Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in reply , let me make two fundamental points which , I think , make the original question far from otiose and the answer to it anything but platitudinous . |
| 2 | Yeah , let me eat this last piece of cheesecake then I can help you |
| 3 | The old-fashioned clothes horse offered to children with a blanket and some clothes pegs lets them explore triangular three-dimensional shapes . |
| 4 | Okay Suzanne , now you had to slacken off the halyard to let me tie that last knot so if you could tighten it up again that will pull the sail up to the top of the mast . |
| 5 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 6 | dir : Could I make one last suggestion ? |
| 7 | Can I make one more suggestion one , to combine two of these to call it Southwell Centenary Park , would that make it any better ? |
| 8 | Be before we start can I make two quick announcements , one er I made at the last lecture , that is there is a public lecture given by Baroness at five fifteen today on the subject of the Soviet Union and wh where does it go , erm and that 's in . |
| 9 | At no time during the writing of The Snow-White Soliloquies did I make any conscious connection between its contents and anorexia nervosa . |
| 10 | I am writing a lot in my diary in mid and late May , but nowhere do I make any direct mention of the 13th . |
| 11 | Can I make some general comments on the three scenarios that you that you put to us . |
| 12 | He said , what do I want another bloody car for ! |
| 13 | Can someone explain this apparent paradox please ? |
| 14 | Can I explain all those booklets that I 've put out on the table ? |
| 15 | Why do I need all this detail ? |
| 16 | Man , did I need that living squeeze . |
| 17 | Mm , do n't know , do I know any little girls ? |
| 18 | On the cube , I know how to exchange two pairs of pieces in particular positions by ( F 2 R 2 ) 3 , so how do I exchange two other pairs of pieces ? |
| 19 | Can I grow some more plants from cuttings ? |
| 20 | Shall I send this old friend ( or enemy ) ? |
| 21 | Shall I bring some more knives ? |
| 22 | Can I finish these orange things off ? |
| 23 | Can I borrow that little lamp of yours ? |
| 24 | ‘ Why do I carry all this junk everywhere ? ’ |
| 25 | Can I use some big words ? obscure antidisestablishmentarianism |
| 26 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 27 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
| 28 | Can I keep one more 3″ Oranda ? |
| 29 | I mean , did I detect some satirical intent here ? |
| 30 | Nor will I miss that filthy pub at the end of our road where James insists on going most nights . |