Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helping residents or reminding them to go to and from the toilets is a daily part of your duties . |
| 2 | But we all went swimming on Tuesday nights at Hamilton baths , and I did better than some because my father had taught me to swim on holiday . |
| 3 | Another result is that firms make ‘ supernormal ’ profits ( profits in excess of those necessary to induce them to remain in the industry ) at consumers ' expense . |
| 4 | They 're too glad to see me to worry about authenticity . |
| 5 | ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ is a special time of prayer and sharing , of offering one 's suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who , by suffering , dying and rising , achieved the salvation of mankind . |
| 6 | This encourages them to listen to the responses and to each other . |
| 7 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
| 8 | In addition , work which has been prepared on a word-processor and presented to teachers or assessors encourages them to concentrate on the content without being prejudiced by the presentation . |
| 9 | and have proved that putting a phone in each guest 's room encourages them to keep in touch with their office or home . |
| 10 | Each unit is ranked according to profitability and profit growth , which helps spur competition between IDG managers and — with any luck — encourages them to learn from each other . |
| 11 | Even at its simplest your intervention — supports the children in their role-play introduces the idea that you , the teacher , can play a role yourself creates the possibility of formalising their language creates the possibility of introducing some simple work in other curriculum areas ( e.g. counting ) encourages them to think beyond the immediate , maybe introducing simple notions of cause and effect narrative gives you the opportunity to introduce simple signals indicating when you are in and out of role , thereby accustoming them to this strategy for when you use it later in a whole group drama . |
| 12 | If this also makes mathematics classrooms places where girls feel more comfortable and therefore encourages them to stay with mathematics longer , that is all to the good . |
| 13 | ‘ The most important thing is to organise a system that encourages them to stick at it day by day and week by week . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want me to elaborate on that ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Do you want me to see to C.W. and Sabrina ? ’ |
| 16 | So do you want me to call at the 's now ? |
| 17 | ‘ In other words , you do n't want me to behave in my usual bull-headed manner . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 19 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 20 | ‘ Do you really want me to go into all the nasty , seedy little details ? |
| 21 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 22 | Every holiday he 'd fly back to the Gulf to be with his family , to put his feet on the familiar sandy soil of his own land , and every holiday he 'd want me to go with him . |
| 23 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 24 | It had n't sunk in that you would want me to go with you . ’ |
| 25 | Or do you want me to go through the Valve at Firstlight speed ? ’ |
| 26 | Do you want me to go through that again ? |
| 27 | Right , do you want me to go through every point ? |
| 28 | Do you want me to go through this for spellings ? |
| 29 | ‘ Do you want me to go to Mons ? ’ |
| 30 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |