Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through .
2 Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open .
3 But her vibrant , reasoned tone seemed to slip off him without any effect at all .
4 He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud .
5 Commenting on the criticisms , a Scottish Prison Service spokesman said last night : ‘ We do believe in good industrial relations and we certainly hope the unions will be willing to work with us to that end . ’
6 He is not afraid to come before us in this book as a full-blown figure , someone who is quite recognizable ( from earliest school letters and the accounts of Kirkpatrick ) as ‘ the real Lewis ’ but who is also , for the first time , ‘ found ’ as an artistic voice .
7 I ought to write to her at some point .
8 I have been asked to write to you on this matter because this hazard was drawn to your attention in my letter of 18th April 1991 following the Annual Parish Meeting .
9 When Hullmandel published his treatise The Art of Drawing on Stone in 1824 , the possibilities of lithography were better advertised ( although Hullmandel was careful not to describe the actual printing process , so that artists would have to come to him for that service ) , and Lear was one of the very first to be attracted to the technique .
10 Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time .
11 I saw him a lot at the Ehukai Beach Park where he was based , but only managed to talk to him at any length at a party in the hills .
12 ‘ Who do you think you are , to talk to me in that manner ? ’
13 ‘ Marjorie , I 've got to talk to you about this business , but I ca n't do it now .
14 Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity .
15 ‘ But he 'd never think to look for me in such company . ’
16 Then she followed her father back towards the flock , where the sheep at the rear , desperate at the sight of hay ahead and too stupid to look for it from any source except the one they all sought , were scrambling on to each other 's backs in panic .
17 So we really we one of us to be here to look after him in that sense , one of us gets paid
18 Has to walk after him with little trowel and paper bag .
19 Any new food regime has to be simple to follow if you are to stick with it for any length of time .
20 It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies .
21 If any readers have any information about this legendary team , in particular personal recollection , I should be very grateful indeed to hear from them at this address .
22 If the view through Williams ' window of history did not please everyone , it at least appears to have pleased many , especially those Negroes from the lower classes , and in particular Creole woman , who began to look upon him as some kind of messiah .
23 No , but if the hon. Gentleman has views that he would like to express to me on that closure , I should be delighted to hear from him .
24 Erm , Chair , I think when we come to the capital programme you will be proposing that the P A G advise you and the Director in terms of producing a package which meets those guidelines , erm , and given the opportunity to look at them in some detail .
25 When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ?
26 It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it .
27 To look at it from that point of view .
28 Or to look at it in another way , if all the defaulters in community charge payments were paying their due amount , perhaps these closures would not be necessary .
29 It is not intended to go into them in any detail here .
30 He knows that many of those now present will be eager to go with him on this adventure , but first of all he would like to present them with a challenge .
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