Exercise 1. read the following sentences and define the objective-with-the-infinitive сonstruction. comment on its use. translate the sentences in¬to russian. example: they didn’t expect us to come back so soon. us to come back is the objective-with-the-infinitive construction used in the function of a complex object. it is used after the verb of mental activity expect. они не ожидали, что мы так скоро вернемся. 1. i won’t have you talk to your father in such a way. 2. the pilots were ex¬perienced and everyone knew them to be very competent. 3. outside he allowed her to examine the bird. 4. when danny heard the alarm clock buzz, he slapped the snooze button and burrowed under the covers for ten more minutes of sleep. 5. i was pretending to read a newspaper so i didn’t see her get up. [john fowles. the collector) 6. because freddie had never touched a snake, i removed the co¬ver of the cage and let him pet squeeze, my seven-foot python. 7. hoping to lose her fear of flying, rachel went to the airport to watch passenger planes take off and land, but even this exercise did not convince her that jets were safe.8. he was so soft-hearted, he hated anyone to cry. 9. since jose had destroyed sylvia’s spot¬less kitchen while baking chocolate-broccoli muffins, she made him take her out for an expensive dinner. 10. “bob”, said tessa, when he had put the phone down again. “do you want me to come to the funeral or not? ” 11. the arctic was every¬hing i expected it to be and much more in the way of high seas than i had bar¬gained for. 12. i’d prefer you to drive, if you don’t mind. 13. we will require the gas and electricity companies to invest in insulation and other energy-saving mea¬sures. 14. she felt the boat dig deeper into the water, moving under it like some wild creature straining against a leash.

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