Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll knock for you at eight for dinner . |
| 3 | If the seller wants a margin , he must stipulate for it in the contractual description . |
| 4 | And in this instance , he is only too aware of the kind of judgements I may make about him as a child reader , and tailors his reply accordingly . |
| 5 | We will be able to provide the equipment he needs to lead a normal life , and we know he 'll want for nothing in the future . ’ |
| 6 | that 's what I do n't want for it to er |
| 7 | And she would stay off it for days on end . |
| 8 | I mean apart from a monstrous attack on our own officers who ca n't answer for themselves in this place . |
| 9 | Templars , ghosts , curses — and now we shall answer for it with our lives ! ’ |
| 10 | And if Harry dies for it , his death be on my head , and I will answer for it to God and to him when my time comes . ’ |
| 11 | But Jack knew that he would think about nothing but Ken all day . |
| 12 | She would think about nothing but work . |
| 13 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'd rather you did n't think about yourself as anything in particular at the moment . |
| 15 | He said he 'd think about it over the weekend , and let Paul know on the Monday . |
| 16 | No that was that was the Friday and as it says th well I do n't know if it says there or not , but they said what would happen , they 'd think about it over the weekend and they 'd contact me the Monday afternoon erm to make a final decision . |
| 17 | Should the current tide turn , we will think about it with great pleasure and renewed confidence . |
| 18 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
| 19 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 20 | Then when it " just happens " , spontaneously and romantically , they and their girlfriends hope they do n't get pregnant , or they do n't think about it at all . |
| 21 | It 's not something just to be pushed to one side , and , ‘ Oh , yes , he 's coming at eleven o'clock , so I 'll think about it at five to eleven . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll think about it on the way home . ’ |
| 23 | We can think about it after Christmas . |
| 24 | Yeah , but I did n't really think about it like that . |
| 25 | In preparation for the final session , I designated a ‘ robot controller ’ room area , roped off , a large placard with ROBOT CONTROLLER in red ( I should have added PRIVATE , DO NOT ENTER as a nice re-inforcer of the point , but I did not think about it in time ) against a dais on which stood a table and a hand microphone ( a television control device which he had carried around with him on previous occasions ) . |
| 26 | You 're going very slowly , I 'll these batteries there 's the problem , there 's little diagram to sort of think about it in terms of water . |
| 27 | And if you were a a lecturer in politics and you went to see this play then you might think oh look oh and then you 'd start thinking and if you were a scientist you would think about it in another way and if you were an artist you 'd think about it in another way . |
| 28 | And if you were a a lecturer in politics and you went to see this play then you might think oh look oh and then you 'd start thinking and if you were a scientist you would think about it in another way and if you were an artist you 'd think about it in another way . |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't you ever think about anything but correcting grammar ? ’ |
| 30 | Do you never think about anything but yourself ? |