Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 2 | Grammar schools already had adequate facilities or could build them from scratch . |
| 3 | I called him in Aswan that afternoon , I said , " Majesty , do you want me to cone ? " he said , " Come at once . " |
| 4 | He , he sat here this morning he said all serious he said I 'm cutting out potatoes , bread , biscuits and all sweet things , so I you know , I just said , well if you know if you are love , do you want me to sort of start , you know , obviously not cooking you potatoes and whatever , well what we 'll see in a , probably in about two month 's like , you know |
| 5 | Well why do they want me in house ? |
| 6 | Women are being asked detailed questions about their child-care arrangements , and failure to produce satisfactory answers may disqualify them from benefit . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , I see you 're conservative in your ways , ’ he sneered , expecting that this would goad me into Satanism . |
| 8 | Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners . |
| 9 | No the guests will not be in costume , we thought it was unfair that they should make them in costume . |
| 10 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
| 11 | Criticizing a scooterist do n't want them in town and then put functions on and cheap beer for them when they come . |
| 12 | You do n't cover them in water |
| 13 | Does he treat me with respect and consideration ? |
| 14 | Robert Dalrymple says its relationships with most of its tenants are excellent but no one can deliver them from recession . |
| 15 | It also says that if you respect someone you will ‘ treat them with consideration ’ and ‘ esteem them ’ ( think of them as valuable ) . |
| 16 | Like Arsenal , they are in form at the moment , so we must treat them with respect — but not too much . ’ |
| 17 | We will treat them with scorn . |
| 18 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
| 19 | According to Wells , the data from his research contradicts crude generalizations that are often made about some children as being ‘ deprived at home ’ of those language experiences that will prepare them for schooling , and assumptions that the school is a ‘ rich language environment ’ . |
| 20 | He trained them to regular confession , and whenever any one of them was dying would prepare them for death , and be thankful when they died in penitence , peace and hope . |
| 21 | He may regard them as curious examples of another civilization or occasionally view with incredulity the ways of city people and industrial workers , but he will only regard them with envy when television reinforces the evaluations already implanted personally by friends and kin with whom he identifies . |
| 22 | They remained fearful of the opening of any loophole that would more easily expose them to fraud or abuse of the credit they had extended in good faith . |
| 23 | She would bribe them with love : " Just a handful , a small handful , Fagan , " she pleaded . |
| 24 | But even with his new London base it was impossible to gather enough talent from both his schools for the coming Christmas , so he advertised for dancers in the trade papers and took a chance that he could knock them into shape . |
| 25 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 26 | Clement wrote a pamphlet giving his reasons for the split and accusing Wilson of mismanagement , irresponsible militancy and the encouragement of foreign seamen into Britain , presumably because of his refusal to accept a rule which would debar them from membership . |
| 27 | Are you ashamed of your feet or can you bare them with pride ? |
| 28 | These will get better and better and we should consider them as part of our thinking . |
| 29 | This section will focus on solicitors ' charges but will only consider them in outline . |
| 30 | Let's consider them in order . |