Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb infin] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do think visitors to this country like to know they 're in Scotland , especially in a large hotel like the Sheraton where you could be anywhere . ’ |
| 2 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 3 | And the tensions coincided with a downturn in sales that indicated both the ebbing of the 1968 wave , and the growth of other revolutionary papers which did have links to particular groups . |
| 4 | However , those differences which do exist point to JC rather than any other Creole as the focus . |
| 5 | A LORRY driver who helped take aid to refugees in Croatia was yesterday named Britain 's Top Dad . |
| 6 | These were meat eaters who did pay attention to their intake of salt , sugar and caffeine and were also concerned about calories . |
| 7 | On the other hand , you do need guidelines to work to . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course she does have staff to hand around the nosh , ’ Ken told her . |
| 9 | At the end of our statement sir we we did make reference to the er er removal possible removal of the article fourteen . |
| 10 | And I think we did draw attention to the fact that er there may well in some instances be a conflict in terms of what Selby district wants and what current P P G advice suggests . |
| 11 | We , when the papers for this Committee were made public , we did alert people to them , the potential erm , effects of these proposals . |
| 12 | If we do pay attention to his thought we feel we are listening to a public orator of unimpeachably orthodox Christian principles , a Poet Laureate in training — he did not in fact attain this honour until the reign of Queen Victoria in 1843 . |
| 13 | Yet we do give subsidies to one group of workers , our farmers . |
| 14 | Erm please give a bit more of the just support we need , we literally , we do need bodies , we do need people to actually come along . |
| 15 | There is , for example , no Annie 's Bar where we may gossip with the mighty over a vodka — although we do have access to a well-stocked cafeteria , where the waitresses are uncommonly polite . |
| 16 | Now I do n't know whether they actually broke the door down in the end , but they did gain entrance to a flat very near us , erm and they had dogs with them that night . |
| 17 | Because the insulating characteristics of timber-frame houses are so good they do give rise to the problem known as ‘ interstitial condensation ’ , as was revealed in the television documentary . |
| 18 | They do give weight to the judgements of the most aware , those who have educated themselves to discriminate between flavours most accurately . |
| 19 | For example a couple of weeks ago there was a thing on tit for tat and this week there 's a fascinating thing on snakes and female sexuality which erm illustrates er some of the points I 'll be , I 'll , I 'll be making and although as Sue rightly says erm , most of the articles in Nature are rather technical and difficult to understand if you 're not a specialist they do make concessions to the rest of us by publishing very often erm summaries er in the first part of the journal erm and there is one on this and er I can recommend that . |
| 20 | Thus , even when they do provide employment to otherwise unemployed people , they do so primarily to unregistered part-time job seekers . |
| 21 | It is in fact NACAB policy that advice workers should be able to carry out some limited counselling functions and they do run training to that end . |
| 22 | They do run counter to the views about national sovereignty held by most peoples in Europe , not just the British . |
| 23 | Coverage of all kinds can be both favourable and unfavourable — no matter whether politicians are in government or in opposition — and politicians themselves must bear the prime responsibility for ensuring that when they do get access to the media they present their own case well . |
| 24 | He did give power to schools and parents , but that made him enemies . |
| 25 | Well I mean , he did we , he we , he did send letters to the council . |
| 26 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 27 | Staring from the window , her mouth curved in a smile , she wondered what he would say if she told him that if he did make love to her he would be the first . |
| 28 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 29 | Supposing he did say goodbye to his commission , supposing he was selected , supposing he went off to Russia or Finland or wherever it was without even seeing her . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I wish he did have cause to be jealous of me , ’ I said , and took the opportunity to draw her towards me and fold my arms around her . |