Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 2 | Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt . |
| 3 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 4 | Well yeah but the beauty is now Arthur 's agreed to let us put it on pallets , we can start unloading the containers without the elevator . |
| 5 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 6 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |