Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | see you 've given her the |
| 2 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 3 | And I would want to know what the health effects were on them of the conditions in which they had to work . |
| 4 | She does not principally want to know what the data signify in themselves but how texts reflect processes of communication , and how and why they were used to organise purposeful action , make valid claims , or to express feelings . |
| 5 | But I do think the minister er should er b be quite clear about that point er because er it may be of crucial importance , not just to the industry , er but also to the public interest who will want to know what the position is so far as er er these matters are concerned . |
| 6 | And if he come along he would want to know who the man 's doctor was . |
| 7 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 8 | He would wait to see what the negotiation process turned up , he said , but " only if real progress is made during negotiations , and if there are obvious and clearly defined benefits for my country and its people , will we consider any possible change to our present constitutional position " . |
| 9 | You will therefore need to know what the value of your pension would be if you stay in SERPS or your company scheme , whichever is applicable . |
| 10 | Another thing that did come up at that training day the other day was that we all need a , a , a , anybody that 's going to do any sort of appraising will need to know what the erm training programme is |
| 11 | We must , therefore , seek to discover what the gospel has to say to our culture . |
| 12 | The 31-year-old Chemics ' stand off , who must count as one of the unluckiest players in the game because of persistent injury problems , added : ‘ I shall wait to hear what the specialist says before deciding whether to play on or not . ’ |
| 13 | We er actually do need to decide what the name ought to be . |
| 14 | Even where parents no longer live together they each continue to be responsible for their children and will need to decide who the children should live with for most of the time and how often the other parent should see the children . |
| 15 | Lindsey did n't even need to ask what the problem was . |
| 16 | She did not really need to ask herself the question . |
| 17 | I 'll need to show you the ropes . ’ |
| 18 | There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage . |
| 19 | I do n't know to tell you the truth |
| 20 | I do not need to tell you the potential problems and chaos that the delay is causing to the reorganisation of the leagues next season . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 22 | Of course we do n't want to overdo it the praise that is . |
| 23 | Why could n't they 've made it the Soton game ? ? |
| 24 | The electorate will expect to know who the candidates are in those er er particular constituencies . |
| 25 | Mrs Laughton resigned with much regret , saying as she went that Orkney Islands Council did n't appear to know what the role of the Reporter to the Children 's Panel should be , and determined to make her concerns public . |
| 26 | Fabia was shaken , but was more intent then on finding out what she could do to help whatever the trouble was , than concerned that it looked as though she could say goodbye to her much looked forward to Czechoslovakian holiday . |
| 27 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to disrupt my speech because he does not want to hear what the country wants to know . |
| 29 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , by the way , Blair , ’ I called , ‘ whilst you are there , would you mind bringing me the fish I caught in the stream ? |