Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 2 | The Russian Sputnik had been launched two years before , and produced in the United States a feverish alarm lest their Communist competitors should outstrip them in a world increasingly penetrated by science and technology . |
| 3 | She did n't want me as a kid . |
| 4 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 5 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't dish them out , or I 'll counteract them in a way you wo n't like . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was really lucky because I had a really great mother who would expose me to a lot of really great things . |
| 8 | Well , if you do n't want them on , that 's the whole problems of obviously saying , erm , in fact , we do n't , if we do n't want them on a disk at all , we do n't have to have them . |
| 9 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 10 | three eighty five do you want them in a carrier bag ? |
| 11 | Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that . |
| 12 | You can bloody well treat me to a couple of Cokes when the shops open . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
| 15 | Hazel , Hazel thinks you should n't treat me like a child ! |
| 16 | Do not treat me like an idiot . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Jeff told me you promised your parents that you 'd treat them to a holiday this autumn in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary — but that now you 're starting to worry about how you 're going to pay for it . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 19 | You 'll hurt me in a moment . |
| 20 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think anybody will ever regard me as a BBC insider , ’ he insists . |
| 22 | You can buy them as a hedge against inflation , or as a straightforward investment . |
| 23 | And , if so , would he recognise them as a warning that Doreen was not the right woman for him ? |
| 24 | ‘ She 's told me all about you , but do n't count me as an enemy . |
| 25 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |
| 26 | Are you sure you do n't recruit them with a casting couch ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 29 | The clothes of those attending can also be referred to , especially if you can introduce them into a joke . |
| 30 | I know what I said about possessions being like leeches , but that do n't mean I 'll surrender them to a pair of punks . |