Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other I sell them to make a living . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other . |
| 3 | Head of Department : ‘ We make an assessment on three criteria , then combine them to give a mark out of 10 . ’ |
| 4 | I want everyone to have a board like yours . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I believe I have two more years of top-class rugby in me and I want them to include a return to the England team . ’ |
| 6 | a part payment of money , which is made so that the seller will not sell the goods to anyone else : You must pay a deposit to the hotel if you want them to keep a room free for you compare earnest(1) 3 an act or action of depositing : The rate of the river 's deposit of mud is about one inch a year deposit account n. a bank account which earns interest and usu. from which money can be taken out only if advance notice is given . |
| 7 | We just do n't seem to be able to track them down or attract them in quite the same way , so there is a massive practical problem if you want them to have a voice in how things are done , there 's no doubt about that . |
| 8 | Or are you going to start getting even less money than you do now , and want me to take a cut in the housekeeping ? |
| 9 | ‘ Want me to have a look round , sir ? ’ |
| 10 | Bring along questions to do with revision , bring along planned essays that you 've written if you want me to have a look at them . |
| 11 | ‘ It sounds as if you want me to have a contract drawn up for signature by the parties of the first part . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You want me to write a letter to your wife ? ’ |
| 13 | If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think you want me to get a girlfriend , ’ Stuart sulkily concluded . |
| 15 | ‘ It is when you expect me to accept a pronouncement about men offered as fact and founded on ignorance , ’ he responded at once . |
| 16 | ‘ I want someone to create a style that will make me look fabulous , and which does n't need any care at all . |
| 17 | ‘ And you want someone to send a message to the young lady to explain why you 're late ? ’ |
| 18 | But I do n't think Mr Drennan … ’ he shot a quick look in Malachi 's direction , before turning a sympathetic face to Bull O'Malley ‘ I do n't think Mr Drennan intended that he should ask for your daughter and expect you to make a decision on the spur of the moment . |
| 19 | I want you to design a trade-mark for the Alps . ’ |
| 20 | If they pack you off to Brighton , they want you to put a bullet in him . |
| 21 | I simply want you to take a friend 's father to a cricket match . ’ |
| 22 | Good , erm , right , erm so , I want you to take a bearing on me , tell me what bearing I am from where you are . |
| 23 | ‘ Now I want you to call a courier and sort out a couple of juicy documents to somebody not too far away , but it does n't matter who . |
| 24 | Now what I want you to do now I want you to draw a factor tree of three hundred and sixty . |
| 25 | In the middle I want you to draw a picture of each item , and then , the land population , industry , and why food production , Sam you 're not listening . |
| 26 | The campaign , sponsored by Gilbeys of Northern Ireland , included a sixty second television commercial which carried the message : ‘ We want you to enjoy a drink but never when you 're driving ’ . |
| 27 | I want you to do a diagram like this . |
| 28 | Right now I want you to do a bit of adding up okay . |
| 29 | Oh my God they were being really disgusting , okay , they were going erm oh house entertainment I went yeah and they go we , we want you to do a striptease . |
| 30 | I want you to doctor a photograph for me , ’ Kirov said . |