Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pron] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you really want to aid us this time round , tell everyone that . |
| 2 | and say to him so and so and so and so he 'd always answer back and say I want to do it this way |
| 3 | Erm , then anything else I 've said today , this is really not holy writ , erm , I 'm just going to make or suggested arrangement of these dividers and if you want to keep them this way that 's fine , and if you want to do something else with them that 's also fine . |
| 4 | What I want to show you this afternoon , is that the power of the child 's imagination is a factory which we have but to encourage , not to teach . |
| 5 | Exercise : Choose someone whom you have taken for granted , decide to appreciate them this week , and tell them that you do . |
| 6 | Sub-text : ‘ I have the power to predict , to warn you , to threaten you , to criticise you , but I choose to give you this message in a very subtle way . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish to see you this afternoon , Ingrid . ’ |
| 8 | I have to put it this way but there are n't any alternative . |
| 9 | ‘ But we are looking at others too ; there are lots of candidates out there and we need to conclude something this year . ’ |
| 10 | A psychoanalyst would perhaps say that we learn to deny ourselves this satisfaction in favour of more sublimated pleasures . |