Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope I find you the same . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah erm you give you give you give me the money now and I 'll give you the elephant later it 's just round the corner . |
| 3 | Erm but yeah but that 's one of er oh pass me pass me the thing I do n't actually when I think about it it 's getting nearer the time . |
| 4 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 5 | ‘ Let her take your hand , stroke hers ; it will comfort her a little , and when I tell you give her the chloroform — Good — that 's the way . |
| 6 | I think that 's a good idea there is n't a bet there be a real seller those boxes they , I know they call them the |
| 7 | Suppose I tell you the name of the guy who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 8 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 9 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 10 | One of the Germans stationed in the house got suspicious of Antoinette hanging about near the cellar door and made her give him the key and go down there with him so he could see what she was hiding . |
| 11 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
| 12 | On the probable site of Wallace 's birthplace at Elderslie a modern memorial bears inscriptions in Gaelic ( Bas agus Buaiad — Death and Victory ) , English , and Latin , a translation of which reads I tell you the truth . |
| 13 | Ooh I think I like yours the best , this is a bit heavy . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm well aware that my silence over Thomas now means you consider me the pits , but it does n't necessarily mean that you no longer — ’ |
| 15 | this is going back must be a few years , we were laughing and figuring sort of , you know , this bloke back of the garage in the end he said we give him the bill and said yeah you can soon run out |
| 16 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you say you call him the boss ? ’ |
| 18 | There was a harshness on his face as he moved towards her , a determination to make her tell him the answers he sought , and she looked away . |