Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make them feel almost a part of it , thought Dalziel . |
| 2 | You see I , I mean I know obviously the perks do n't outweigh all that , er , at least you do get some perks . |
| 3 | Well I think we can all , I mean I think just the fact that they were asking those questions I think literally days before they gave the approval worries me . |
| 4 | I mean I I certainly accept that I mean I think there a lot of problems on the in the stage door club several nights of the years . |
| 5 | I mean I mentioned earlier the fact that it might be that people perceive sexual harassment , where in fact the behaviour has been perfectly appropriate and it 's just that the person perceiving it is unused to it , but I think that 's the minority of cases , incidentally . |
| 6 | ‘ You want me to pick up the tab . ’ |
| 7 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 8 | Phone if you want me to saddle up the mare and I 'll have her ready for you by the time you get down here . ’ |
| 9 | They want me to write out the stuff . |
| 10 | We not only provide practice in analysing experiences , but give students a glimpse of a more humane society and urge them to push back the boundaries that inhibit them . ’ |
| 11 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 12 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 13 | Of course , Sar n't Major James Graham Biggleswade could n't exactly go back to Blighty and expect them to hang out the welcome mat in Fulham , not after that tricky bit of bloody buggering business down in the Falklands — oh , excuuuuse meeee , the Mal -bloody-buggering- vinas — back in ‘ 81 . |
| 14 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 15 | Some say I play down the ‘ grinding toil ’ that is an unavoidable part of it all , so I will not deny that this year it was done by a very small corps of loyal people , several from without the congregation . |
| 16 | I suggest you whitewash out the pigsties and the cowsheds . |
| 17 | Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ? |
| 18 | ‘ I expect you do quite a bit of travelling in your work ? ’ he probed , when she wanted to be the one asking the questions . |
| 19 | ‘ How d' you feel about a second honeymoon ? ’ |
| 20 | about sixty , yeah , because , say you pay out a quarter of the price from , you there |
| 21 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 22 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 23 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 24 | ‘ From January I want you to take over the ‘ breaking ’ side of the business . |
| 25 | ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’ |
| 26 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 27 | Ready , question nine , these the following lot I want you to fill in the blanks |
| 28 | ‘ I want you to measure out an ounce of chloroform in the jug you will find in my bag . |
| 29 | ‘ Regarding Alfred Glynn , I want you to get together a small team , with a dog handler , to await instructions . |
| 30 | And er she got it away eventually bathing it and talking to the little girl and then she said to her now I want you to come here every day she said so I can I see to that for you . |