Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do yer want me ter have a key ? ’ |
| 2 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 3 | I had no awareness of the supposed stereotypical mother of that era — lipsticked and aproned , waiting at the door — and do n't think I even encountered a picture of her , in books , comics or film , until the early 1960s . |
| 4 | No I was just about to say confidence really I find it quite difficult to get assertive erm but when the situation does arise I suddenly get a gut feeling about it later |
| 5 | I do n't know I just watched a clip |
| 6 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 7 | Only on his way home at lunchtime did he at last rouse himself enough to make a detour , and stop by at his brother 's apartment and invite Franco to come home with him for lunch . |
| 8 | The door was flung open before Rincewind could collect himself sufficiently to make a dash for the window . |
| 9 | But I seem to have hit on a compromise , a way to make them feel they still have a stake in the treasure , but in addition an enhancement of their family 's reputation . ’ |
| 10 | It was this habit of self-mastery which made one expect him always to maintain a standard of behaviour which other people felt themselves excused from emulating . |
| 11 | it 's , it 's fair do all together anyway I ca n't see me ever painting a car again |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't believe you ever had a spot in your life , ’ Matthew said . |
| 13 | I want well out of it , so course she come in got changed , so he said to me I would like you tomorrow to have a word with Robin about stopping her coming down to us he said because erm it makes me feel very uncomfortable he said and we had that hassle he said it 's a load of nonsense he said I 've forgotten |
| 14 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 15 | Let's hope she never becomes a pilot . |
| 16 | Can I suggest we actually have a look at this in General Purposes ? |
| 17 | Let's hope he never had a connection with the other American icon — or I dong — he 's writing about : JOHN HOLMES . |
| 18 | Therefore , questions put to the defendant such as ‘ Have you ever passed a Ministry of Transport test for this class of vehicle ? ’ and/or ‘ Do you hold or have you ever held a driving licence for this class of vehicle ? ’ should prove useful . |
| 19 | Do you have you ever had a go at the piano or that ? |
| 20 | It was mainly equipment setting up , and then when we did rehearse we only did a couple of songs a day . ’ |
| 21 | I mean they do n't take they only take a board up where they put it on to erm put it leading through and er where they bring it out . |
| 22 | But I must admit I really had a go at one nonce and felt so guilty afterwards , after she explained to me what had happened . |
| 23 | Now if it means critically evaluate and discuss w it does n't mean you just write a load of criticisms of it . |
| 24 | ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’ |
| 25 | Do not forget you also have a responsibility to treat the case properly , all I say is that the 4 oz syndrome is no longer the answer . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't suppose you ever heard a story called Jack and the Beanstalk ? ’ |
| 27 | Managers , he notes , are taught to be tough , which can mean they sometimes take a decision regardless of its ethical consequences . |
| 28 | They 'll not let , let somebody else have a turn ? |
| 29 | It 's like the little boy who 's got a toy , he do n't wan na share it , do n't wan na share it , if forced to share it , he 'll smash it rather than let somebody else have a go with it . |
| 30 | Just got ta fill in fill in this today 's the ooh that one there , I 'll let you just have a look at the Debs book and that Marks and Sparks . |