Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [v-ing] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You seem to be under the misapprehension that I intend making love to you . ’ |
| 2 | I like having time to myself , and being an individual . |
| 3 | I think explaining things to people in lay terms is an incredibly difficult thing to do , highly skilled thing to do , and should not be diminished or sneered at . |
| 4 | At about nine o'clock I start putting Mum to bed . |
| 5 | I decide to do the washing-up before I start putting Mum to bed . |
| 6 | If you die leaving £347,000 to your wife it is assumed that she still has it when she dies , so £200,000 is taxable then . |
| 7 | There 's mi minus four people coming to the party tonight , they 're all crackers , okay but it works , it 's very useful it solves an awful lot of problems like you know getting rockets to the moon and things like that that we could n't do otherwise . |
| 8 | But if you start making proposals to Martha Pascoe on the strength of the fortune I been good enough to share with you , you can think again , 'cos you 'll have Harry Pascoe to content with . |
| 9 | Once you start pulling pallets to pieces and then you 've got to replace the pack what you 've t taken off and rewrap it again and |
| 10 | If you prefer wearing shoes to boots , Mephisto sells a range of suitable shoes , while Mountain Equipment makes the superb Goretex -lined Sandpiper ( £55 ) . |
| 11 | We make identifying references to " the same persons . |
| 12 | They provide breathing gas to the helmet , communications wires , the hot water hose ( this must not be used in air diving ) , a phunumofathometer ( used to obtain the divers ' depth ) , closed circuit television and light cables , and for mixed gas bell diving — a gas reclaim hose . |
| 13 | I suggest that in future Councillors and concentrate on engaging their brains before they start putting pen to paper |