Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I to let you do this to her ? ’ |
| 2 | It saddens me to hear him say such silly things that probably are not even true . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly the education authority and society in general do nothing to help us resolve this problem . ’ ‘ |
| 4 | But I would consider it a great honour and privilege if you would allow me to help you overcome this disadvantage by making you a gift of whatever you may need . ’ |
| 5 | I want you to help me do that now |
| 6 | After all , he has shown enough confidence in you to let you organise this part of his company 's expenditure . |
| 7 | Well it must have been hurting you to make you do that . |
| 8 | Has something happened to you to make you like this ? ’ |
| 9 | So far , I 've given two to friends in hospital and one to an elderly neighbour , who 's begged me to let her have another one so that she can pass the first one on . |
| 10 | We try to reduce the distance between ourselves and our boss by using first-person-plural pronouns , talking of what ‘ we ’ ( i.e. the boss and I ) will do in the future — ‘ We could always write to head office , and ask them to let us have more data . |
| 11 | But then , even as a child she 'd usually persuade him to let her do this or that against his better judgement . |
| 12 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 13 | Is there anything to make you believe that Poll Tax bills landing on people 's mats this time next year will be any nearer the estimate than they were last time . |