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

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1 He was n't prepared to do anything else there no ar and he was he was to have these plant hire , you know these two , when when his old man used to work us us in the quarry , well this was working up there as well , he had lads working on the plant hire for him .
2 I had left school by then , and I was allowed to choose him myself from a litter .
3 ‘ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold .
4 Understanding Data Communications shows you how to do it yourself in a way you can easily understand .
5 Perhaps illogically , if there is to be any ‘ indulging in personalities ’ , voters prefer to do it themselves on the doorstep rather than to have it done for them .
6 Once the equipment works , the buyers can be encouraged to use it themselves under the salesperson 's supervision .
7 The man 's going to give us them at the end of the stall so that .
8 He is a combination detective , father-confessor , erm psychologist , and the books , although they are somewhat repetitive if you were to read them one after the other , through quite a number , they nonetheless deal I think with very profound erm and difficult themes in American culture .
9 Now as soon as you have the five answers , and if you have n't heard the other four questions , then there will be a chance , as I said , to hear them again next week , when you 've got the five answers , I 'd like you to send me them on a Christmas card please , this is very , very important send them on a Christmas card please , to the following address .
10 ‘ Schatzie , I am going to pay you what for a man of my years is a great compliment .
11 A standard way to intervene with one or more pupils is to ask them something along the lines of ‘ tell me what you 're doing ’ .
12 The best way to learn these modes is to take them one at a time and examine the construction of each one .
13 He was about to ask her what in the world she was doing in the East End when he was reproached by an angry Sally-Anne .
14 So , in the end , I never used to tell them anything about the athletics .
15 And do n't try to tell me everybody in the class can spell that word .
16 look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though
17 ( Stewart Island is roughly twice the size of the Isle of Wight , but has a population of less than 500 souls ) Much more exciting though , is to rent a Cessna from Invercargill 's Douthland Aero Club , get CFI Chris Thompson to come along as safety pilot , and to show you which of the beaches he recommends as landing grounds , since Southern Air a little jealous of other operators using their own airfield in competition to their service .
18 In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker .
19 We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved .
20 To tell you something about the work of other college staff .
21 Before looking at some of the erm details of those practical programmes I would like to tell you something about the principles upon which his mind worked in approaching practical affairs .
22 It may have been presented to the Queen in order to show her something of the impact that Protestantism had made in Italy .
23 He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb .
24 We had to tell him everything about the Stapletons , and he was deeply hurt when he heard the truth about the woman he loved .
25 It conceals , both in Adrian Bromley himself and the enterprize he controls , a powerful dynamic which , in a relatively short period of time , appears to have created the potential to make it something of a jewel in the crown of the C&P operations .
26 During this time it grew dark , the darkness seeming to rise from the river to make it one with the sky .
27 Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ?
28 But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future .
29 But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future .
30 We 're keen to trace him because he might be able to tell us something like a piece of a jigsaw really that may help to put the case together
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