Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do as I 'm told , and he told me to include you in this job . ’ |
| 2 | It does n't seem to me to affect it in any way . |
| 3 | If we decide er , at each point of the committee meeting I , I think we should be processing any and suggestion forms that procedure owners have received , in a reasonable time , in order for them to process it before that meeting . |
| 4 | ‘ He needs someone to help him with that estate . ’ |
| 5 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 6 | His moment of waking was often the best one , sometimes the only one , in which to approach him with any certainty of success . |
| 7 | His numerous critics will find plenty to amuse them in this volume . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ There is nothing to suggest he in any way misused the weapons . |
| 9 | I just want you to know nothing of that kind will happen again — ever . ’ |
| 10 | It looks to you to provide it with that light . |
| 11 | If there is a drugs ring operating in my father 's club , then I 'll help you to crack it in any way I can . ’ |
| 12 | I would be happy for you to use it in any way you felt appropriate . |
| 13 | My God , not if I have to kill you to keep you in this bedroom ! ’ |
| 14 | It really is not good enough for you to preen yourself in this way while Britain continues to suffer from the consequences of a largely uneducated workforce . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose I might have expected you to remind me of that possibility ! ’ |
| 16 | I wo n't allow you to manipulate me in this way . ’ |
| 17 | To ask them to do something about that mess . " |
| 18 | The beer orders did not require them to do anything of this sort . |
| 19 | Well and do you want me to do one for this year ? |
| 20 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 21 | For the listener , there is nothing to keep her to this role unless she happens to have a partner whose talk is engaging ( or , of course , there may be extrinsic pressures of , for example , wanting to please teacher , which because it is always a possible element in children 's work I will not keep referring to but will take for granted ) . |
| 22 | Ask them to send me in some coffee . ’ |
| 23 | And I was absolutely amazed and I think all of us on the opposition benches were absolutely amazed at the city board that you appeared to have no proposals whatsoever to do anything about that situation . |
| 24 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 25 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 26 | She wrote a letter to her , asking her to help us in any way she could . |
| 27 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 28 | Ask him to demonstrate something to another child ( e.g. how to work the fizzy-drinks machine ) ; direct her to help , or seek help , of another . |
| 29 | I knew there was n't any point in asking him to return them at this stage . |
| 30 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |