Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter readily agreed , inviting Corbett to walk with him in the silent , shadowy cloisters , taking advantage of the first soft breezes of early summer . |
| 2 | As he mentioned the bird , he turned his back on Lesley-Jane to look at it in the glass case . |
| 3 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 4 | They would come over from Belfast to stay with us in the summers sometimes ; my father used to get on well with Harmsworth , and because I looked after Esmerelda they could have a nice relaxing holiday here . |
| 5 | In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed : |