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somebody to do something in English:

1. beg beg


I beg you.
I have taught my dog to sit up and beg.
if you beg someone for something, you ask them for it in an anxious or desperate way
Their children were begging in the streets.
Please, please stop shouting so loudly. He begged me to stop shouting do loudly.
Please, I'm begging you, one mother to another. You must have a family.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.
What books on your shelf are begging to be read?
She is forced to beg for food.
they beg for mercy for food for money for children. he begged her to stay. He begged a loan from his boss. He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness. He decided to go, altough I begged him not to
She begged and pleaded with them until they finally agreed.
He begged her to stay, but she simply laughed and put her bags in the car.
beggars are not choosers

English word "somebody to do something"(beg) occurs in sets:

Verb patterns

2. persuade persuade


Nothing would persuade him.
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
Therefore, we try to persuade people not to have cash, to have money electronically transferred.
Second, smokers persuade themselves that there is nothing they can do about smoking anyway.
Granted that you are right, we still have to persuade him first.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
To persuade somebody that your recommendation is reasonable and wise, you have to give reasons and quote known examples and authorities.
He is ​trying to persuade ​local and ​foreign ​businesses to ​invest in the ​project.
It took the child weeks to persuade her mother to let her get a kitten
Have you persuaded your parents to buy tickets for the concert?
At first Mohandas refused, but at last his brother persuaded him.
It persuaded John F. Kennedy to withdraw support for Ngô Đình Diệm's government.
It had taken Rob some time to persuade Emma that Sophie was no threat to their marriage

3. ask ask


Ask me anything!
Well, I'll surely ask again.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
I immediately wrote a letter to ask her, but she did not reply.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
If you ask me, reading comics is a complete waste of time.
He took my umbrella without bothering to ask.
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
He's the last person I would ask help from, because he is completely unreliable.
Our section chief always makes a face at me when I ask him for something.
Why ask me? Wouldn't it be better to do it yourself?
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems.
Ask and you shall receive.
People sometimes ask me what I'm going to do when I retire.

4. encourage encourage


Networking sites may encourage us to invent details about our social lives.
we were encourage
American industry makes various attempts to find and encourage brilliant students from abroad.
Please refrain from posts that might encourage conflict.
Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.
the passage encouraged me to put away the old personality and to put on the new personality which was created according to God 's will.
to give someone the courage or confidence to do something. I want to thank everyone who has encouraged and supported me.
talk or behave in a way that makes somebody else more confident to do something; My friend encouraged me to write a novel.
In some companies, like Google and the Huffington Post, workplace naps are positively encouraged. They're seen as a way to make staff more productive.
Programs to encourage economic development include investment subsidies
The UK government is currently studying how to encourage people to change their eating habits.
module 2 is designed to encourage studens to prepare systems that will
It’s meant to encourage debate about the treatment of people with disabilities
My parents have always encouraged me in my choice of career. Banks actively encouraged people to borrow money.
It is imperative that we should encourage participatory forms of decision-making.

5. tell


Don't tell me.
My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
The twins were so alike that it was difficult to tell them apart.
Didn't you tell me yesterday that you and your boyfriend had broken up?
Let me tell you what's going to happen if you don't start behaving yourself.
Selena Gomez and the Scene also had good luck with their first album, "Kiss and Tell." It has sold more than a million copies around the world.
A good poker player can tell when someone's bluffing.
Can you tell us about your experience in developing technical materials?
Find things out for yourself instead of having a parent or a teacher tell you.
If anyone comes in my absence, tell him that I won't come back till evening.
If you go anywhere, you had better tell your mother first.
If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.
It never occurred to me that he might tell a lie.
The way he talks and acts, you can tell he's a redneck.
Can you tell the difference between an American and a Canadian?

6. command


We are under his command.
The military has a very strict chain of command.
Want me to show you a really useful hidden command?
Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese.
Linux experts are able to use the command line.
If you use the quit command noted below, you can make the application exit.
The command of communication skills in multiple languages is essential to any company providing goods and services on the world market.
Is this your command?
Don't command me!
a commanding officer/ it's unlikely they'll obey your commands
Years later, she still thinks about that command.
The low demand command decreasing of prices
Have a good command of English? Fully operational command of the language: appropriate, accurate and fluent with complete understanding.
control and authority over a group of people. I now have fifty soldiers under my command.
My house, located on a hill, command a fine view.

7. invite


invite to
On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.
In order to have an idea of our current projects, we invite you to visit [url].
In Harbin, many people invite me to their homes to have dinner.
I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite her.
If you meet the Orleanu sisters, invite them to Ruxandra's birthday. And don't forget their brother.
If Jane's mother were in Japan, I could invite her to the Doll's Festival.
I had an argument with my sister about whom to invite.
I feel a little guilty that I didn't invite him to join the celebration.
In which case, I was also requested to invite all of you so if you would please accompany me...
Would you like to come out to dinner with me? He invited m to go out to dinner with him.
My cousin Greg is never invited to our family parties and meetings
to ask someone to come to a social event zapraszać They've invited us to the wedding.
... a day that invites people to think about their eco-sins.
The boy stated that he would give a bouquet of roses to the girl that he liked, talk with her, and invite her to have a coffee.

8. order


Check your order.
His claim is that there is a close relation between birth order and personality.
Let's order the all-you-can-eat special.
No matter what you do, you must follow the correct order.
Sir, that CD is available only by special order.
If your prices are competitive, we will place a large order.
Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
In order to make a phone call, I put my hand in my pocket and searched for a coin.
We will ship the product immediately after receiving your order.
Her sewing basket, dresser drawers and pantry shelves are all systematically arranged in apple-pie order.
They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.
Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.
In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.
In order to get some information about Japanese economic problems, you'll find this book very useful.
After decades of civil war, order was restored.