Example sentences of "[vb base] to [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what I 'm saying is that we make less cracker but with the advertising we 're doing doing at the moment , in the magazine and Yellow Pages and I just want to kind I 'm going to talk to you about what other ways of advertising . |
| 2 | We want to affiliate her in horse classes — I know she wo n't be able to manage lengthened strides very easily because of her conformation , but we hope we 'll get up to Medium level . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , they want to steamroller it through with a guillotine , and will not entertain common-sense discussion . |
| 4 | You know if you want to darling you |
| 5 | Blenders are very useful , particularly if you make nourishing soups in your slo-cooker and you occasionally want to puree them . |
| 6 | Well I do , but I want I want to guy who rang in that wanted you to sit on top of his bonfire . |
| 7 | If I actually follow you down the street in order to be sure that you do n't throw it away or forget to post it , for instance , then I at one and the same time become certain that you 've posted it and display a lack of faith that you will do so . |
| 8 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 9 | I always find I say to Kim you know I mean you have all these you know it 's like Shaun 's giving up he 's giving up his karate and his football and I said well you know I 'm sorry but she should n't have let him . |
| 10 | They say to others what we believe they want to hear , or refrain from saying what we believe they do not want to hear . |
| 11 | What did mothers , black mothers , say to children whose fathers had been lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in America ? |
| 12 | ‘ No more questions , ’ I say to people who ask them . |
| 13 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |
| 14 | If you say to people you 've got worms , they tend to avoid you ! |
| 15 | Adrian , well erm the bosses men see , they wear the knee pads every day , I say to Jack I say you got a game called Sex Maniac , he says yeah , I 'll say well you 're fucking in there , knee pads associates |
| 16 | I usually say to patients who have had an inferior infarct that once in hospital the worst is over ; the main cause of mortality then is pump failure and one of the striking contributions of thrombolytic therapy , to be dealt with later , is its ability to open up coronary arteries and prevent myocardial damage , pump failure and all the complications . |
| 17 | The former can easily be caricatured as humourless puritans who object to games which involve guessing the number of beans in a jar at the church fete . |
| 18 | So when we listen to music we should allow ourselves to be carried away into the musical paradise . |
| 19 | If we listen to music which continues for too long without change the mind tends to go to sleep , and at best listening becomes an effort , so that in spite of our concentration other thoughts tend to slip in . |
| 20 | But we need to look at the issue calmly , listen to others who have different perspectives and then sort out our own priorities . |
| 21 | Sometimes when I listen to people who say they have lost their faith , it strikes me as less surprising thin they suggest . |
| 22 | A man is the history of his breaths and thoughts , acts , atoms and wounds , love , indifference and dislike ; also of his race and nation , the soil that fed him and his forebears , the stones and sands of his familiar places , long-silenced battles and struggles of conscience , of the smiles of girls and the slow utterance of old women , of accidents and the gradual action of inexorable law , of all this and something else too , a single flame which in every way obeys the laws that pertain to Fire itself , and yet is lit and put out from one moment to the next , and can never be relumed in the whole waste of time to come . |
| 23 | Speak to delegate(s) who will advise of their preferred travelling time and return time . |
| 24 | I am going to be a queen , and I do not people speak to people who displease me . |
| 25 | ‘ I hope to God you know what you 're doing , ’ said Julie when her sister returned . |
| 26 | I hope to God nobody 's acce a you know , going down the road and |
| 27 | Except that I hope to God they let Sam go . ’ |
| 28 | Let's have a look at that white sheet first erm , quoits are done , I 'll do the pools after those shot , javelin , discus , low on darts , they 've ticked these so I hope to God they 're right well that Justin 'll do anything to be perfectly honest er I wish she , it makes it so difficult when you ca n't trust people . |
| 29 | I just hope to God he 's the right choice . ’ |
| 30 | Hope to God he 's right . ’ |