Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children . |
| 2 | I mean I like to see the nappies flapping on the line . |
| 3 | When I dance I try to put a lot of enthusiasm into it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What if I say I want to stay a while longer ? ’ she asked teasingly . |
| 5 | Everybody seems to give a different answer , some say ‘ yes , ’ some say , ‘ no ’ and some say you have to get a licence . |
| 6 | For example , say you want to create a standard letter to be mailed to 100 clients . |
| 7 | That 's jobs , that 's where you you say you want to support the private sector and the building trade to bring more jobs . |
| 8 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
| 9 | But before these questions are addressed we need to consider the model of how meanings are realized in context . |
| 10 | If ethologists are truly interested in an ethology of human relating we have to drop the pretence that , given present knowledge , evolutionary arguments are any more than a game for the psychologically literate . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect they want to see a bit of night life , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 12 | They said that as the law stands they have to prove the customer deliberately set out to defraud me . |
| 13 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
| 14 | Interpreting in schools , colleges , courts , meetings and so on is provided by individual arrangement usually with a social worker for the deaf , though in most personal circumstances ( job interviews etc. ) deaf people say they prefer to use a relative or friend ( Kyle and Allsop , 1982b ) . |
| 15 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 16 | Considering the success of Flexible Friends , its a bit strange that Wild Country say they need to develop a twin wire camming device . |
| 17 | Government officials say they aim to reform the economy gradually while shielding the country 's ten million people from the pain of full-blooded ‘ shock therapy ’ as attempted in Russia and elsewhere . |
| 18 | Thames Water say they want to build the second biggest reservoir in England on land in South Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
| 20 | The Horbys themselves say they have to make the most of what they have with Leah . |
| 21 | When young loose ferrets are first introduced to rabbiting I prefer to work a small burrow system and use a single ferret fitted with a transmitter . |
| 22 | When it 's done I hope to interest the Church in a mission to the gipsies . ’ |
| 23 | Victoria had accused me of trying to thrust myself into the action while pretending I want to live a quiet life . |
| 24 | ‘ I have already said I wish to make a call privately . |
| 25 | I like the way that Rob McCaffrey 's commentary allows you time to enjoy the action , although I thought he could pay a little more attention to his scripting in places . |
| 26 | ( If your luff is indeed flapping you need to pull the sail towards you in order to fill it with wind . ) |
| 27 | Stranger than the truth perhaps but tireless , happy go lucky , organised , a friend at all times — these are the boys and girls that really will ensure you get to make the most of your holiday . |
| 28 | To work out whether you can get benefit you need to follow the steps below , which are then explained . |
| 29 | He says you get to know a hedgehog — and I could tell the director what an animal was going to do … |
| 30 | Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director stated , ‘ Nothing says you must have a funeral director to carry out a funeral — nothing says you have to take a body to the crematorium in a hearse . |