Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 2 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ? |
| 4 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 5 | I 've been a candidate before , I do n't like to do things badly , since coming into politics I do n't think I have done things badly , I do n't want to fail you and I do n't want you to see me as a failure . |
| 6 | I would like you to wear it for a while . ’ |
| 7 | I need you to cover me fer a couple of hours at th'most . |
| 8 | I want to make the volume of the space tangible , so that it is understood immediately , physically , by your body ; not that the sculpture is a body in relation to your body , but that the volume , through the placement of the two sculptural elements , becomes manifest in a way that allows you to experience it as a whole . |
| 9 | The so the equations they give you your ability to handle equations means really it would be easier for you to do it without a graph , half the time . |
| 10 | ‘ Obviously we have to move fast , so I want you to accompany me to a dinner that the developers are giving tonight . |
| 11 | I advise you to keep him at a distance until you are married . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
| 13 | And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen forever . ’ |
| 14 | Pry now asks you to advise him about a house he wants to buy . |
| 15 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 16 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 17 | I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They play three at the back , but the ability of players like Awford enables them to use it as a springboard for attack as well as a defensive system . |
| 19 | ‘ Would you like me to leave you for a while ? ’ |
| 20 | Isobel read it and sent me to Professor MacFee — an English Professor — with it , and they both helped me to send it to a publisher in London . |
| 21 | He again went to see them and persuaded them to accompany him to a meeting at the police station with Mr McLean on August 24 . |
| 22 | Furthermore , modern medical training may well encourage him to see himself as a scientist applying particular skills to solve a problem , rather than as dealing with people . |
| 23 | The gunman forced him to drive him to a stretch of the A61 near Thirsk , North Yorkshire . |
| 24 | While she was wondering this , holding on to the rail with a wet slippery hand , feeling the heat rise and thicken , the train belched again and this movement , much more powerful than before , shifted and heaved the people around her to enclose her in a kind of human tide . |
| 25 | But he drew back , and taking her hand , forced her to caress him in a way that revolted her . |
| 26 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 27 | The two newspapers reporting this case both focused on his claim that sex taunts from his 56-year-old wife over his impotency provoked him to strangle her with a flex . |
| 28 | Omar learnt that he was related to the Sultan , and we hoped that we might persuade him to provide us with a guide to Aussa . |
| 29 | Wait meekly for her to put you in a box and label you — give you a face to shelter behind , whether it fits or not . |
| 30 | Namely he has expressed his wish to King Leopold of the Belgians and requested him to press us for a withdrawal . |