Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 3 | Two final points : first , except to imply that , because the rights of ownership in joint stock companies are rarely used , they can be discounted , the chapter offers nothing to support a conclusion that the reduction or abrogation of those rights , such as the ‘ radical extension ’ of the unions ' role would require , would command general support , and second , it gives no guidance on the question whether that ‘ radical extension ’ would create genuine industrial democracy . |
| 4 | encourages me to make a comeback . |
| 5 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 6 | Part-time firefighters carry a paging unit which alerts them to make the dash to the fire station when a 999 call is made . |
| 7 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 8 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 9 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 10 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 11 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 12 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 13 | Cal wants me to sing a song . |
| 14 | Yeah , I 've spoken to Tom , he wants me to get an outline price which I 'll do today . |
| 15 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 16 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 17 | ‘ Siban wants me to scout the G'bai , the passes through the mountains , and the plain where the Moistr ’ River flows to the sea . ’ |
| 18 | The court accepted that an alteration of the goods which causes them to tell a lie about themselves may be a false description . |
| 19 | Guy tells them they do n't look like they 're enjoying things and he wants them to take a holiday . |
| 20 | To be an effective leader , to get bureaucrats and legislators to do what he wants them to do a president must retain the support of the public and , in the modern age , that is hardly possible without consistent command of television . |
| 21 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 22 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 23 | Not to sing , he wants them to play the guitar with . |
| 24 | Reconciliation needs someone to take the initiative . |
| 25 | It only needs someone to knock a window out and the whole thing could go up in flames . ’ |
| 26 | George is a quiet , fairly shy person , who is not very imaginative and needs someone to share a life with . |
| 27 | And Quinn added : ‘ Bobby told me he needs somebody to put the ball in the net . |
| 28 | It just needs somebody to have a look at it , but I just ca n't be bothered . |
| 29 | This spacious detached residence has plenty to whet the appetite … including a 27 feet drawing room . |
| 30 | But it will never deal with the seething frustration which causes you to kick the cat and spend the rest of the evening in a foul and truculent mood . |