Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You want me to pick up the tab . ’ |
| 2 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 3 | Phone if you want me to saddle up the mare and I 'll have her ready for you by the time you get down here . ’ |
| 4 | They want me to write out the stuff . |
| 5 | We not only provide practice in analysing experiences , but give students a glimpse of a more humane society and urge them to push back the boundaries that inhibit them . ’ |
| 6 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 7 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 8 | Of course , Sar n't Major James Graham Biggleswade could n't exactly go back to Blighty and expect them to hang out the welcome mat in Fulham , not after that tricky bit of bloody buggering business down in the Falklands — oh , excuuuuse meeee , the Mal -bloody-buggering- vinas — back in ‘ 81 . |
| 9 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 10 | Some say I play down the ‘ grinding toil ’ that is an unavoidable part of it all , so I will not deny that this year it was done by a very small corps of loyal people , several from without the congregation . |
| 11 | By way of preparation for this Friday the 13th escapade somebody handed over A Dictionary of Superstitions , which is not the sort of inspiration one needs . |
| 12 | I suggest you whitewash out the pigsties and the cowsheds . |
| 13 | Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ? |
| 14 | about sixty , yeah , because , say you pay out a quarter of the price from , you there |
| 15 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 16 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 17 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 18 | ‘ From January I want you to take over the ‘ breaking ’ side of the business . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’ |
| 20 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 21 | Ready , question nine , these the following lot I want you to fill in the blanks |
| 22 | ‘ I want you to measure out an ounce of chloroform in the jug you will find in my bag . |
| 23 | ‘ In the meantime I suggest we cut down the cross-referencing . |
| 24 | In this extract Roddy 's parents want him to take up a useful hobby : |
| 25 | Often Hickey is besieged by fans who want him to turn up the vocals and they make their point forcibly . |
| 26 | ‘ I expect they came back the next day , or the next week ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Some say they brought back the wrong ashes , and that is n't Yeats there at all . |
| 28 | With Mark and Babur it comes up a lot . |
| 29 | But neighbours say it brightens up the area and they want it to stay . |
| 30 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |