Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [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 | That 's torn it , thought Lydia , swallowing the smile , extinguishing the sexuality which she knew she had caused to flicker about her like burning brandy round the Christmas pudding , and adopting instead a workmanlike , country-walking air . |
| 4 | And erm anyway we got more from the unemployment exchange that prepared to work for him for fourteen pound , when we could have a eighteen pound on the dole . |
| 5 | But her vibrant , reasoned tone seemed to slip off him without any effect at all . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We shall make the necessary arrangements to meet with you in due course . |
| 8 | His Mum had n't taken him to work with her since last year . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I ought to write to her at some point . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | My friend , who has stayed at the cottage before , is going up 24th or so for about a week , so there will be her rent @ £7 per day and electricity @ 10p per unit ( to cover standing charges etc ) to come to you in due course . |
| 15 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
| 16 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 17 | I shall be in Leicester at any rate , and I may very well come and join you , to talk with you about healthy eating . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Who do you think you are , to talk to me in that manner ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Marjorie , I 've got to talk to you about this business , but I ca n't do it now . |
| 21 | ‘ A few things have cropped up that I did n't have a chance to talk to you about last night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said slowly , ‘ I came down here to talk to you about last night . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps God in his wisdom has told us only a little about the nature and personhood of Satan so that we are not tempted to dwell on him with morbid fascination . |
| 24 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 25 | As a piece this was undoubtedly a composed solo , and although on the record quite a few of the phrases were ‘ dropped in ’ , it is obviously possible to play through it in one pass . |
| 26 | ‘ But he 'd never think to look for me in such company . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | So we really we one of us to be here to look after him in that sense , one of us gets paid |
| 29 | Has to walk after him with little trowel and paper bag . |
| 30 | Any new food regime has to be simple to follow if you are to stick with it for any length of time . |