Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | What she would give to punch him on the nose , and flatten once and for all his insulting , devilish assumptions . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone . |
| 4 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 5 | ‘ I would like him to contact the police incase he can help but also because I would like to shake him by the hand . |
| 6 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 7 | When we indicated that we would like to clear him on the spot he was very reluctant to let us on board saying that the boat was " in a hell of a mess " ! |
| 8 | NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election . |
| 9 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |
| 10 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 11 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 12 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 13 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
| 14 | " I 'll have to run him into the passage . |
| 15 | The judge was told that the father had given undertakings ( which the judge recited in the course of his judgment ) that , if the court ordered the child to be returned to Canada , he would not attempt to remove him from the care of the mother without an order of the Canadian court ; that he would not support or initiate any contempt of court or criminal proceedings arising from the mother 's removal of the child , and would co-operate in having an early hearing of the proceedings in Ontario . |
| 16 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 17 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 18 | Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him . |
| 19 | But if you do n't have to contact the inland revenue , because you do n't need to prove the will because the estate is too small then you do n't have to tell him about the jointly owned property . |
| 20 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 21 | Both their voices were low ; they did n't really mean to include him in the conversation , and it was noisy in the room ; people laughed and shouted , the music next door had been turned up . |
| 22 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 23 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 24 | At half-ten the ambulance would arrive to bring him to the county home . |
| 25 | This is the same young man who bit the ear of the governor — and we can only meet and get to know him in the novel itself . |
| 26 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 27 | So I mean , I will continue to harass him through the twelve months if possible , because I think |
| 28 | ‘ However , to start with he 's asking if you would care to accompany him to the theatre along with some friends from his regiment . |
| 29 | Then , changing the mood so abruptly and deliberately that there was no way she could continue to probe him on the issue , even if she had wanted to , he rose and thrust his chair back impatiently . |
| 30 | They wo n't continue to keep him in the Tower . |