Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 2 | There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage . |
| 3 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 4 | I 'll need to show you the ropes . ’ |
| 5 | Well obviously I 'll have to give you the illustrations . |
| 6 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
| 7 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
| 8 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 9 | So perhaps , a host of things to think about in terms of preparation , maybe not all of those are gon na be suitable , a relevant few , preparation this evening , but perhaps , if focusing in at least some of those , might help to give you the opportunity to persuade to influence your colleague . |
| 10 | He even suggested maybe I 'd like to show him the cut . |
| 11 | If … if there 's time , I 'd like to show you the new salon in Albemarle Street . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |
| 13 | Oh I , I think one had to consider erm , I , I 'd have to ask them the size of the room , what , what sort of a room it was , er , it was no use getting the fitting which erm was either far too big for the room in it 's , in it 's physical size |
| 14 | Except that this man , unlike Liam 's young father , could afford to give her the money for a clean abortion . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 16 | They would prefer to call it the . |
| 17 | A SURVEY by the St John Ambulance Brigade came up with the remarkably interesting finding that the man most women would prefer to give them the kiss of life , assuming it was necessary or even if it was n't , would be TV doctor Hilary Jones . |
| 18 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 19 | They would like to call it the ‘ Welsh Open ’ if that title has not been used before . |
| 20 | On behalf of all her fans , I would like to wish her the best of luck in 1992 and hope that she will carry on in the dedicated way she has in the past year or so . |
| 21 | I , on behalf of all her other fans around the world , would like to wish her the best of luck for 1992 . |
| 22 | We would like to tell you the procedures we will follow in the unlikely event of such a fire giving off toxic fumes . |
| 23 | We only have an A4 scanner but if somebody would like to send me the relevant pages from the Torygraph I will have a go , the address is coming up at the end of the progrmme . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ That would appear to be the case because , other things being equal , we would have to give her the job back . ’ |
| 25 | I would hate to do it the other way . |
| 26 | To paying at once , to sharing a room , to buying food for this evening , to waiting in this unpleasant parlour till she would agree to show me the room . |
| 27 | However , hotel management do occasionally change this arrangement at very short notice ; we will endeavour to give you the most up-to-date information on request . |
| 28 | We will endeavour to give you the best possible service to ensure a trouble-free and enjoyable holiday . |
| 29 | If you only have access to the machine once a month in a special video room , you will want to make it the centre of attention for that session . |
| 30 | In between the ‘ jam ’ the trainers will try to give you the ‘ bread and butter ’ in an interesting and enjoyable way . |