , may I correct a few misleading rumours . |
| 25 | Did n't I mean the same , same sort of thing happened when Wentworth put on the twenty fifth of May , that a week before Sheila said er oh you 're not having this . |
| 26 | " May I walk a little way with you ? " |
| 27 | Can I find the same chord in more than one place on the fingerboard ? |
| 28 | You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ? |
| 29 | Unless someone has a better solution , can I ask the many thousands of WCM readers who are as infuriated as I am to write and complain to the BBC 's Head Programme Scheduler . |
| 30 | Let me give a few illustrations . |