Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you think I why do you think I gave you the fucking job eh ? |
| 2 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 3 | So what I would give you give you the appearance |
| 4 | They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth . |
| 5 | He would do anything to save her the slightest inconvenience . |
| 6 | They did n't even see me give them the slip ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
| 8 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 10 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 11 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 12 | ‘ She was picking them up at random and saying things like , ‘ This boy 's in a wheelchair but that does n't stop him giving me the eye , ’ or , ‘ This is the college stud but he cuts no ice with me . ’ ’ |
| 13 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 14 | While we can not provide the details you might want at this time , I 'd encourage you to give us the benefit of the doubt . |
| 15 | If you refuse to co-operate I can force you to pay me the money you owe me . |
| 16 | I mean , I expect she knew how you felt about the only things worth having being the things you 'd worked hard for and earned for yourself , so you would n't want her to leave you the house ] But she did n't want you to think she 'd forgotten you , or that she was just being spiteful , or something … ’ |
| 17 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 18 | It 's fucking madness , I 'll ge I mean it kills me the next day , it 's madness , I do n't know why I do it . |
| 19 | ‘ Would you allow me to show you the way ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Look , it 's terribly kind of you to find me a place to stay , but you must let me give you the money . |
| 21 | ‘ I will get someone to show you the way , ’ he added , reaching for the bell . |
| 22 | I ca n't recall who gave me the information . |
| 23 | And I would n't let him give me the strap then . |
| 24 | It would only confuse him to tell him the truth . |
| 25 | ‘ Did you say you call him the boss ? ’ |
| 26 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |