Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right .
2 He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution .
3 On the other I sell them to make a living . ’
4 Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible .
5 Trust me to pick the most expensive . ’
6 Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other .
7 Those too have been doubled and we are we trust them to appoint the magistrates upon whom we praise such responsibility and on whom we shall have such great praise .
8 Head of Department : ‘ We make an assessment on three criteria , then combine them to give a mark out of 10 . ’
9 PC-ometer We take the three ratings — CPU , DISK and VIDEO and combine them to get an overall performance mark .
10 I want everyone to have a board like yours . ’
11 No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ?
12 You want them to enjoy the books that imagination and curiosity thrive on .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city .
15 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 .
16 I want them to share the Person who has filled my life with such abundance .
17 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 .
18 We do n't encourage them to give up their other sports , we just want them to have the same chance in tennis . ’
19 We want them to have the choice of hearing more about the world — Europe , South East Asia , the developing world .
20 We want them to make the choices we would have made .
21 He said of his team : ‘ I want them to win the FA Cup for a start .
22 Or are you going to start getting even less money than you do now , and want me to take a cut in the housekeeping ?
23 ‘ And you want me to do the flying ? ’
24 And the they want me to do the .
25 You want me to do the gravy ?
26 If he was as surprised as she at what amounted to an invitation to share her meal , then he did not show it , but said merely , ‘ Want me to lay the table ? ’
27 " You want me to put an e in Davis .
28 ‘ You sussed that I am in with Carmichael , and you want me to put the drop on him . ’
29 want me to put the mop on ?
30 You want me to hold the teddy ?
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