Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [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 do n't need you to point out the obvious . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | She could not bring herself to fall down the house stairs . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She could almost feel him smiling down the line . |
| 20 | He 'd watch him dance around the room emitting stifled screams . |
| 21 | There is n't , you know , there is n't one thing is that we need to , with the short-term programmes we did n't do it work out the financial we need to go one stage further identify where the labour is |
| 22 | Trent found a boulder on the edge of the ravine which he prised loose so that a light push would send it crashing down the ridge and he hid one of the shotguns at the foot of a solitary pine . |
| 23 | Rumours of something new would send us rolling down the ever widening highways . |
| 24 | Can he do anything to speed up the rate at which the link between the M4 at Swindon and the M5 at Gloucester is increased to dual carriageway status throughout its length ? |
| 25 | You know what these publishers are like : they 'll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book . |
| 26 | ‘ Let's hope he does n't want you to hobble up the aisle with a leg in plaster . ’ |
| 27 | We do n't want you drowning out the aroma of the food , do we ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't want you to put on an artificial accent , ’ Mother Francis had warned , ‘ nor do I want you sticking out your little finger when you 're drinking tea . ’ |
| 29 | And I want you to think about the question that I ask you but I do n't want you to speak out the answers . |
| 30 | Erm two things now have cropped up number one of course is that there 's a fair chance within the next year we 're gon na lose Bill anyway through civilianisation , and secondly er the fact that er his boss er Rick has said to him , look I do n't want you going up a division any more to do erm A L O work , quite reasonably , he 's not being funny about it , it 's quite reasonable , cos its mileage . |