Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [to-vb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do you want me to stop that mum ? |
2 | Do you want me to open that tin of fruit ? |
3 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
4 | Ethics do have a place in the boardroom , and our employees , er employees in I B M , would expect them to have that place . |
5 | And you would like me to provide that management ? ’ |
6 | would you like me to read that poem again ? , would that be helpful ? , right , we were |
7 | You know where it says now try this , I 'd like you to do that exercise , putting in all the punctuation . |
8 | There 's an ambiguity I suspect it it 's a in my mind rather than yours about the nuclear role , did I understand you to say that Eurofighter two thousand would not have the capability of carrying for instance the W E one seven seven , we know that the is not going to be er taken any further according to recent announcement but will Eurofighter two thousand have the capacity to carry W E one seven seven ? |
9 | I 'd like it to stay that way , do you hear ? |
10 | I would suggest you to ask that question in fact you 'll ask Gordon afterwards . |
11 | Er the other fire fighters would enable us to hit that target on a regular basis and in fact we will also the target during those periods when . |
12 | I shall hoover you to get that grass off . |
13 | ‘ It may surprise you to hear that typing is the last thing on my mind , ’ he said softly , sitting down beside her . |
14 | How long did it take you to dredge that length ? |
15 | We 'll push on and take you to have that head looked at . ’ |
16 | Just wondering how long it 'll take you to read that paper Brian |
17 | If some biological constraint can rule out , or make unrealistic , some normative practice or institution , then knowledge of it may not only encourage us to decline that practice if it is suggested , but may also contribute an explanation of why human communities do not in general display that practice or institution . |
18 | I did n't want him to breathe that stuff into his lungs , ’ he says . |
19 | ‘ Perhaps I should leave you to answer that question , ’ she whispered . |
20 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
21 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
22 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
23 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
24 | Perhaps self-belief does n't allow them to bridge that gap . ’ |
25 | It is important to get that correction — if he will allow me to use that word — on the record . |
26 | Great Frank , but unfortunately my strengths just do n't allow me to run that way . |
27 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
28 | I shall be happy to give way to the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) if Mr. Speaker will allow him to answer that question . |
29 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
30 | There is direct precedent in the first case , and he knows that sound strategy might require him to follow that precedent . |