Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 2 | If you do something at speed , it 's really the accumulation of everything that 's gone before that has got you to that point . |
| 3 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 4 | For example , although they may initially over-extend a word like dog to a variety of different four-legged mammals , they cease to apply it to any part of the domain newly taken over with the acquisition of a new word . |
| 5 | The press scoffed at his walks in the Kalahari Desert , at his fascination with lost and ancient tribes ; but experiences like that , plus a lifetime of travelling all over the world , seeing underdeveloped and overdeveloped countries and every kind of political regime , has brought him to this viewpoint . |
| 6 | This , admittedly , is a hard saying , and may well stir a first inkling that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the approach which has brought us to this point . |
| 7 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 8 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 9 | She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day . |
| 10 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 11 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 12 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 13 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
| 14 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |
| 15 | We had been looking forward rather to this little drive between East and West Tarbert , but our greatest pleasure was when we stepped safely down at the pier where the little Islay steamer " Fingal " was waiting to carry us to this island of Jura . |
| 16 | He was going to sell it to some Jew . |
| 17 | They can not imagine him as a Prime Minister , and they can not imagine that the British public can be persuaded to elect him to that post . |
| 18 | What happens if you issue one to , you manage to get it to this department today but ca n't get it to that department 'til tomorrow and . |
| 19 | The Mercedes which had been promised to take them to All Saints ' Church , Deganwy , for the wedding on Saturday was sold . |
| 20 | It is most definitely a thriller , but with strong romantic undertones ; I would like to recommend it to both sexes as a jolly exciting read . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been so kind to me that I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 23 | I would n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , I do n't want to put you to any bother . ’ |
| 25 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 26 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 27 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 28 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 29 | and then I could have shown mine to this lady , cos I mean the only difference is is the black and white is n't it ? |
| 30 | I would n't wish to put you to any trouble . ’ |