Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
| 2 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 3 | I want to know what the first three digits are . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , but we want to get it the right way about , ’ said Pumlumon . |
| 5 | We want to show them the best . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I forget to tell you the other night . |
| 7 | Loss of manuscripts or illustrations seem to cause him the greatest concern . |
| 8 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 9 | Well , we deal with a wide range of different groups , and erm we 've got to produce a best advice list , and er we try to find you the best contract available in the market . |
| 10 | Reporters try to establish what the unfolding events mean to the principal actors concerned . |
| 11 | To try and work out why some ways of organising nursing care make it easier to give care which suits the needs of individual clients , we shall look at four commonly used delivery systems and try to identify who the real client(s) might be for each of them . |
| 12 | I try to keep it the same time . |
| 13 | At Parcelforce , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 14 | At Royal Mail , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 15 | Ancestral spirits also exercise a shadowy effect , punishing those who fail to pay them the requisite respect . |
| 16 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 17 | I wish to hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say . |
| 18 | These are taught to the initiate to show him the accepted response to the vagaries of order , disorder , ambiguity , and ambivalence which lies in the complexities of social behaviour . |
| 19 | Well , we need to know what the alternative point of view to our own is . |
| 20 | All I wanted you to do is put the highlights down it 's all we need we need to know what the important things are , okay , just a quick breakdown of things we talked about . |
| 21 | But if we wish to do something about these close and secretive ties between the executive , the military and industry , we need to know what the driving force of this development is . |
| 22 | They also need to know what the local currency is , the exchange rate and the rate of inflation . |
| 23 | ‘ Now I have to know what the latest styles are it 's part of my job . ’ |
| 24 | In reply , we would point out that , before we can even raise the question of correlation between linguistic expressions and extra-linguistic phenomena , we have to know what the linguistic expressions are , and for speakers and hearers ( even if not for strict behaviourists ) this means understanding them . |
| 25 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 26 | Yeah , so you have to make them the same . |
| 27 | If you choose me then you have to tell me the whole truth — who your accomplice is . |
| 28 | I have to tell you the terrible things I thought about you when I stumbled into that nursery , part of the rooms you had locked away from me . |
| 29 | Some theories , especially those pitched at the level of the international system , refuse to enquire what the human actors have in their heads . |