Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 2 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 3 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to see them get the plans through the government housing regulations . |
| 5 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 6 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 7 | To help them identify the danger signs an information booklet will be made available and press ads will drum home the message . |
| 8 | Before the festival took place , 18 villages took part in workshops to help them identify the ways in which their dance , songs and drama could be used in raising the wider community 's understanding of the life of tribal and Dalit groups . |
| 9 | Such messages could ( at a push ) be used by players to help them promote the value of the shares in that company in the interminable rounds of wheeling and dealing . |
| 10 | More and more people are turning to tablets to help them improve the quality of their sleep but , as you will see , there are simpler and more natural methods which are , at the same time , far more effective . |
| 11 | What support might be offered to schools to help them analyse the needs of pupils and develop programmes to meet those needs ? |
| 12 | " Is n't it to help them transport the rubber and coal and rice and all the things that they export from the colony ? " |
| 13 | Lisa Buckingham writes : Chemical companies have finally secured insurance to help them pay the costs of cleaning up the long term damage they do to the environment . |
| 14 | The couple , who own a private old people 's home elsewhere in the North-East , asked pensioners ' champion Rev William Harper to help them negotiate the sale . |
| 15 | Answer guide : To help them control the level of their expenditure , to assist in planning future levels of expenditure , to help them raise additional finance ( e g. mortgages , hire-purchase etc. ) , and to help them decide the best way to spend their money . |
| 16 | We gave assistance , advice and training to help them meet the requirements . |
| 17 | And the Indonesian , Malaysian and Singapore governments took steps to implement the planned levy on ships passing through the Strait to help them meet the costs of accidents and pollution [ see ED 56 ] . |
| 18 | Partly because cheap capital and a shot at some financial profits were just what exporters needed to help them deflect the blow of the strong yen after 1985 . |
| 19 | Steve Hagger , a director , says the mounting list of creditors can be blamed on the fact Brandmakers was victim of a fraud being perpetrated on companies in search of cash to help them ride the recession . |
| 20 | ‘ They are likely to phase in sucralose and will enjoy having the choice to help them keep the price under control . |
| 21 | For a few decades , too , the English also used hobelars with success along the borders which separated them from the enemy in France , and in particular at the siege of Calais in 1346–7 , where they had some 600 or so to help them keep the French at a distance . |
| 22 | My ambition is to help them win the Cup or the League — or both . ’ |
| 23 | The video will try to help them understand the misery they cause and what they should do to avoid being tempted down that road . |
| 24 | We used a drawing of a normal colon and a distended colon to help them understand the problem . |
| 25 | Little appears to be done to help them understand the place and use of music within it . |
| 26 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 27 | ‘ Grouse need grit to help them digest the heather and we need to spread the medicated grit where we see them pecking , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Moreover , as we have seen , firms have developed facilitating devices such as information agreements , trade associations , and price leadership to help them solve the problem of achieving and maintaining agreements . |
| 29 | The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . |
| 30 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |