Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It made me want to go and live in San Francisco . ’
2 D' ya have to go and pay again ?
3 D' you want to come and have a look at him ? ’
4 D' you want to come and see how we can get in the window ? ’ suggested Tim , as they passed Barbs 's house .
5 Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E .
6 Lest it be thought that I have singled out young persons as a special problem , let me hasten to add that I think that the behaviour of youth cultures has to be seen as a mirror image of the adult society .
7 First let her fear build up : let her come to believe that this prize , this catch of the season , would leave her not only as if she had never met him but somehow spoiled .
8 Now , if you 'll let me get to work while there 's still light , I ought to be able to confirm what I suspected when I first saw her — ’ He paused , bending over the body , a long hardwood implement in his hand .
9 Q. What do I have to do when I find a house I like ?
10 I thought all treatment was free on the N H S , do I have to pay and they answer no , nor should you have been sent the bill although the hospital was within its rights to make a charge for the emergency treatment fee .
11 Nowhere did I expect to get and nowhere have I duly got .
12 Damn , why did I have to go and let that out ?
13 Failing an admission a question to the defendant such as ‘ Where did you intend to go when you got into your car ? ’ or ‘ What were you trying to do ? ’ etc. may help to prove that he had an intention to drive as discussed at point ( B ) 2 ante .
14 Did you stop to think that there is more than enough going on in Cambodia to make people reflect pretty carefully about participating in the election at all — and that the fact that 4.7m of them registered ( for which they received nothing whatsoever in material terms ) might just suggest that they really would like to exercise the vote ?
15 Did you want to die when he died ? ’
16 ‘ Which reminds me , did you check to see if by any chance Chatterton has more stocks hidden in his zimmer ? ’
17 Did you check to see if that was going ?
18 Erm Wh wh wh what other means did you use to ensure that there was this you know , the family circumstances were kept up to par ?
19 ‘ Now why did you have to go and do that ? ’
20 Why did you have to go and see him ?
21 Did you have to go , did you have to go and meet the Chairman of British Rail ?
22 ‘ Oh mam , ’ she whispered , ‘ why did you have to die and leave me alone ? ’
23 What sort of sacrifices did you have to make when you were quotes an unknown then ?
24 Did you happen to notice that rather fine statuette of the Black Prince outside Anthea Darnell 's room ? ,
25 How did you learn to drive and in what car ?
26 Do you intend to try and define that .
27 Do you want to see if there 's some wallpaper in here Mark ?
28 Do you want to see if we can finish it Christine .
29 Right , do you want to see if you can catch up ?
30 Do you want to go and sit down some place ? ’
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