Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 2 | Your wife should contact your tax office , or call at the nearest local office , and ask them to arrange to open a set of records for her . |
| 3 | The crisis leading to Lenihan 's dismissal arose in connection with reports that in January 1982 the Fianna Fáil leadership had attempted to persuade President Patrick Hillery by telephone to allow them to try to form a government without calling a general election . |
| 4 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 5 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 6 | But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it . |
| 7 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 8 | Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 9 | That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that . |
| 10 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 11 | It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ? |
| 12 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 13 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
| 14 | My tank is 6' × 2' × 2' and I intend to keep a selection of Clownfish , Wrasse , Damsels , Tangs and Gobies . |
| 15 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
| 16 | Personally I thought the fears overdone , but nevertheless I sought to find a way of transferring the operation to the private sector which would minimize the risk of industrial action . |
| 17 | I agreed to take a look at these efforts , and we arranged to meet next day after my morning lectures . |
| 18 | I failed to play a tape throughout the weekend of a drill relentlessly droning away in some shelfless room out of sight . |
| 19 | Three days post-spawning I planned to remove a percentage of the anticipated hatch to rear separately and began to prepare another tank , only to find the female eating the eggs before I was fully prepared . |
| 20 | ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’ |
| 21 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 22 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 24 | ‘ I hate to interject a note of boring realism here , ’ Piers said , ‘ but is n't it easy to say that in retrospect ? ’ |
| 25 | As I tend to use a float for zander I am convinced that I am not actively feeding fish in these situations as the float shows me that the zander has no intention of leaving the swim . |
| 26 | Looking at cos erm I tend to use a lot of paper particularly if it 's yours it 's usually my own but never mind . |
| 27 | I tend to lead a sort of idiotic existence of trying to get involved in too many things and dashing about ; and this is going to be my problem — trying to sort of control myself and work out something so that we have a proper family life . |
| 28 | I like to look smart so I tend to wear a lot of jackets with trousers or skirts . |
| 29 | I tend to have a lot of sausage and bacon because it 's easier and my time is somewhat at a premium with around a dozen cattle to care for . |
| 30 | I 'm , I 'm an alternative medicine practitioner and I tend to get a lot of people who are depressed coming to see me , people who have been through the normal routes |