Example sentences of "[indef pn] [to-vb] he [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , there might be situations of doubt ; a man might claim that there was nothing to alert him to the girl 's age ( e.g. a 15-year-old girl , who looks much older , soliciting in a street with other prostitutes ) . |
| 2 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 3 | Later , changing into his dinner jacket in the executive cloakroom , Matthew wished he had thought to ask someone to accompany him to the chairman 's party . |
| 4 | He pulled a face and said less colloquially : ‘ I mean , he 'll be asking someone to accompany him to the police station . ’ |
| 5 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 6 | ‘ There was nobody to touch him on the pitch , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Booth will be hoping for a Private Greens league singles championship , and then an Irish one to put him in the frame for Commonwealth Games selection . |
| 8 | I would n't advise anybody to back him until the day of the race . ’ |
| 9 | I would n't advise anybody to back him until the day of the race . ’ |
| 10 | There was nothing to tie him to the place now . |
| 11 | Warbeck 's knowledge of the Yorkist court , which impressed contemporaries , probably came largely from Brampton , although there is nothing to associate him with the conspiracy itself . |
| 12 | He worries — wrongly , it now seems — that Mr Mitterrand will do anything to cheat him of the succession . |