Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 3 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
| 4 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
| 5 | ‘ And you 're sure that this Bermuda company controlled by you will lend me the half-million pounds in cash to buy these shares , at no interest ? ’ |
| 6 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
| 7 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 8 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 10 | Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private ? |
| 11 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 12 | Because intensive livestock production renders the animals more susceptible to disease most stockmen have developed a degree of veterinary skill which can make them a decisive factor in the profitability of any livestock enterprise . |
| 13 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 14 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 15 | ‘ Grey ’ issues of money occur whenever enterprises that are short of funds to pay their obligations insist that the banks should make them the necessary advances to restore their ‘ liquidity ’ . |
| 16 | This will make them the first and fifth most visited attractions in the world , with the other three being existing Disney sites . |
| 17 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 18 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 19 | I asked her if she had any medication that would make me a better surfer . |
| 20 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 21 | A child , I feel , will make me a better person and draw the attention of others to my good character . |
| 22 | ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’ |
| 23 | She 'll make me a good wife , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 24 | Mother would make me a packed lunch ; Dad deliver me to the bus station at St Andrew Square , Edinburgh . |
| 25 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
| 26 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 27 | back and they were disgusted so they 've taken them down and gon na make me a complete new set . |
| 28 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 29 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
| 30 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |