Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 2 | He asked Ken to walk him along the Rue Dante . |
| 3 | Holberg asked Marie to take him across the water and he left a note about that meeting in his eighty-seventh Epistle . |
| 4 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 5 | In 1915 Modigliani asked Lipchitz to introduce him to the small group of Jewish artists living in La Ruche , the beehive-shaped building with small studios in Le Passage Dantzig . |
| 6 | This , however , is not the thinking — and it may be presumptuous — that moved BBC2 to hit us between the frontal lobes with Jonathan Miller 's states of mind ( 20 February ) , a series that will march on for 15 weeks in the cause of bringing us up to date with what is happening in psychology . |
| 7 | A few days later , when Churchill invited Attlee to accompany him to the Potsdam conference — which was due to meet before the election result would be known — Harold Laski , as chairman of the National Executive , warned Attlee publicly that he should go ‘ in the role of observer only ’ , because Labour would expect to have a distinctive foreign policy thereafter . |
| 8 | Her friend Angela , who worked for Tiller every year in pantomime , asked Jane to accompany her to the stage door of the Hippodrome Theatre , Manchester , to pick up a contract . |
| 9 | They hired dragomans to escort them round the tombs and temples in the shade of parasols . |
| 10 | Alexander was too far gone in his cups to detect the sarcasm but he looked at Corbett , licked his lips greedily and , snatching up a brimming cup , lurched to his feet and gestured Corbett to follow him to the far end of the room . |
| 11 | In 1984 " Union Jack " Hayward received £50,000 to console him for the untrue allegation that he was involved in a murder plot . |
| 12 | She detailed Amy to take them into the interview room and give them tea and stay with them , and she and Ben went alongside the trolley into Resus . |
| 13 | In 1928 screen goddess Gloria Swanson hired Stroheim to direct her in the lavish Queen Kelly , but after he had wasted $600,000 on meaningless footage , Swanson fired him . |
| 14 | Her father , a greengrocer , had stabled the pony behind the shop in the middle of town , fed it on sprouts and boiled potatoes and encouraged Nutty to turn it into a show-jumper . |
| 15 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 16 | He allowed Jane to sit him by the table and then damp down his hair with water — ice cold and brackish ! — from the ewer . |
| 17 | He pushed open the door and allowed Catherine to precede him into the studio . |
| 18 | St Augustine similarly asked God to keep him in a " chaste desire " during sleep , and protect him from dreams which , " owing to animal images " , might lead him " to pollution " . |
| 19 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 20 | She needed Julius to make her into a complete person . |
| 21 | Father got Eric to help him with the clearing-up and repairs while I took myself and Paul out from under their feet . |
| 22 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 23 | On 27 November 1609 Bowyer succeeded to the office of clerk of the parliaments and shortly afterwards brought Elsynge to assist him in the House of Lords . |
| 24 | If I say no you 'll think I persuaded Peter to marry me as a sort of grab-it-quick opportunity that might not come again ! ’ |
| 25 | I took all these points on board , and indeed took care to explain them to the volunteers before we began work . |
| 26 | They ordered her to strip , then took turns to rape her in a terrifying hour-long ordeal . |
| 27 | Both of them took turns to kick him in the mouth and eyes . |
| 28 | Which is the advice you 'd get if you asked Elonex to supply you with an accounting package . |
| 29 | This statement was approved by the law officers , who very properly insisted that Profumo should also be advised by his own independent solicitor ( a partner in the well-known firm of Theodore Goddard ) who , having read the statement , also approved it and recommended Profumo to make it to the House . |
| 30 | The producer , who was himself about to take the reins of the tour as it moved on to the regions of Britain as the Coca Cola Hit Man roadshow with Sinitta , Sonia and others from his stable below Kylie on the bill , said plans to take her to a major stadia like Wembley had been quickly dismissed . |