Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 32 | May we allow Him to lead us into the unknown , may we draw our courage from Him and may we place our trust in His loving kindness . |
| 33 | ‘ A few seconds , ’ she replied , allowing him to help her onto the adjacent bar stool . |
| 34 | Forcing herself to assume a composure she was far from feeling , Gina allowed him to usher her from the small lobby behind the front door into a living-room of graceful proportions . |
| 35 | Penry put his arm round her to shepherd her towards the moving row of taxis . |
| 36 | This time there was no need for him to force her up the dark steps of the barn ; she walked in front of him determinedly . |
| 37 | She had scarcely recovered her composure from that frantic evening before he invited her to join him on the royal yacht Britannia during Cowes Week . |
| 38 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 39 | WordPerfect on it to compare it with the other one and it was I er said |
| 40 | In the corner of one of their fields the younger brother 's wife built a shelter of leaves and twigs draped across with a shawl and put her baby beneath it to shield her from the alternate onslaughts of sun and showers . |
| 41 | ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative . |
| 42 | ‘ Allow me to introduce you to the new Mrs Morey . ’ |
| 43 | Jackie was already on his feet , beckoning them to follow him into the starlit orchard . |
| 44 | Would you like me to show them to the prosecuting solicitor ? |
| 45 | However , the two sisters telephoned Airdrie police station after friends in the Monklands area contacted them to tell them of the latest developments in the case . |
| 46 | You , who wanted me to enter you on the same night , with the same sound still in my head , a sound that I knew I had somehow , somewhere , heard before . |
| 47 | This is perhaps understandable , but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom . |
| 48 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
| 49 | Mr Davies ' letter concluded : ‘ You have asked us to notify you of the potential implications in relation to costs . |
| 50 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 51 | Now that the election has been announced , will the Minister take the opportunity to apologise to the industry 's workers and employers for failing to do anything to protect them in the past 13 years ? |
| 52 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 53 | He dismissed the service and told us to follow him to the back rooms for counselling . |