Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think , ’ he said , ‘ they trust me to do nothing . ’ |
| 2 | But if you employ someone in your house , you want them to do it your way , not theirs . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ John , you 're not trying ! ’ and you look at your feet in the mirror , ugly , unable to do the things which you want them to do , or see your body collapse in the middle when you know that it should be firm and rigid — and see them all , even the children , doing something , following what you can not follow . |
| 4 | All of us , whatever our walk of life , are frequently in situations where we want to persuade someone or , in other words , influence someone to do what we want them to do ( eg a salesperson trying to persuade a buyer or a negotiator trying to persuade another negotiator ) . |
| 5 | Reinforcement , or lack of it , plays a major part in all behaviour and is especially important when attempting to get people to do what you want them to do . |
| 6 | Remember Jesus ' Golden Rule : ‘ Do to others just what you want them to do for you . ’ |
| 7 | Presidents , on the other hand , can rarely issue plausible , self-executing commands ; for the most part they must persuade rather than order other political actors to do what they want them to do . |
| 8 | With that , the situation transcends the initial paradigmatic form or structure of coercion ; for if people do n't mind doing what you want them to do , you ca n't really be making them do it . |
| 9 | It is simply the ability which a person or group has to make others do what he , she or they want them to do . |
| 10 | In utterly mundane terms it means getting polluters to do what they want them to do . |
| 11 | So long as they understand or we have communicated to them , why we want them to do that . |
| 12 | i if they want them to do anything . |
| 13 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 14 | So at least now we 've got a specification to go to , w we know what it looks like and er we 've had one or two quotes in the past week and for firmed those up now and chosen exactly what we want them to do . |
| 15 | Or somebody saying , yeah , I took , I want them to do it because , they 're actually underlying , and er , if either of these cases , where there is lying , if you drop into line , er what we do in case studies , or working through it , I shall say stop , start again , okay . |
| 16 | So you want them to do |
| 17 | ‘ But then , that is what you want them to do , is n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | Well they want them to do their bit . |
| 19 | Erm now , so he said erm that 's what they 're aiming for this thing that they want them to do on May the eighteenth plus a sponsorship walk on the sixth of June |
| 20 | No , I , I 'll , I 'll agree with that , and I think the players will agree with that , it 's not as though , it looks as though we 've got absolutely murdered again Saturday Mick , three nothing , as I said , it stops at me , and if they 're not going to do what I want them to do , then I 'll leave them out the team . |
| 21 | ‘ What is it that you want me to do , Isabel ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So what you want me to do ? ’ |
| 23 | But of course I am aware that people want me to do lots of things because I am Kylie Minogue . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But there are so many people who want me to do things and I feel I ca n't let them down . |
| 25 | Pls note third para — let me know if you want me to do anything about this . |
| 26 | ‘ Let me know what you want me to do , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Right again past Wise Crack are four short routes : Featuristic ( F7a ) , What do You Want Me To Do With It ( F7a+ ) , Do n't Matter Just Bite It ( F7a+ ) and Erotic Nightmare ( F7b+ ) . |
| 28 | ‘ You want me to do some more of it then , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Anything you want me to do ? ’ he enquired . |
| 30 | But I know what to do I do n't know what you want me to do . |