Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making love to me may help you to forget for a while , but it wo n't change the feelings you obviously still have for her , whether you care to admit it or not . ’ |
| 2 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 3 | I may want me to go and do it now ? |
| 4 | What is your name , wife , that I may know whom to thank ? ’ |
| 5 | After we 've discussed the appointments , I may need you to do a — few letters . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I may need you to show me where things are , ’ she turned to Jill , ‘ but the rest I can manage , even if I have to bluff my way through . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm particularly concerned perhaps if I may ask her to show some concern for this herself that the remoteness of the newspaper library , way up in the rustic further regions of the Northern Line , the great virtue of the existing site is that 's on the Inner Circle , the accessibility of this site is really its greatest virtue . |
| 8 | Nothing in between you do n't have to revise , even if you know next week I may I do n't know , I may ask you to get on with unit seven . |
| 9 | If I am with you all the time , I may persuade you to stay , against your better judgement . |
| 10 | I must tell him to stop ! |
| 11 | Yes , yes , I must remind you to do that , Karen . |
| 12 | A lieutenant-colonel , who had evidently been a close friend in his class at St. Cyr , greeting the new C.O. had addressed him as tu , only to receive a shrivelling rebuff : ‘ Colonel , I must request you to keep your distance . |
| 13 | I must urge you to support our resolutions so that Herts County Council can join the many other Council and other organisation that are pressing the government to change it 's mind . |
| 14 | There are several decisions about livestock I want to take while Father is here to advise me , and I must persuade him to come with me to Bodmin market on Thursday . |
| 15 | Otherwise I must trouble you to hand them back at once . |
| 16 | I must beg you to take a few days to consider … |
| 17 | I 've also adopted the philosophy that I must develop somebody to do my job better than I have done it . |
| 18 | In the context of the first part of the hon. Gentleman 's question , I must ask him to appreciate that one of the important matters now being examined by the chief executives of the agencies is the issue of greater pay flexibility and performance pay , so that better results can be achieved , both by individuals and in terms of customer service , from a given amount of pay . |
| 19 | But I must ask you to stop washing your hands in the Holy water , and please , please , do not refer to me as Mother Shapiro . ’ |
| 20 | I must ask you to stop this quarrelling instantly , or to continue it in another place . " |
| 21 | " I must ask you to withdraw these abusive remarks which are clearly aimed at your colleague . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid I must ask you to go away . ’ |
| 23 | Thank you for printing my latter ( Chinese Aggression NI 171 ) , but I must ask you to publish the following correction : Claire Culhane , Quang Ngai , South Vietnam , should read : Claire Culhane , Vancouver . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid I must ask you to leave , ’ I said . |
| 25 | ‘ Forgive me , but I must ask you to leave any weapons here , in the outer office . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But when you have had a wash I must ask you to leave . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I must ask you to leave , Lady Macleod . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I must ask you to leave now ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And I must ask you to shut your gabby mouth . |
| 30 | ‘ For the present , I must ask you to say nothing to anybody about this aspect of the case . ’ |