Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't help that , chief You got to stick to your four-set clause and I ca n't spare the energy to beam you up . |
| 2 | There are two dangers to be avoided , if you can avoid them , in the choice of chambers : reading with someone who is too busy , who can not spare the time to give you instruction , except possibly over a snack lunch , and reading with someone who has not enough work to give you proper experience . |
| 3 | Just the way you once wished it could when you were regretting the good old days when a man could keep his unsuitable mistress hidden away , knowing she 'd be there waiting upon his pleasure , whenever he felt the urge and could spare the time to see her . |
| 4 | ‘ Kindly adjust the temperature , Mr Peckham , before it boils away , and then be so good as to ask Mr Pegg if he can spare the time to rejoin us . ’ |
| 5 | So if we could lie down for twenty minutes sometime in the afternoon or early evening , then we would lengthen the spine to support us more efficiently for the latter part of the day . |
| 6 | However they could make the decision to take him away ‘ at any time ’ . |
| 7 | Unfortunately I am completely tied up with filming during the whole of June but I will certainly make the effort to visit you some time in July . |
| 8 | " You go with Pete now , he 'll take you to Tom Rooney , an " Tom will make the arrangements to get you to Dublin . " |
| 9 | I 've got me jigsaw on that board that 's what , and I 've covered it over with a cloth because I do n't want the sun to fade it cos it 's hard enough to do as it is ! |
| 10 | I did not want the man to see me until I had looked closely at him . |
| 11 | When George Bush called for Saddam to be deposed , it was clear that : he did not want the Kurds to do it ( that would displease Turkey , Syria , Iran and Russia , and therefore , everybody else ) ; he did not want the Shiites to do it ( that would please Iran and so displease everybody else ) ; and he was not sure if he wanted the Sunnis to do it ( because that might make the Kurds and the Shiites do it , too ) . |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't want the world to see him like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 13 | She said , ‘ If you have a secret you do n't want the world to know you must never tell it except to an enemy . |
| 14 | When George Bush called for Saddam to be deposed , it was clear that : he did not want the Kurds to do it ( that would displease Turkey , Syria , Iran and Russia , and therefore , everybody else ) ; he did not want the Shiites to do it ( that would please Iran and so displease everybody else ) ; and he was not sure if he wanted the Sunnis to do it ( because that might make the Kurds and the Shiites do it , too ) . |
| 15 | Cos he did n't want the mother to have her . |
| 16 | He did n't want the mother to have her , so he threw her |
| 17 | Although warranties may be implied by statute , not only may they be inadequate , but the vendor will want the purchaser to acknowledge it has not relied on any warranty , representation or undertaking unless expressly set out in the sale agreement . |
| 18 | In the next example the boys , with the pedal car , had already made their decision on size and did not really need the teacher to question them about it , but they were obviously quite used to talking with her . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal agreed with Wright J. Mr. Tully is in effect saying that if he discloses his dealings with his assets or the moneys of Wessex and Abbey and if he furnishes copies of the documents relating to those dealings he will be providing evidence which may assist the police to prosecute him for the crime of embezzlement . |
| 20 | At any rate , if damages are the only thing to be got , your wealthy neighbour might buy the right to annoy you . |
| 21 | We know the human individual to be unique , that is , and uniquely precious , but the net of abstraction can forbid the fiction-writer to present it as either precious or unique . |
| 22 | Do you lack the courage to kill us cleanly ? ’ |
| 23 | And there is no pleasure left in the life of the rich : for who can tell lumpfish from caviare any more , and caviare is cholesterol-rich anyway , and forbidden : and when the rich grow old and hired nurses dab away the dribble , can you trust the nurse to love you , or does she hate you ? |
| 24 | We shall expect the Spirit to bring us assurance that we are indeed the sons of God , and conversely we shall be careful not to deny that any Christian people , any sons of the heavenly Father , possess the Spirit of adoption . |
| 25 | It is a modest proposition , but I do not expect the Minister to accept it . |
| 26 | I just did n't expect the doctor to see her quite so soon . ’ |
| 27 | With an effort Lisa forced herself to swallow back the feeling and kept her voice devoid of emotion as she countered , ‘ If it 's so appealing then why do you feel the need to suppress it ? ’ |
| 28 | Duncan did n't feel the need to say she had also been naked . |
| 29 | I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted . |
| 30 | ‘ He may well feel the need to scare me off . |