Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … .
2 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
3 A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules .
4 It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved .
5 What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure .
6 Specially commissioned by The Tea Council , Teapot 2000 has a unique design that allows you to brew it to the exact strength you like , from the first cup to the last .
7 Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places .
8 ‘ I want you to phone me on the usual number at eleven , old chum , and do n't fail . ’
9 So these channels sh show significant although not er sig al although not extensive sequence homology with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor which enables you to place them in the same class of being er a ligand er binding channel .
10 I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … .
11 You told me to put it in the safe place .
12 Are we to protect them from the social effects of spreading industry about the countryside ?
13 ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow .
14 So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me .
15 A series which is broadcast each week has a number of features designed into it to help viewers recognise " their " programme and encourage them to watch it at the same time every week .
16 Gina forced him to staple it to the living-room wall behind the settee and opposite the television .
17 I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station .
18 She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place .
19 She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time .
20 May we allow Him to lead us into the unknown , may we draw our courage from Him and may we place our trust in His loving kindness .
21 ‘ A few seconds , ’ she replied , allowing him to help her onto the adjacent bar stool .
22 Forcing herself to assume a composure she was far from feeling , Gina allowed him to usher her from the small lobby behind the front door into a living-room of graceful proportions .
23 Penry put his arm round her to shepherd her towards the moving row of taxis .
24 This time there was no need for him to force her up the dark steps of the barn ; she walked in front of him determinedly .
25 She had scarcely recovered her composure from that frantic evening before he invited her to join him on the royal yacht Britannia during Cowes Week .
26 Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room .
27 WordPerfect on it to compare it with the other one and it was I er said
28 In the corner of one of their fields the younger brother 's wife built a shelter of leaves and twigs draped across with a shawl and put her baby beneath it to shield her from the alternate onslaughts of sun and showers .
29 ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative .
30 ‘ Allow me to introduce you to the new Mrs Morey . ’
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