Example sentences of "[vb infin] [indef pn] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had tremendous will-power , and the locals reckoned she would outlive everyone just to spite them , yet she was so senile she was practically imb -senile ! |
| 2 | and should alert somebody nearby to listen for it , did that ? |
| 3 | But signs of a pick-up will do nothing soon to cut unemployment , now at the top of the economic agenda . |
| 4 | Yes , I shall send someone tomorrow to cut all the girls ’ hair . ’ |
| 5 | The council may send someone round to look at your home . |
| 6 | He stiffened as he recognized a man move upstairs with a distinctive , boneless saunter : he had better send someone up to check the backgammon room . |
| 7 | We will send someone else to clear out the site . ’ |
| 8 | I 'll send someone over to question your man Dalton . ’ |
| 9 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 10 | I 'll send someone out to call you when they 've gone . ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes , I would give everything just to let her know the truth . ’ |
| 12 | Do n't expect anybody else to obey the highway code . |
| 13 | If I do n't help myself , how can I expect anyone else to want to help ? ’ |
| 14 | I will not expect anyone else to make me happy but will find it within me . |
| 15 | No one but the Queen herself , she had decided , could do anything now to help her save her crumbling marriage . |
| 16 | but I would like someone ideally to take take over from now on . |
| 17 | The reasons Morrissey got booed off the stage at the Madness gig is because the Nazis that were allowed in do n't like anything remotely to do with diversity in music or anything else . |
| 18 | Do you want something else to eat ? |
| 19 | I do n't want anybody here to go crazy . ’ |
| 20 | They are nobody else 's and no-one else will see them , if you do n't want anybody else to see them . |
| 21 | The inference to be drawn is that , if we want to keep taxes down we should encourage everyone else to smoke like a forest fire . |
| 22 | I am unrepentant ; perhaps it will encourage someone else to do better . |
| 23 | you 've got ta have someone there to back you |
| 24 | Well mum will be doing , mum 'll be the secretary and then I will have someone in to do it |
| 25 | Cos we could have somebody in to help that 's all I 'm thinking if she says yeah I 'm sure you could get something from |
| 26 | I mean , there again , you 're seeing these players doing it , when you say , oh what , and you know they do n't call somebody over to have a look at . |
| 27 | Rita confessed her frock had come from a Beverly Hills shop which was so snooty the assistant asked her if she had an appointment : ‘ I asked , ‘ Why , do the dresses have something else to do ? ’ ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They 'll probably have something else to do . ’ |
| 29 | Although by then , ’ he moved towards the door , his step noticeably more buoyant than of late , ‘ our friends in the media may have something else to think about . ’ |
| 30 | If he drew a positive result from his questions , he would have something else to tell the policeman , as well as the manner in which he believed the victims had been killed . |