Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 2 | And I told her to keep the twenty for that stuff in there . |
| 3 | I told you to keep the new ones separate . |
| 4 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 5 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 6 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 7 | She advised me to ring the free 0800 number in London . |
| 8 | ‘ She told me to get the small details right from the start — things like hair , clothes , likes and dislikes — because it 's the small details that define an individual . ’ |
| 9 | Listening , she opened it to greet the sandy-haired man who rose to his feet from behind the desk . |
| 10 | ‘ Turn around , ’ she suggested , her hand on his arm as she steered him to face the big window . |
| 11 | She did nothing to help the stricken families , to advise , or to offer information on either the Social Work Department 's rights and responsibilities , or those of the parents . |
| 12 | We undertook to , you sorry , you authorised us to de-recognise the three unions that were recognised in that field , if the unions agreed , I have to report that two of them have , and the other one naturally , discussions are still going on . |
| 13 | Jezrael 's heart beat faster but she forced herself to slow the shallow breathing of panic . |
| 14 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 15 | As she lay down in bed and put out her light , she forced herself to recall the latest chapter , completed a few days before , and fell asleep mulling over the next . |
| 16 | Or ‘ You wanted me to have the Tuscan villa , did you not ? ’ |
| 17 | We asked her to describe the other members of her group , and she told us that it was composed largely of female relatives , their mates and children . |
| 18 | Yesterday , we asked you to name the Hindu God of Love . |
| 19 | Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners . |
| 20 | We took her to see the Three Howes , prehistoric mounds on the summit of the moors . |
| 21 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 22 | Merlyn had shown it once , saying they kept it to protect the valuable things they bought . |
| 23 | And they chose themselves to have the ruling family to be the Al Sabar family . |
| 24 | He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread . |
| 25 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |
| 26 | It asked him to omit the Foreign Secretary 's residence , and although generally to conform to the 1856 conditions , he should ascertain Hammond 's latest requirements and find out if the building could be reduced in size . |
| 27 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 28 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 29 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 30 | He used it to describe the new age of Western history which , according to Toynbee , began in the 1870s with the simultaneous globalization of Western culture and the re-empowerment of non-Western states . |