Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
| 2 | Inspector Redpath and the ordinary police made hundreds of inquiries on land , but could learn nothing to indicate who the dead man was , or how or where he met his death . |
| 3 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
| 4 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 5 | Her eyes sought out his to divine what the real mood was : Hope jammed her gaze with a glazed and bland smile . |
| 6 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 7 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 8 | But he could n't bring himself to give it a serious answer . |
| 9 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 10 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 11 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |
| 12 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 13 | I really want you to know what a fantastic job Celia 's done . |
| 14 | What , at least it will enable you to know what the tropical species are because some of them have got quite weird and wonderful names and most people do n't know what some of them are . |
| 15 | do you , do , do you have a gun ? , button one for yes and button two for no well I 'm not going to ask you to identify yourselves the three of you |
| 16 | They have full jurisdiction to say : ‘ We are satisfied that there is a nuisance here , but we are not going to order you to do what the local authority say you are to do because we think it can be done in another and cheaper way or in a more effective way ’ . |
| 17 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 18 | The reaction from the other side of the table is different because you are a woman , they expect you to do it a different way . ’ |
| 19 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 20 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |
| 21 | I 'll go through it again once we 've seen the film , and ask you to give me the main points that came out of the film . |
| 22 | This will bring Koi to the surface , enabling you to give them a visual health check ( but not of the underside where ulcers may occur ) . |
| 23 | It 's up to you to give him the visual reference material from which he can start planning his camera angles , his cast positionings , etc . ’ |
| 24 | And we 'd like you to give it a good , hard look , ’ he says , in a voice meant to remind me that his company has a great deal of money lodged with us . |
| 25 | I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’ |
| 26 | Now I want you to tell me the important part — why the hell are you so desperate that you 'll go to this extent in order to get your hands on the bequest ? |
| 27 | It just remains for me to wish you a prosperous and happy one . |
| 28 | He took out two large plastic orange cones — the sort you get on motorway hold-ups — and gave them to me , telling me to put them the other side of the bend to slow the traffic coming down . |
| 29 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |