Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 6 | You can shew me the exact spot and that will save time . |
| 7 | I do n't know I the other day . |
| 8 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 9 | things you see , so erm , I thought right well that 's it Ben can have the garage , I 'll go and buy her the flying circus , Joseph can have the bus and call it a day . |
| 10 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 11 | First , the merger of two large firms will give them the immediate monopoly power that derives from a large market share . |
| 12 | ‘ I expect another visit this night , ’ he reported to General Cope , ‘ but I shall give them the warmest reception my weak party can afford . ’ |
| 13 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 14 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 15 | The method of advertising used will depend largely on the ‘ advertising or marketing budget ’ , but the product can be advertised using several different types of media and the hotel or hotel group will select the method that will give them the best coverage within their financial means . |
| 16 | And if parents try to pass the buck by instructing childminders to ‘ give them the odd slap ’ they will be disappointed . |
| 17 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 18 | If the Commonwealth War Commission do n't know how to get hold of the War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can give us the information we want provided we can give them the christian name of the person and the regiment . |
| 19 | They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time . |
| 20 | Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 21 | We 'll give them the full commission on the full ticket |
| 22 | ‘ And now we 'll give them the unique burn of a lifetime . |
| 23 | ‘ You can send me the odd card if you like . |
| 24 | look at this , please could you send me the following disc the Amiga five hundred , number , any num he writes number every time , one , two , three , four , five |
| 25 | could somebody send me the current squad for this season & also the fixture list . |
| 26 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 27 | Let's do them the other way round let's talk first of all about the visual aids . |
| 28 | Do n't get in yet ple er will you bring me the rolling pin please James . |
| 29 | I fondly hoped the isolation of Gullholm would give me the requisite peace and quiet to meet it . ’ |
| 30 | This will give me the pleasurable task of transcribing sections of two Zep tracks from the all-time classic album ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ . |