Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 2 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 3 | ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’ |
| 4 | Er put the next bit on for me save me the job say Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang . |
| 5 | Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe she waiting for someone to show her the town . ’ |
| 7 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
| 8 | We have written back to about 200 of them offering them the chance to attend the gymnasium . ’ |
| 9 | We came at last to his office which was basically a roomette like my own : that is to say , it was a seven-by-four-foot space on one side of a central corridor , containing a washbasin , a folding table and two seats , one of which concealed what the timetable coyly called ‘ facilities ’ . |
| 10 | Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy |
| 11 | Of no mean magnetism himself — Lawrence thought highly enough of him to make him the recipient of some of his most excruciating introspections — Curtis was the inspirational force of that curious organization , the Round Table , in whose journal of the same name Lawrence published his article on the new imperialism in the Middle East . |
| 12 | And the certainty of it gave her the strength to smile . |
| 13 | The familiarity of it gave her the urge to work . |
| 14 | ‘ And none of it gave you the right to lie to me . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ Neither of us knew what the other was doing . |
| 16 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 17 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |
| 18 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 19 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 20 | It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress . |
| 21 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 22 | Our personal involvement with them brings them the warmth of human love , while at the same time raising them up and beyond their problems to the love and healing of God . |
| 23 | Let us see the result on the Police Court attendance card , and when you do get a charge or a summons , I will send one of the young constables with you to show you the way to the Police Court , for I expect you have forgotten it . |
| 24 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't imagine Blenkinsop 's going to come up with anything to match what the Admiral had disinterred . |
| 26 | oh I do n't know this , this Eileen said something about they had one the year previous |
| 27 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 28 | The Lord Chancellor said that the new conveyancing scheme , ‘ seems to me to show what the Law Society can do by way of setting appropriate standards of service to the public . |
| 29 | And they do n't mean when we can afford a bigger house or when we 've had the big-deal holiday , but when I 've risen high enough on the corporate ladder to be able to take six months off without everyone forgetting who the hell I am . |
| 30 | Enraged that he should take it on himself to tell her the state of her own business , and bristling at the manner in which he spoke of her precious son , Esther said sharply , ‘ Whatever is or is not in the coffers is nothing whatsoever to do with you ! |