Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 2 | Well , of course , again if you want to see what a neutron or a proton is made of , I mean a neutron is a very small thing and a proton is a very small thing — it 's about ten to the minus thirteen centimetres across . |
| 3 | ‘ But first I want to promise you a couple of things . |
| 4 | If you want to know what a man is really like , take notice of how he acts when he loses money . |
| 5 | ‘ If you want to know what a word means , ’ said my philosophy tutor , ‘ never look it up in a dictionary . ’ |
| 6 | I want to know what a kill joy is . |
| 7 | they just want to write you a prescription up and right there |
| 8 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 9 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
| 10 | A lot of us ignore the fact that people do have their own development and they want to do something a bit more exciting , but unless we 're given the opportunity ask will they want to demonstrate it ? |
| 11 | We want to do something a bit different . |
| 12 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 13 | If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’ |
| 14 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 15 | Okay want to give me a call after the news we 've got erm a little music after the news and then if you want to ring you can do that now erm about anything you like . |
| 16 | People are joining us all the time , so I 'm very briefly er just in a word or two , going to go over the subjects , and then if you want to give me a ring , please do so . |
| 17 | You want to give me a hand with this ? ’ |
| 18 | A want to give them a shuffle for speed . |
| 19 | But is there any situations where Abbey Life can overrule the doctor and say , we 're not happy with this , we want to appoint , we want to give him a medical with our own doctor . |
| 20 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 21 | I want to give you a chance to put the record straight . |
| 22 | ‘ Please — I want to give you a message for Harriet Shakespeare . ’ |
| 23 | He took lots of notes and after three days he said , ‘ Raymond , I want to give you a check . |
| 24 | If you want to give us a donation that 's entirely welcome . |
| 25 | O nine O four six four one six four one any calls about dogs or er any other sort of animal you want to give us a ring call us now . |
| 26 | ‘ When talent comes through you want to give it a chance , ’ said Gooch . |
| 27 | ‘ If we can prove this works , ’ Mr Dowding said , ‘ I am sure there are a lot of other farmers who want to give it a try and are just waiting . |
| 28 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 29 | ‘ Want to give it a parking ticket ? ’ said Jimmy from his chair . |
| 30 | You want to spoil yourself a bit , that 's what . ’ |