Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically , can people see it , because I do n't need to use it to any great extent , |
| 2 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 3 | It is most definitely a thriller , but with strong romantic undertones ; I would like to recommend it to both sexes as a jolly exciting read . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I do n't want to put you to any bother . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 've been so kind to me that I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't want to put you to any more trouble . |
| 8 | I would n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd actually prefer to send you to that than go to it myself , because I think that would be a better use of time . |
| 10 | Obviously we do n't want to expose them to more than they can take . |
| 11 | There are problems with designating these as new phyla , not least that nobody can define a phylum objectively , and my own view is that , marvellous though these animals are , we should still try to relate them to other organisms ( fossil and living ) . |
| 12 | I would n't wish to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 13 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll have to re-allocate you to another job soon , Chief Inspector , unless you can show some progress . ’ |
| 15 | So I 'll have to change yours to forty three , I put forty two . |
| 16 | If you have a regional accent , do not attempt to change it to standard English . |
| 17 | They would then perhaps try to get him to another pub near the market — the jolly Farmer or the Golden Ball ( George Mutter of the jolly Farmer used to lodge three or four Irishmen regularly ) . |
| 18 | I took a basket of eggs into church last Sunday because I was so afraid I should forget to give them to old Mrs Baldwin on my way home . |
| 19 | Do you want to change it to fifteen hundred thousand ? |
| 20 | Our children will suffer — but not those of rich parents who can afford to send them to public schools . |
| 21 | ‘ And why would you want to take me to this auction ? |
| 22 | I really want to get , I er , I I want you to , I did n't really want to make it to four , I did n't want to get it too formalized because I think that sometimes gets in the way of real information . |