Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 2 | The rest had followed Hazel when he roused them and , without explanation , told them to go quickly outside the barn . |
| 3 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 4 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 5 | ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon . |
| 6 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 7 | Walking with his gauche , bouncy tread , his shoulders hunched , Nicola 's husband led Blanche and Dexter down the steps into the kitchen and gestured for them to sit down round the kitchen table . |
| 8 | For all the world as if she and Miss Beard were ladies of quality , he ceremoniously handed them into the carriage , the two of them to sit together in the back , while Herbert Fraser sat beside Sean in the front . |
| 9 | You 're preparing me to go out into the street , but I still have to go back to the system first . |
| 10 | Of course the Captain forbade me to go anywhere near the place again . |
| 11 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 12 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 14 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 15 | It was an angle that caused them to fall apart in the end . |
| 16 | In preparation for the ceremony of toppling , a huge power pylon containing the loaves to allow them to fall out into the water , the group made an application to be granted an exemption from the law prohibiting the dumping of waste at sea . |
| 17 | One primary intervention therefore was for me to liaise regularly with the ward so that Mrs Allen was fully informed about the situation . |
| 18 | The Dana andrew had told me to wait here for the girl Trefusis had sent indream after me . |
| 19 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 20 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes she wants me to work hard on the court and she is very serious and at home she is very nice to me . |
| 22 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 23 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |
| 24 | Jasper knelt up on the seats with the rest of them to observe out of the window their progress to Kensington High Street . |
| 25 | The reason is that erm the question of membership seems to me to relate essentially to the ministry of the whole people of God . |
| 26 | Accompanied by two of his closest advisers , foermer Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda and Sanya Dharmasakdi , he appealed to them to work together for the sake of the people and the economy . |
| 27 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 28 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
| 29 | She used the cry of her voice to draw them to her , allowing them first to fly away and then encouraging them to swoop back at the height of their arc of flight . |
| 30 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |