Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 3 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 4 | Because intensive livestock production renders the animals more susceptible to disease most stockmen have developed a degree of veterinary skill which can make them a decisive factor in the profitability of any livestock enterprise . |
| 5 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 6 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 7 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 8 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 9 | A child , I feel , will make me a better person and draw the attention of others to my good character . |
| 10 | I asked her if she had any medication that would make me a better surfer . |
| 11 | ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’ |
| 12 | She 'll make me a good wife , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 13 | Mother would make me a packed lunch ; Dad deliver me to the bus station at St Andrew Square , Edinburgh . |
| 14 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
| 15 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 16 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 17 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
| 18 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 19 | It will make me a stronger man . ’ |
| 20 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 21 | Among the delphinium , the snapdragon , the hollyhock and the sweet-pea , on a blanket , by a basket , she will grant me a nostalgic caress — always followed , on Odilo 's part , by hours of snivelling entreaty . |
| 22 | You have hurt me a lot in the past three days , Bob , and I think you will hurt me a great deal more in the days to come . |
| 23 | To Ajax he says : ‘ I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an ’ I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece' ( 27ff . ) . |
| 24 | I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece . |
| 25 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
| 26 | ‘ You will think me a terrible woman . |
| 27 | No , I ca n't do it now not in front of Cathy and that lot , they 'll think me a little slag and I do n't particularly want that image . |
| 28 | Victory would earn them a semi-final place against Surrey or Kent tomorrow . |
| 29 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 30 | Now they would consider me a bad child for ever . |