Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I 'm cutting David 's hair tonight , I do n't want want you late to bed .
2 you want to talk them back to safety ;
3 None of the movements is less than very well done , but I do miss the blazing splendour of this conductor 's finest Bruckner with his old orchestra , none of which , alas , has made it on to CD .
4 The bride , who fell in love with the former lecturer , as she helped nurse him back to health after his four-year ordeal as a captive , was radiant in a full-length , ivory raw silk dress , with a slit up the side .
5 They also insisted that they would blow up the mines if Ceauşescu tried to force them back to work .
6 I tried to force her back to bed , but her fever made her surprisingly strong .
7 I want to get him up to Inspector as soon as possible . ’
8 " I want to take you out to dinner , Lollie , " he said .
9 Ms Fiona Reynolds of the Council for National Parks has kept me up to date with the progress of the EEC 's Agricultural Structures Review .
10 ‘ He wants to take me out to dinner tonight , ’ Alexandra could not resist adding .
11 Kenna — full of hope — tried to bring him back to life by applying the magic wild herb known as moly , but the moment the juice touched the body it was turned into a snowdrop . ’
12 ‘ I want to bring you up to date on this , Miss Hinkle . ’
13 She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job .
14 ‘ I would like to make a record so we 're putting together some tapes this month and we hope to send them off to recording companies and agents to see if we can get a contract .
15 Hope to get you back to school on Monday , it seems awful if you 've had a week off and then your not well .
16 He 'd taken her out to dinner that very night , and now seemed to be practically haunting the place , and obviously very much in love with her friend .
17 I had called Professor Ruiperez from my hostal , and at once he came to take me out to lunch at an expensive restaurant featuring all the local dishes , including a hearty paella and fine Rioja wines .
18 If you are totally fed up , one extra bar of chocolate or cake or any one single luxury item is not going to set you back to square one .
19 The reference to experience leads us back to Chapter 6 , for the beliefs of all religions arise out of experience and are misinterpreted at a very fundamental level by outsiders who see them as merely forms of words imposed upon people .
20 It was very well knitted and the gorgeous yarn used set it off to perfection .
21 ‘ I 'm going to put you back to bed if you do n't stop it .
22 ‘ Ken Harris has promised to keep me up to date with the press briefings … ’ she began .
23 She replied inviting me round to tea at her little flat in Chelsea .
24 Right , well we want to make sure that you can get out to lunch sort of by , that 's running a bit fast that clock , we 'd like to get you out to lunch by about half past twelve otherwise you 'll end up being late do n't you with all the other people
25 Tuesday 27th we camped at East Twinbrook , about five miles from where the waterway ends and where the Chewonki van would be waiting to take us back to camp .
26 I said that I was going to take you away to Arrancay with me — and keep you there away from all the bitterness and the lies .
27 DNA from the blood of dinosaurs is supposedly used to bring them back to life .
28 He was interested in the concept of the plays and thought he would like to bring them up to date , use original scripts and perform them on the move .
29 D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done .
30 We had a row , but telling the police we had a row is n't going to bring her back to life and it is n't going to find out who killed her , because I did n't . ’
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