Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to know if I knew this George Paston . |
| 2 | We also wanted to know if anybody had any views on I mean it . |
| 3 | Mr Millan was pressed by Dennis Canavan ( Lab , Falkirk W ) , who wanted to know if he saw any scope in the campaign for a Scottish parliament for EC intervention on subsidiarity — devolving decision-making powers from Brussels to national governments . |
| 4 | For disaster narrowly averted and for disaster to come if she showed any mercy . |
| 5 | ‘ When I bought the VF I left it completely standard because I wanted to establish if I had any talent . |
| 6 | Jessica and Karen , under the eyes of Mrs Roberts , had booked a taxi , and had had to take a farewell brandy with Mr Roberts while it waited , in case he should have gone to work before they rose next morning . |
| 7 | ‘ She thought they 'd better have something to drink so she got some sherry , then she was worried because she 's only got those little glasses you know , little tumblers , and she says they 're only for whisky . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If he turns out to be a feeder for the kidnappers , ’ explained the Captain , ‘ he 'd be too easy to replace if we showed any interest in him . ’ |
| 9 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 10 | Although traditional attitudes towards women were changing gradually , a new sex equality act was needed to allow women to choose whether they worked full time , part time or stayed at home with their children . |
| 11 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 12 | In the meantime , I made inquiries with the old-folk of the village to see if they remembered any house or cottage ever standing on that particular field . |
| 13 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 14 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 15 | I turned to Beamish to see if he had any observation to make , but the trainer was silent , gazing at the big animal expressionlessly . |
| 16 | Dr Kent was with the new patient , and Sister sent her to see if he needed any help . |
| 17 | I have a look in my pockets to see if I got any sweets or anything , but I ai n't . |
| 18 | As she hesitated , she glanced at the loose page to see if it offered any clue to its rightful position in the book . |
| 19 | If Rhoda had gone to see her sister in Eastleech , surely she would have called in to see if she had any messages . |
| 20 | I 'd like to snoop in Harriet 's personal papers — to see if she received any hate mail , like Tom . ’ |
| 21 | To see if she paid any attention to him . |
| 22 | to see if she wanted any messages , corn or meal for the hens , she kept hens . |
| 23 | Yeah , well Mike it comes down to experience if they had five years of |
| 24 | That made McIllvanney a gold-plated pimp , though he preferred to describe himself as a ‘ leisure-agent ’ ; however , he usually had the grace to smile when he used that label . |
| 25 | BILLY Bonds delivered the message the rest of the Premiership is desperate to hear when he left Old Trafford insisting : Manchester United are not invincible . |
| 26 | Preoccupied with thoughts of her school and its organisation — she must get brochures printed and order equipment-there would be much redecoration and rearrangement of the rooms at Moorlake she would have a million and one things to do before she got this project airborne — Sara looked at him blankly . |
| 27 | Noboru Takeshita had to go because he received undeclared sums of money from the Recruit publishing-to-property conglomerate . |
| 28 | My name is Scruff and I am a very good dog but I 'm awfully expensive to keep because I needed two operations and I am still not fully recovered . |
| 29 | But his own reasoning was different : there were questions he wanted to ask and things he wanted to consider before it became common knowledge that MacQuillan had received a threat typed on a newsroom machine . |
| 30 | The Crown Prosecution Service is studying newspapers which published his name and picture to determine whether they committed any offence under the Children and Young Persons Act , because the suspect is under 18 . |