Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That authority is given me to help me find the killer of these girls . ’ |
| 2 | Just say let's say they also want you to do I want you to do the graph er they wanted this one where it was twenty as well okay . |
| 3 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
| 4 | ‘ Deep sleep , that 's what I want you to let me do , Ian . |
| 5 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 6 | I want you to help me do that now |
| 7 | I would prefer you to let me take them in . ’ |
| 8 | I 've gone to the nuns and begged them to let me have a child , but they say ‘ You are a prostitute . |
| 9 | I would like you to let , I would like you to let me go down to the fair . |
| 10 | ‘ Has he told you to make me hire help ? |
| 11 | That position received the strongest support from various members of the family , and it was only by strenuous and prolonged efforts that I have been able to persuade them to let me bring you this memorandum , which contains , as I 've said , all the relevant items in the letter . ’ |
| 12 | Can you please phone me to let me know when Corby should expect to see the title ? |
| 13 | This is another reason that I deliberately choose to move frequently in and out of role in drama with young children , and why I often use the strategy of asking them to help me create ( or construct ) the character that I play . |
| 14 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 15 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 16 | I use them to help me make a record , to make the band sound tighter than they would do otherwise . |
| 17 | If it 's not for sale , I 'll pay you to let me borrow it . |
| 18 | I 've asked him to let me go straight out and breathe the cellar air , but he always makes me wait till I 've had breakfast . |
| 19 | Excitedly I told him what had happened and begged him to let me have the harmonium . |
| 20 | I have been asked by my chief to ask you to let me have for him without further delay , the short note which he called ‘ on what you would advise should be done to concentrate and coordinate the work you are doing ’ . |
| 21 | It suited you to let me stay , did n't it ? |
| 22 | ‘ I need to know about Piper , ’ he said , ‘ and I need you to help me find out . |
| 23 | If not , I will ask you to let me leave the ship . ’ |