Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children . |
2 | I mean I like to see the nappies flapping on the line . |
3 | When I dance I try to put a lot of enthusiasm into it . ’ |
4 | ‘ What if I say I want to stay a while longer ? ’ she asked teasingly . |
5 | Everybody seems to give a different answer , some say ‘ yes , ’ some say , ‘ no ’ and some say you have to get a licence . |
6 | For example , say you want to create a standard letter to be mailed to 100 clients . |
7 | That 's jobs , that 's where you you say you want to support the private sector and the building trade to bring more jobs . |
8 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
9 | ‘ I expect they want to see a bit of night life , ’ said Sister Dew . |
10 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
11 | Interpreting in schools , colleges , courts , meetings and so on is provided by individual arrangement usually with a social worker for the deaf , though in most personal circumstances ( job interviews etc. ) deaf people say they prefer to use a relative or friend ( Kyle and Allsop , 1982b ) . |
12 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
13 | Considering the success of Flexible Friends , its a bit strange that Wild Country say they need to develop a twin wire camming device . |
14 | Government officials say they aim to reform the economy gradually while shielding the country 's ten million people from the pain of full-blooded ‘ shock therapy ’ as attempted in Russia and elsewhere . |
15 | Thames Water say they want to build the second biggest reservoir in England on land in South Oxfordshire . |
16 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
17 | The Horbys themselves say they have to make the most of what they have with Leah . |
18 | To work out whether you can get benefit you need to follow the steps below , which are then explained . |
19 | Cause you have to put a lot of cream on your face to get the make up off and you do that especially if you 're doing two performances a day it 's an awful lot mess and much you 're putting on your face and you ca n't get it all off |
20 | Obviously when you budget you have to allow the most money for the rooms you arc actually going to live in , but once you have decided on what cash is available you must turn considerable thought and care — if not money — to making your hall as warm and welcoming and practical as you can . |
21 | I mean you want to see the world when you you know when you 're fit and able . |
22 | And one thing we will learn from it I think , if we 're honest with ourselves , and we put , and try and save up and have a piece on the end there , but the one thing I think we will perhaps come to , and the one conclusion we may come to , is the fact that whilst we , we do live in this world and I absolutely agree that if somebody says , look I need to see a new as well , I need to see you now , or I need to see you tomorrow , that 'll be difficult , O K , and that 's the immediacy of the business . |
23 | That , that 's open to the general public but where I stand you have to have a membership card to go in there now , and er you pay two pound before the season started and er local traders give you a discount and things erm it 's just one way of er segregating the supporters if you like , but there does n't seem to be so much trouble since they 've done this , but at the same time there does n't seem to be as much atmosphere |
24 | As you travel you have to keep an eye — and an ear open for the Minotaur . |
25 | ‘ We 'll see how far it takes you when you watch him try to clear the gatehouse the way he charged through a whole company of men that day , sword flashing right and left , trying to get to the King . |
26 | Once these places are sold we regret we have to charge the full holiday rate . |
27 | To understand what other creatures perceive we have to do the well-nigh impossible . |
28 | ‘ I fear we have to make a quick decision , ’ said Oliver ironically , looking out of the window and seeing a departing victoria . |
29 | ‘ As styles change and looks change we have to update the look , ’ said a spokesman , Peter Willasey . |
30 | I mean we have to make a sensible planning decision on where it should go and the fact that one authority is prepared to put its hand up when the others clearly are n't , should not be the main determining factor . |