Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 2 | I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week . |
| 3 | ‘ Or sell my story to some Hong Kong newspaper ? ’ |
| 4 | Sell my soul to the de devil himself . |
| 5 | So , apologies to all concerned and bring my breakfast to the dog house . |
| 6 | Bring my acid to the dressing room and do n't be late . ’ |
| 7 | So I drive back , pig out on a hi-cal breakfast , devour Sunday paper trash , wander home , hug the pillow you lay on , find a blonde hair or two , grin like an idiot , realise my hangover 's gone , work like a trooper all afternoon , sip a little brandy come early evening , and raise my glass to your very good health . |
| 8 | I raise my glass to Victor , and give what 's meant to be a shamefaced grin but probably looks like a careless . |
| 9 | Still , I need some fun , and so I make my way to the front , along a narrow arm out onto the sun-baked prow tip . |
| 10 | I make my way to the back holding on carefully . |
| 11 | No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ? |
| 12 | President , congress , with these few brief remarks I commend my report to congress . |
| 13 | ‘ Not , ’ he went on hastily , ‘ that I liken my wife to Mr Landor nor to a wild animal , but she had similar need of kindness and nursing expertise . ’ |
| 14 | Either way , the chances are that there will be a very large number of people , possibly several million , depending on the subject of the research , and there is no way that the researcher is going to be able to deliver a questionnaire to them all , still less interview them face to face . |
| 15 | Anyway I wish you well and send my love to you as ever , ‘ Father ’ . |
| 16 | I then if possible send my assistant to the north of the Island and Swan River . |
| 17 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 18 | I want my position to be clear . |
| 19 | As he said : ‘ If I 'm deciding on whom I want to live with for fifty years — well , that 's the last decision I want my head to be ruled by my heart . ’ |
| 20 | I want you put it on because I want my voice to be on it . |
| 21 | I want my voice to be in there . |
| 22 | ‘ I want my successor to be known while I am alive , ’ he explained . |
| 23 | Ala I want my writing to be is modest , restrained , colourful , truthful … . |
| 24 | And then I want my shaft to be as long as a furlong and time to stand still and my tongue to be dipped in honey . |
| 25 | I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods . |
| 26 | I expect my car to be |
| 27 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
| 28 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't keep the eye open and I fumble my way to the bathroom to clean my contact lens . |
| 30 | One depicts Mary 's first husband , Francis II , three times rushing to welcome her in heaven , and three times finding that he can only embrace a headless body , so that he curses his people ; whereupon the poet exhorts them to forget their own troubles , and unite to destroy England and send its queen to a dreadful death . |