In complex objects, after verbs of sense perception and compulsion

can't but, can't choose but, nothing to do but, better than (do sth.)

He helped me do it. He helped do it.

All (the most, the least) I can do is do it.

Exercise 9.2. Insert TO before the infinitive where necessary.

1. 1. "Or would you rather _____ have tea?" Vigot asked.

2. 2. Bertha wanted _____ ask if it wasn't rather dangerous _____ let the baby _____ clutch at a strange dog's ear.

3. 3. But he did not let the last thread of his consciousness _____ go.

4. 4. Ferse was at the window watching the girls _____ start the car.

5. 5. He felt the plane _____ shake.

6. 6. He heard her _____ go into Mrs. Davidson's room.

7. 7. He looked up as if _____ take aim with that introductory shot.

8. 8. He offered the old woman _____ help her _____ carry a heavy bag.

9. 9. He saw himself _____ leap up, _____ seize the other by the throat, then _____ shake him.

10. 10. I don't know my mother _____ give an opinion on any matter without first appealing to God.

11. 11. I feel it _____ be right.

12. 12. I want to help _____ dry them.

13. 13. Lady Crawley is made _____ put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe.

14. 14. Mr. Creakle was seen _____ speak, and Tungay was heard _____ discuss it, too.

15. 15. Nella saw her mother _____ call a closed carriage.

16. 16. Rebecca sang well to the wonder of Amelia, who had never known her _____ perform so well.

17. 17. She and Val would love Jon _____ live with them.

18. 18. She does nothing but _____ make scenes from morning till night.

19. 19. She is always heard _____ sing while she is working.

20. 20. So! They were talking of Wilfrid. How _____ find out why.

21. 21. The boy had nothing to do but _____ watch the sheep, and _____ think.

22. 22. We had better _____ take the large trunk, then, Madame.

23. 23. Well, sir, I'd much rather _____ have held my tongue.

Exercise 9.3. Insert the appropriate form of the infinitive, define the functions.

1. 1. A twelve year old girl was the first __ his attention or __ by him. (to attract, to attract)

2. 2. The Murdstone and Grinby life became so strange to me that I hardly believed in it, while my present life grew so familiar, that I seemed __ it a long time. (to lead)

3. 3. But there was nothing now __ for. (to wait)

4. 4. Dave seemed __ Stephanie, waiting for her to make the first move. (to watch)

5. 5. Every feature seemed __ since he saw her last. (to sharpen)

6. 6. For the last few days she seemed __ to nobody but strange men. (to talk)

7. 7. It's been wonderful having someone __. (to help)

8. 8. He appeared __ plenty of money, which was said __ in the Californian goldfields. (to have, to gain)

9. 9. He appeared __. (to listen)

10. 10. I haven't finished yet: there's still a lot of things __. (to finish)

11. 11. He is said __ a small fortune, (to put away)

12. 12. I lack the will-power __ anything with my life, __ my position by hard work. (to do, to better)

13. 13. I suppose Mr. Jelleby had been more talkative and lively once; but he seemed __ long before I knew him. (to exhaust)

14. 14. Andrew was the third __. (to interview)

15. 15. Nobody seemed __ his entry, but there he certainly was. (to perceive)

16. 16. There was nothing __ or __, not even a barking dog, and I had nobody __ to. (to see, to hear, to talk)

17. 17. Paula would be the first concentration camp __ by American troops, (to liberate)

18. 18. He was a youngish Conservative member who was beginning __ about, (to talk)

19. 19. She put on the cape, and turned round __.(to admire)

20. 20. Remember, Roger is a man __. (to watch)

21. 21. That Jolyon seems __in 1710, son of Jolyon and Mary. (to be born)

22. 22. The house appeared __ recently... (to repair)

23. 23. There's no time __. (to lose)

24. 24. There's nothing __ by pretending. (to gain)

25. 25. This fellow seemed __ a famous explorer or something of that sort. (to be)

26. 26. When I seemed __ a long while, the Master of Salem House unscrewed his flute into the three pieces, put them up as before, and took me away. (to doze)

27. 27. Whenever there is any packing __, my wife doesn't feel well. (to do)

28. 28. Willoughby was not the man __ the lessons of his predecessor. (to overlook)

Exercise 9.4. State the function of the underlined infinitive. Translate into Russian.

1. 1. A man must have something bigger than himself to believe in.

2. 2. It was impossible not to invite the Butlers for both afternoon and evening.

3. 3. The heat and dust were enough to strangle you.

4. 4. The next thing to be done is to move away from this house.

5. 5. All the deep maternity in her awoke, never to sleep again.

6. 6. Nobody asked you to come out here. I didn't ask you to stay. I told you to go while it was daylight.

7. 7. It was too hot to go out into the town.

8. 8. To consent to this sale would be to consentto change the character of the newspaper altogether.

9. 9. The floor of the forest was soft to walk on.

10. 10. He was a man to attract immediate sympathy.

11. 11. Other people, men particularly, found it difficult to face Cowperwood's glazed stare.

12. 12. It must be awful to have a brilliant future behind you.

13. 13. He found the sky so pallid as to be almost invisible.

14. 14. When he met her at the station, she came to him with a joyous expression of anticipation to find his troubled silence.

15. 15. She's a spoiled child not to be trusted.

16. 16. His age was difficult to guess.

17. 17. I awoke a little after sunrise to find Evan gone.

18. 18. I had many hours still to wait through. To while away the time, I looked at my letters.

19. 19. To begin with, Mrs. Anderson is a pleasanter person to live with than Mrs. Dudgeon.