Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
| 2 | right with an extra window , whatever about the money , like Mrs what 's her name , so you 've nearly closed her on the conservatory you do all the paper , your order close form on the conservatory and you say to her , right , cos you 're working your sums out , do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds ? |
| 3 | He did n't want me to help the sick and sorry ! ’ |
| 4 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 5 | After lobster in Sligo , eaten late and washed down with Macon Villages , they took the southward route to Charlestown , on the landward side of Slieve Gamph , then on to Claremorris and Tuam , because Rory said he did n't trust himself to take the coastal roads , to get too near the sea . |
| 6 | Ceauşescu could trust himself to play the liberal , but he could not be certain of Gorbachev 's real intentions . |
| 7 | The distinctive aroma of chocolate and liqueurs will entice you to view the delectable selection of hand made quality chocolates and fudge made daily at the village confectionery . |
| 8 | Cassie , who by now was trembling so violently that she could not trust herself to lift the loaded tray , said lightly : ‘ Take the tray , will you , Jenny ? |
| 9 | We 'll need him to get the neural network back on line . ’ |
| 10 | Only then would ministers steel themselves to introduce the unpleasant but indispensable reform measures . |
| 11 | ‘ I would expect them to do the honourable thing and give me my job back . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't expect them to eat the blue-green stuff — have you smelled it ? but I have a suspicion that it gets a toehold on spots where other algae are already in residence . |
| 13 | Mark an ‘ E ’ to indicate those issues which you think demand equal involvement and use your partner 's initials to indicate areas where you would expect them to have the major input . |
| 14 | Once more the West could do nothing to oppose the Russian action . |
| 15 | She knew Guy could feel the sudden acceleration of her pulse , but she could do nothing to stop the traitorous throbbing . |
| 16 | It will certainly do nothing to resolve the philosophical doubts of those who regard art and design as essentially different or yet others working in the art and design faculties of polytechnics who fear that the technological and scientific ambiance of the institution is inimical to the needs and style of high-level art education . |
| 17 | As with most good tumbles , you could see this one coming a mile off — and could do nothing to prevent the inevitable . |
| 18 | But they claimed the decision would do nothing to reduce the existing £240 million rates gap between Scotland and England . |
| 19 | by the late Seventies it was generally acknowledged that a funding system partially dependent on the departments would be unlikely to assure speedy progress towards a comprehensive service in the sector and would do nothing to reduce the substantial regional inequalities in the distribution of extra hospital facilities . |
| 20 | It is repugnant to those of us who value civil rights in the community and will do nothing to alleviate the immediate situation . |
| 21 | Leopold 's tragedy was that of a parent whose cherished child spurns his advice in adolescent rebellion ; but , unlike , for example , Alessandro Scarlatti , another musician father with a son more brilliant than himself , Leopold could never quite bring himself to untie the emotional leashes and allow his own ‘ young eagle whose wings are grown ’ to find his own way in the world . |
| 22 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put may of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 23 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put many of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 24 | Henry Ii planned to provide a legal framework for the continuance of his empire by asking both Richard and Geoffrey to do homage to their elder brother ; doubtless he also hoped that this clear recognition of his seniority would do something to allay the Young King 's sense of frustration . |
| 25 | When will the Government do something to protect the British beer drinker ? |
| 26 | On Nov. 29 he declared : " We must do everything to put the right-wing rabble in its place and hit the culprits with the full force of the law . " |
| 27 | But there was no way she could bring herself to like the other woman , even though she suspected that , had the circumstances been different , she would have warmed to her immediately . |
| 28 | For a moment Louisa could not bring herself to answer the frail smile . |
| 29 | Betty Rizzo suggests that Leapor 's metaphor is a sign of her limitations as a poet ; she can not bring herself to write the simple word ‘ mayfly ’ [ Rizzo ] . |
| 30 | ‘ I would imagine she wanted you to tell her so that she can tell Alan , and he wo n't expect anyone to produce the actual tissue-typing results while they 're there . ’ |