Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs a powerful machine to run it at a reasonable speed but even if you do n't have such a machine you need to know about it as a sign of things to come . |
| 2 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 3 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 4 | In the cool light of this brighter day it was hard to conceive of it as a visitation of demons . |
| 5 | While the Americans had not entirely despaired of better relations with Nasser , they looked to the US 6th Fleet to remind possible trouble-makers of the power which the United States could immediately bring to bear against them in a crisis . |
| 6 | He took the girls to the swimming pool after midnight , and then persuaded the victim to come with him to a changing room , on the pretext that the manager of the swimming pool might find them at the pool . |
| 7 | When , after a hazardous journey through thickening fog , using only the statutory semi-blacked-out lights , he asked her if she would care to dine with him at a roadhouse not far from their destination , she accepted with alacrity . |
| 8 | ‘ And so , ’ I continue , ‘ the suntan becomes fashionable and it 's no longer as necessary as it was — taking Robinson Crusoe by way of example — to hide from it under a parasol in order to conserve that fairness of skin threatened by the desert island climate . |
| 9 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 10 | If she had had it in her power to change anything in that one moment , it would be for Matthew to come to her as a friend . |
| 11 | ‘ We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’ |
| 12 | It would be far easier than if he was just going to stand over her like a portent of doom with that horrible expression on his face . |
| 13 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 14 | The boy came over to Tallis and began to work on her with a knife . |
| 15 | So if four of us were to work on it as a group , |
| 16 | The floor was so uneven that it was like running through the Crazy Cottage in a funfair ; the building itself seemed to pitch around him like a listing boat . |
| 17 | I watched through George 's window as Filmer made great effort to go towards her with a smile , drawing attention away from the gaunt-faced man , who returned to the station . |
| 18 | Pleas for understanding began to pour from him in a stream . |
| 19 | Shortly before his death he complained with much justification that his Belgian subjects were refusing to receive from him as a gift benefits which the French were at the same moment extorting from Louis XVI by a great upheaval . |
| 20 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 21 | She wanted to talk to him in a way she had never wanted to talk to anyone before , but he was next door , not here . |
| 22 | I would like to talk to you for a minute or two . ‘ |
| 23 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd like to talk to you about a couple of perigrines you 've sold . |
| 25 | In his reply to Coenwulf , the pope refused to countenance the removal of the archbishop of Canterbury to London , but the impact of this papal prohibition was offset by the papal recognition of Eadberht 's earlier ordination and consequent ineligibility for the kingship and permission was given to proceed against him as a pretender to royal power . |
| 26 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 28 | ‘ It is time that someone began to look after you for a change , Julia , ’ he said seriously . |
| 29 | if other members have material on similar themes , the Social Secretary will be pleased to hear of them with a view to their incorporation in a future programme . |
| 30 | Call the dog to you , and encourage it to walk with you for a distance before repeating the process . |