Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 2 | Not really , I mean well I know , German I mean I 'm gon na be worried about it when I get there but at the moment German and French are just gon na be translating something , there 'll be , give me an extract and a translation and I 'll have to do them , you know |
| 3 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 4 | ‘ He had been nursed superbly and that needs to be said because the nurses have gone through a difficult time for obvious reasons and I would like to assure them , in public , that what they have done was quite superlative . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ During the whole affair I have had hundreds of letters from English fans , and I would like to thank them all for their support . |
| 6 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 7 | ‘ Our clients have been informed of the situation by letter and I would like to reassure them that their holidays and their money are safe . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think four victories would ensure our safety and I would like to get them early so we could be more relaxed . ’ |
| 9 | My teeth are one of my best assets and I 'd like to keep them that way . |
| 10 | There are a number of questions which relate to the computing aspects of each option , and I 'd like to discuss them with you . |
| 11 | Or where do I — can I write down an address on a piece of paper and I will try to mail them from the hotel . |
| 12 | Old people in particular often ensure each night before they go to bed that their house is tidy and their last instructions are by their bed in case they should die in the night and someone will have to find them in the morning . |
| 13 | One could imagine a ‘ price pause ’ for a limited time ; but after that — is there something familiar about all this ? — one would have to start discovering which prices ought to rise and which ought to fall to offset them , and this is just what we want a commission to do for us because we pretend that we do n't know how to do it for ourselves . |
| 14 | what have to pay that they would probably have dividend and they would pay that for you and you would have to pay them back . |
| 15 | And you 'll have to keep them , I mean ca n't spend out money for it 's the truth though . |
| 16 | You may have included words that do n't fit , and you may want to remove them immediately from the list , so as to avoid confusion when you check . |
| 17 | When you want other people to do things for you , then style should be polite and you may need to persuade them to co-operate . |
| 18 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
| 19 | Whereas here , you 're still very busy , but er you have the membership just on your doorstep and you can get to meet them and know them a lot closer than you would when you 're having er a large volume of people filing through your doors in the city centre . |
| 20 | Most country and metropolitan district councils in England and Wales hold definitive maps , and you can ask to see them at council offices or sometimes at the public library . |
| 21 | The media can not operate without input and you will need to provide them with something of interest to impart . |
| 22 | Some will be lovely and you will wish to savour them ; others may be pretty dreadful — but at least you will know what to avoid . |
| 23 | That if the poor are hungry they will eat your food , and why should they not ? : that if they are dirty they will infest you with disease , and so they should : that if you ignore them they will mug you and steal what you have , which is no more than you deserve : that if they sit barefoot at your door they will hurt your conscience and you will have to let them in . |
| 24 | If you know a little about cancer , feel you could cope with all the emotions involved , and you 'd like to give them a hand , then Carol would love to hear from you . |
| 25 | ‘ You lost several things on Saturday night , Newley , and you 'd like to get them back . ’ |
| 26 | and you 'd have to guide them down again , backwards , |
| 27 | The till , the till locks , and erm we used to assemble those as well and er it was a fortunate one who used to do the lacquering , there was a big er big erm heated table and er it was easy work to do the lacquering you see and you used to have to put them on the top of the heated tower to dry before they were packed to go away , but erm they were , it was a hard place to work for but er the one son Mr he was always in London and er this is n't being recorded now is it , is it ? |
| 28 | Erm he , he said oh yeah she 'll do that cos someone cool will come and she 'll want to impress them . |
| 29 | she used to , bu no , she us used to have one if she used that and she used to have to bandage them |
| 30 | Garden staff are often approached by visitors with requests for information , and we would wish to encourage them to continue to provide such a service , provided that this assistance does not interfere with their normal work . |