Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 2 | get that from up here now do you want me to clean out the chicken ? |
| 3 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 4 | I move in the er public protection report that er Mr Chairman , the bell 's still going do you want me to hang on a minute or what ? |
| 5 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 6 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 7 | If they 're sick for seven days or less , you may want them to fill in a form saying so . |
| 8 | Remember to keep these screws well back , to be hidden by the frame , because although the Faithful kneeling at the altar are meant to have their minds on other things , this is professional woodwork and we do n't want them peering up the legs of our fixings . |
| 9 | I knew it would n't hurt me to see how a gallery really functions , so I took the job . |
| 10 | I do n't think I 've ever the furniture . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't need you to point out the obvious . ’ |
| 12 | Fit electric air conditioning and , though we ca n't promise you control over the elements , we can promise you a more comfortable , efficient working environment . |
| 13 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 14 | He 's not stupid , he 'd know he had n't a hope of getting away with it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 16 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't expect me to give away the tricks of the trade , do you ? ’ snapped Casey Kucharyk , who was to win Amateur Class II ( up to 5ft 9in ) . |
| 18 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 19 | But chief executive Colin Spencer said the Government inspector would expect them to put forward a preferred route as a matter of policy . |
| 20 | Despite their bare feet , our young guides strolled nonchalantly across these sections , apparently unconcerned that a single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside . |
| 21 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |
| 22 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 23 | Well now we do n't Do you know where the other things are ? |
| 24 | You know , going , as if you were going to erm do you know where the erm the , the funny thing was and the Brow , Everton Brow , there was a |
| 25 | Craigtara will be open this Sunday between 2.30pm and 4pm where a Halifax Property Services representative will show you round both a ground and first floor show apartment . |
| 26 | She could not bring herself to fall down the house stairs . |
| 27 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 28 | They had known such hunger that even now Olga could not bring herself to throw away a single crumb and always ate whatever was left after a meal . |
| 29 | She could almost feel him smiling down the line . |
| 30 | He 'd watch him dance around the room emitting stifled screams . |