Ex. 35. Supply where necessary the particle to before the infinitive used as objective predicative:

1. He was making every effort to induce his father . . . change his mind.

2. But I got him . . . talk.

3. Nevertheless, on those mornings he could not bring himself . . . read the political correspondents' gossip columns.

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4. I knew that he would never encourage his daughter . . . marry a fortune.

5. As he answered her question, I noticed her . . . look surprised.

6. I could feel the blood . . . leave my face in a rush.

7. Understand once and for all, I won't have you . . . say this sort of thing.

8. The doctor had expressly forbidden him . . . talk. 9. He did not hear the car . . . arrive.

10. He had never known his uncle . . . express any sort of feeling.

11. I wasn't prepared to let him . . . go out alone.

12. He was not only giving them the chance, he was pressing them . . . do so.

13. I shall try to make the thing . . . work.

14. They watched Esther . . . return after a time.

15. He drew out a stiff, plain pocket-book I had often seen him . . . use in meetings and began to write down numbers.

Ex. 36. Choose between the infinitive and the ing-form as objective predicative:

l. My will was weakened. I wanted someone . . . on. (to lean) 2. We stood for a while watching a man . . . an Alsatian puppy.

(to train) 3. I can imagine people not . . . him. (to like)

4. Although he was very tired he made himself . . . up and . . . into the bedroom. (to stand, to move)

5. He ordered a bottle of beer and some cheese . . . up to his room. (to send)

6. There was a lot of noise all around now, and amongst it you could hear a plane . . . unusually low. (to fly)

7. I heard Arthur . . . a slight noise which may have been a sigh or a chuckle. (to make)

8. "Why do you always have him . . . around?" "He likes it. " (to hang)

9. I don't like girls . . . . It takes away the fragrance of youth. (to smoke)

10. After supper Willy switched on the wireless and John left him . . . round the drawing-room to the sound of Mozart's piano concerto in С minor. (to dance)

11. We left him . . . the afternoon with his family. (to spend)

12. I can't imagine you . . . anything but what you are. (to be)

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33. He felt drowsy all the way in the train, . . . a couple of newspapers and then . . . out of the window at the . . . scene. (to read, to look, to change)

34. The thing . . . was . . . the police. (to do, to call)

35. She opened the door just in time . . . Tom . . . round the corner. (to see, to disappear)

36. Not . . . your letters, I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about. (to read)

37. He took the first opportunity . . . for his rudeness. (to apologise)

38. I'm too old . . . my ways. (to change)

39. I couldn't resist . . . my money or . . . it . . . my friends. (to show, to spend, to treat)

40. He sat for hours by the river as the trains ran . . . across the bridge. (to shriek)

41. It might be worth . . . . (to try)

42. After some thinking he decided how he would go about . . . the information. (to obtain)

43. He was sitting with his hands . . . round his knee, . . . at the water. (to clasp, to stare)

44. The buildings were kept . . . and in repair by a group of workmen. (to paint)