Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | No review , no trophy , no accolade in the world will ever make me feel that good again . |
| 3 | There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave . |
| 4 | You can all be scientists today by helping me do some magic science tricks |
| 5 | ‘ You make me feel all limp and incompetent . ’ |
| 6 | D' ya know that blue wool I got ? |
| 7 | Now , d' you want that old story , or do n't you ? |
| 8 | When d' you meet any real people apart from those limousine sharks and cordless telephone freaks who never met an ordinary person , do n't know any ordinary people : how they live , we live , nor how we die , I mean how they die . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Lord save us , d' you call that old ? |
| 10 | ‘ What d' you call that disorganised scramble ? |
| 11 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 12 | It was a position which helped him survive many subsequent close calls , particularly during the wave of anti-foreign sentiment engendered under the later years of President Sukarno 's regime . |
| 13 | How long had it been since she had let anyone come this close , comfort her , try to ease her fears ? |
| 14 | ‘ It helped us make some critical decisions about the drilling and completion of the well , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
| 16 | But as a corrective to the excitable Hugo , let me quote another great French writer of the nineteenth century , a formidably astringent one this time , who likewise tramped dutifully up to the Lac de Gaube : the novelist Gustave Flaubert . |
| 17 | Right I 'll put some more on in a moment , hold on let me do this little bit |
| 18 | Let me get that right again John you said you keep hearing funny noises . |
| 19 | ‘ Let me get that straight . ’ |
| 20 | " Fiver , " he said , " let me get this right . |
| 21 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Pat , ’ he said , shaking his head in disbelief . |
| 22 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Mrs Shakespeare , ’ he said slowly . |
| 23 | ‘ Let me get this straight ; you 're going to model clothes for Roman ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ Jenna said briskly , fighting down her own feelings before his renewed antagonism . |
| 25 | ‘ Let me get this straight . |
| 26 | ‘ Now , let me get this straight , ’ said Melissa . |
| 27 | It 's let me get this straight now |
| 28 | ‘ Let me get this clear . |
| 29 | Let me find some nice little girl , with someone else 's drink swilling inside her nice flat little belly , who 'll talk and talk and talk , and be nice to look at . |
| 30 | Lest I be accused of caricaturing the West Indian family 's approach to its child 's education , let me add some tempering comments from sportsmen who found their parents ' blend of discipline and encouragement satisfactory . |