Example sentences of "[verb] i [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 3 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
| 4 | right with an extra window , whatever about the money , like Mrs what 's her name , so you 've nearly closed her on the conservatory you do all the paper , your order close form on the conservatory and you say to her , right , cos you 're working your sums out , do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds ? |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't want me to let an old man get beaten up and do nothing . ’ |
| 6 | Do you want me to ask a different question ? |
| 7 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 8 | He did n't want me to help the sick and sorry ! ’ |
| 9 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 10 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 11 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 12 | My thanks to David Bogie , studio manager and Fish for their time and patience — and for allowing me to visit the Funny Farm . |
| 13 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 14 | When Deutsche Grammophon asked me to record the Alpine Symphony , I warned them that it would be very expensive . |
| 15 | However , I thought it right to debate the report of the Select Committee chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale ( Mr. Jopling ) because many hon. Members of all parties , which was not the case with the other Select Committee report , asked me to find an early opportunity to enable the House to give its initial response to that splendid and important report . |
| 16 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Shoreham ( Sir R. Luce ) asked me to consider the standard spending assessments . |
| 17 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 18 | I gave similar advice when Harold Wilson asked me to advise the Labour Party about their behaviour in the matter . |
| 19 | So I suppose it was frustration that led me to break the cardinal rule of any diplomat behind the Iron Curtain in the good old days . |
| 20 | I did not have enough knowledge to enable me to make a complete computer model of the individual player 's contribution to the stroke . |
| 21 | The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk . |
| 22 | This was all important to enable me to get the correct shape of the legs and the lengths of the rails . |
| 23 | You want me to live a middle-class life . " |
| 24 | You want me to throw the bloody thing , do you ? |
| 25 | Can not you trust me to ensure a square deal and to ensure even justice between man and man ? |
| 26 | He even managed to do some work in front of the Greek television cameras , so enabling me to make the Central Television programme ‘ At Home with Costakis in Athens ’ . |
| 27 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 28 | Abdesselam told the press on July 27 that the elimination of corruption remained a high priority and that " those who paid the price for the measures that have been taken so far are the youth … let no one expect me to make the deprived masses pay any more " . |
| 29 | ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk . |
| 30 | And the prophecy of Isaiah 61 : 1 , ‘ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , for he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor … ’ stands in Luke 's Gospel ( 4:18 ) , as a beacon shedding light over the whole of his ministry . |