Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the English Lake District I have heard them mimicking the curlew , a bird not found in the Cambridge area . |
| 2 | ( Bitter experience has taught me to remove the gaffer at the end of the event only by holding the wire down on the floor as you pull the tape up . |
| 3 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 4 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 5 | We came out to see them putting the body in a bag . |
| 6 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 7 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , why did n't you want me to touch the skull ? ’ |
| 9 | Do you want me to put the sound on ? |
| 10 | ‘ Now , if you do n't want me to call the manager and make a fuss , remove your foot ! ’ |
| 11 | The company 's , you do n't want me to say the side effects do you ? |
| 12 | I said I 'm going back now do you want me to leave the kitchen light on ? |
| 13 | ‘ Do you want me to blow the candle out ? ’ |
| 14 | I said do you want me to do the chicken ? |
| 15 | Do you want me to do the gravy ? |
| 16 | alright , do you want me to close the door ? |
| 17 | ‘ Do you want me to shut the shop ? ’ |
| 18 | Do you want me to wet the front down ? |
| 19 | Do you want me to wet the front down or is that alright ? |
| 20 | Do you want me to draw the curtain , Daddy ? ’ |
| 21 | Likewise , if instead of saying , ‘ there is a patient outside ’ , I could say ( out of role ) , ‘ In a short while I will be a patient coming to the consultant 's office — how do you want me to play the role ? |
| 22 | Erm so they 'd wan na know well you know if it 's a shopping change then erm , do you want me to change the day ? |
| 23 | Do you want me to change the place I go to ? |
| 24 | Do you want me to change what I buy , do you want me to change the time I do it ? |
| 25 | Well , what d t I think if you draw a pl if you draw a plan , er that certainly should be taken i I I mean if you do n't want me to consider the plan , put a line through it , yeah ? |
| 26 | Or do you want me to beat the truth out of you ? ’ |
| 27 | Having recovered the sail , we made them bleed the line . |
| 28 | This made them hold the glider down and often caused overspeeding or even overrunning of the cable or parachute . |
| 29 | My soldiers were guarding the master copies of the very instructions that made them do the guarding . |
| 30 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |