Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right . |
| 2 | Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible . |
| 3 | We do n't encourage them to give up their other sports , we just want them to have the same chance in tennis . ’ |
| 4 | You want me to throw the bloody thing , do you ? |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | By reinforcing your credit policy a reputable debt collector can not only recover your monies but can also let your customers know that you run an efficient business and that you expect them to do the same by paying you as and when agreed . |
| 7 | I want nothing to stop The New Hope from making its maiden flight three months from now . ’ |
| 8 | In fact it is just as misleading to ignore the packaging and expect someone to assess the new situation without any help . |
| 9 | And I want somebody to help the little ones later on . |
| 10 | And remember that most insurance companies expect you to pay the first part of any claim — usually £25-£50 . |
| 11 | We expect you to make the most of these opportunities which exist within the Ministry of Defence , the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Transport . |
| 12 | We expect you to observe the general rules of conduct and standards of behaviour as et out below . |
| 13 | Er the Director of Transportation recognises that , it was said that he 's happy to await the outcome of liberations by that er District Council and that 's what the Conservative group has suggested that we do but if he wants you to recognise that every policy has to be accepted , the way in which they have performed time and decided to be addressed by my members of of all parties and therefore I urge you to support the Conservative resolutions I now put forward . |
| 14 | Some of the requirements may be unnecessary but we urge you to adopt the suggested techniques wherever possible to give you the practice that is needed before you can become a competent report writer . |
| 15 | I want you to give the European components presentation to Klepner . ’ |
| 16 | Anyway since editing is the main problem , what we 're going to do this afternoon is , actually , I 'm going to show you another video and again it 's a very controversial one , again it 's used in , in teaching situations , again it has a biased point of view in the sense that it 's produced by National Power , er clearly as a P R job for introduction into schools erm and I want you to do the same exercise , but this time I want us to edit them among ourselves and what I 'm going to do is to get you to wri write your reviews and then we 'll divide into small groups , while you 're watching it I 'll co I 'll count how , however many people we 've got here , we 'll copy the reviews and in the same groups I want you to edit one another 's reviews and then er discuss them within the groups once you 've , once you 've marked them so we 'll get into the small , we 'll do the review we 'll write the review and then we will er , I distribute the , you can go and have a cup of coffee while we copy them , then we 'll distribute them , you can mark them , er individually on your own and then we 'll get into a group and you can criticize one another 's reviews , we 'll take them one at a time , we 'll probably be in groups of four , okay , but I 'll see , I 'll see how many , what the most suitable number is , okay so , if you , would you be kind enough to that |
| 17 | " Now I want you to do the same . " |
| 18 | I want you to do the same for twenty four and you wo n't get it all on one line there 'll be a lot of them and then try it for thirty six and when you 're really happy with twenty four when you 're happy with twelve and you can write all those out quite happily without looking at this try twenty four see if you know see if threes 'll go fives 'll go and sevens and everything else . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to catch the first flight back from Brussels . |
| 20 | Seems they want you to address the European Commission on European industrial development . |
| 21 | They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam . |
| 22 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 23 | Secondly , I urge him to make the best possible speed in this matter because for many of us it represents the most dreadful stain on our criminal justice system . |
| 24 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 25 | Step one , then , in intelligent persuasion is to acknowledge the status of your ‘ audience ’ through targeting what you say and how you say it to meet the specific needs of the individuals involved : the ‘ What 's in it for you ? ’ factor . |
| 26 | I want it to reflect the living area in the 1990s |
| 27 | and if you 're gon na send people to Northern Ireland and places like that you want 'em to defend the next soldier ? |
| 28 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 29 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 30 | Challenge him to check the full-blown consequences of his ideas to see where they lead . |