Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also wants recommendations on what action should be taken in future to investigate serious complaints properly ; whether auditors should have a duty placed on them to report to the DTI separately where a company has critical financial problems ; and whether compensation should be paid to Land Travel 's victims . |
| 2 | She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much . |
| 3 | This disagreement led to a reconciliation on the tenth morning culminating in a bout of furious unaccustomed holiday sex ( the kind you do n't get anywhere else ) , which in turn led them to wander onto the beach much later in the day , feeling sheepish and rather pleased with themselves . |
| 4 | The German gunners reply crashing in a couple of minutes later caused pat and I to get on the floor fast . |
| 5 | That left only Annabelle and me to help with the washing up . |
| 6 | One last thing : I forbid you to go to the woods again . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a very special person I want you to meet at the concert tomorrow . |
| 8 | If you 'll be Confirmed in Faith I 'll never ask you to come to the church again . |
| 9 | ‘ I want you to put off the library today , ’ she would say . |
| 10 | This will enable you to practise from the moment when you are called . |
| 11 | Well , Mrs Brown , was it difficult for you to get to the toilet yesterday ? |
| 12 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 13 | How his ancestors had left the meat that Queen Victoria had sent over to them to fight in the streets rather than accept help from the English . |
| 14 | and partly because I had to have an operation which meant that it would n't be easy for me to live in the flats any longer . |
| 15 | There was good reason for him to remain at the helm now , too : the wind was freshening and veering , so that it was coming close to dead astern . |
| 16 | He pulled the door to behind him — he was reasonably certain there was nothing for him to see in the engine-room anyway — and stooped to examine the three dead men . |
| 17 | He invited him to come into the cottage out of the wet . |
| 18 | Did you train him to wee on the thingie now ? |
| 19 | Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point ? |
| 20 | They got the harness off him , and turned him to bleed into the grass rather than into his own throat . |
| 21 | He urged her to run into the house out of the rain and leave the work to him , but she declined ; the crates were heavy and awkward for one person to handle , and after all it was what she 'd come for . |
| 22 | Theda murmured , unable to help admiring Rose 's social address , which enabled her to gloss over the incident so easily . |
| 23 | She collapsed , they turned her out of the house , and literally left her to die on the pavement outside . |
| 24 | Rachel cheers me up by saying she was leaving anyhow , and if he wants her to pay for the night then she will and to hell with it . |
| 25 | But , you know , there may be many other reasons why it is important for him to get to the top so quickly . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing in the provisions of this Article shall be taken to require a person to repeat any testing , examination or research which has been carried out otherwise than by him or at his instance , in so far as it is reasonable for him to rely on the results thereof for the purposes of those provisions . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You sure you do n't want me to check with the restaurant again before I go , señora ? ’ |
| 28 | Frequently he would stop on his walk around the teams on a Sunday , and at least on one occasion he advised me to break from the scrum more often ( in those days airmen scrum-halfs played to orders ) . |
| 29 | Apply moisturiser every morning , before makeup , allowing it to sink into the skin thoroughly . |
| 30 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |