Example sentences of "to [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps when I get a minute to meself we can have a picnic of our own , ’ he suggested . |
| 2 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 3 | Because any one of these two or three things that I show you is enough if it 's a surprise to them they will blow you out . |
| 4 | If you give in to them they will do it even more and they will think they have won , ’ she said . |
| 5 | And when you talk to them they will say we can find out whether they 've got a criminal record or not , how can they offer that service in the public domain without having access to your computer ? |
| 6 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 7 | Because we 're so used to them we may have relaxed our guard . |
| 8 | To them we should respond with greater fervour . |
| 9 | Opportunities have become available to them which would have been impossible in hospital . |
| 10 | He also had an unerring instinct , when faced with awkward legal problems , of finding solutions to them which would work in practice . |
| 11 | If he went to them he would have to admit that he left her there . |
| 12 | Well that have actually been told that if anything comes in providing This is what I ca n't get through We 've said to them you can bring your radios in but give to Brian first . |
| 13 | If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria . |
| 14 | If God was good to them she 'd find no hide nor hair of Frank Arbuthnot . |
| 15 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 16 | The Irish have settled into this country and there are communities of them all over do they go and see your concerts and if they do that must mean a great deal to them I should think ? |
| 17 | I could , I could go and I could go and take if there 's , you know , if they have n't , no nothing awful 's to them I could go and take some pics of those . |
| 18 | But I do n't think that means we have to adjust our sales structure to them it may mean that we have to look at theirs and decide who 's gon na deal with what , but th but we do n't have to gear all our structure |
| 19 | what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year . |
| 20 | Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there . |
| 21 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 22 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 23 | I always think that if someone tries to get close to me they must want something from me . |
| 24 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 25 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 26 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 27 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 28 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 29 | " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you . |
| 30 | Pass them to me I 'll do it now , some of those fruit dishes , there 's not enough room there for the glasses , I like them then I 'll take them . |