Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | She advised me to ring the free 0800 number in London . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Listening , she opened it to greet the sandy-haired man who rose to his feet from behind the desk . |
| 9 | ‘ Turn around , ’ she suggested , her hand on his arm as she steered him to face the big window . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Or ‘ You wanted me to have the Tuscan villa , did you not ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Yesterday , we asked you to name the Hindu God of Love . |
| 14 | Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners . |
| 15 | We took her to see the Three Howes , prehistoric mounds on the summit of the moors . |
| 16 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 17 | Merlyn had shown it once , saying they kept it to protect the valuable things they bought . |
| 18 | He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread . |
| 19 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |
| 26 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 27 | He encouraged them to tackle the widespread Highland areas still under survey so that maps and memoirs could be published in an organised manner . |
| 28 | It allowed us to do the same , if we wished , with our churches . ’ |
| 29 | He swivelled it to check the outside wall . |
| 30 | He beckoned her to do the same . |