Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should like you to disturb me a little longer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Look , it 's terribly kind of you to find me a place to stay , but you must let me give you the money . |
| 3 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
| 4 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 5 | ( 201 ) And I 'll thank ye give me a glass of punch too , John . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll hold him to give you a head start . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll admit he gave me a start , because it was dim in the office and I did n't expect to see anybody . |
| 8 | I 'll tell him to give you a ring if it 's |
| 9 | Well I sa I said can he contact you later and he says well no not really , I said well I 'll tell him to give you a ring in the day some time tomorrow . |
| 10 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 11 | JEWKES : I 'll leave you to give her a little wholesome advice while I step to give some orders about the family . |
| 12 | One day I hope you 'll let me buy you a slap . |
| 13 | As soon as I get a draft I 'll I 'll let you know what the perfections are . |
| 14 | Certainly when my wife comes back in I 'll er I 'll mention it to her and I 'll get her to give you a ring . |
| 15 | Through all of this there was a shadow falling across the conversation , and it was a while before Alina could bring herself to give it a name . |
| 16 | Not unless you 'd like me to cook you a meal . ’ |
| 17 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |
| 18 | I 'd like you to give me a month . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 20 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 21 | And we 'd like you to give it a good , hard look , ’ he says , in a voice meant to remind me that his company has a great deal of money lodged with us . |
| 22 | I should now like to take a look at your suitability for this particular job , ’ or ‘ If we could move on from your qualifications I 'd like you to tell me a little more about your personal interests and hobbies ’ . |
| 23 | While we can not provide the details you might want at this time , I 'd encourage you to give us the benefit of the doubt . |
| 24 | If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be . |
| 25 | If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be . |
| 26 | If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be . |
| 27 | If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be . |
| 28 | Yeah , erm , if you could ask him to give me a call |
| 29 | Inspector Redpath and the ordinary police made hundreds of inquiries on land , but could learn nothing to indicate who the dead man was , or how or where he met his death . |
| 30 | He would do anything to save her the slightest inconvenience . |