Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 2 | A group of vengeful noblemen invited him to dine with them one evening , served him poisoned food and wine and then set about murdering him — a process that was anything but straightforward . |
| 3 | She made friendly overtures , invited her to stay in their large , warm , scenic , colourful , untidy house in Sussex , told Alix to live for herself and look to the future , offered to look after the baby whenever Alix needed a break . |
| 4 | Sister told me to wait outside her open duty-room door and watch all that was going on . |
| 5 | Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance . |
| 6 | I did n't have much faith in him when I first spoke to him , but apparently he told her to stand on her own two feet . |
| 7 | When we entered the local office to add yet more to my daughter 's investments , the helpful cashier advised us to switch from her existing account , requiring 90 days ’ notice of withdrawals to an instant access ‘ Prime Gold ’ account which had been available for some time , and in fact paid higher interest . |
| 8 | In England older men could get contract work for hedging and ditching , maintaining public spaces , or minor building repairs , which allowed them to work at their own pace . |
| 9 | What er encouraged you to move from your first shop t t t t t t t to Valley Stores ? |
| 10 | Having chosen Ernulf , Anselm allowed him to work in his own way . |
| 11 | Two days later she allowed him to stand in her stable while she ate . |
| 12 | The way it is at present , we can not , we can not get more loot to put into the new project but the bank manager , i.e. the Chancellor of the Exchequer , reminded us a few months ago that the other way of funding our projects he encouraged us to look at our current assets and if possible liquidate some of that asset and fund it , or or use it to fund our new schemes and this Mr Mayor is what we should be doing . |
| 13 | It made no sense at all , but she was too tired and emotionally battered herself to rationalise about it any more . |
| 14 | Meechai told reporters that so-called " sex tourists " were no longer welcome in Thailand , and warned them to remain in their own countries " and exploit their own women and children " . |
| 15 | This prompted me to look through my own collection , where I discovered a copy dated August 1931 , priced 2/ |
| 16 | Although he sometimes wondered if the Doctor was dangerous , he needed him to return to his own time . |
| 17 | No one got him to expand on his Irish policy , just as no one got Mr Kinnock to say whether he followed the Tory policy on Ireland ( whatever that is ) or the policy of the last Labour Conference which calls for a United Ireland . |
| 18 | He raised with me certain personal problems that he was facing and I asked him to come to my regular constituency surgery to discuss matters in more detail . |
| 19 | But Henry II took into his own hands the county of Cornwall and all the Earl 's estates in England , Wales and Normandy and kept them to provide for his youngest son John , allowing only a small portion to go to Reginald 's daughters . |
| 20 | Staff much preferred the " empty shell " type of program which enabled them to put in their own subject content . |
| 21 | Marjorie helps him on with his camelhair overcoat , a garment she persuaded him to buy against his better judgement , for it hangs well below his knees and , he thinks , accentuates his short stature , as well as making him look like a prosperous bookie . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , she was a handsome woman and very competent and Modi persuaded her to pose for him nude . |
| 23 | The former nurse said : ‘ It was probably just as well I knew what to do from my nursing days . ’ |
| 24 | Before long Gaveston was given the hitherto exclusively royal title of earl of Cornwall , an affront to the established councillors and nobility which he did nothing to palliate by his swaggering arrogance , especially at Edward 's coronation in which he played a leading role ; just as outrageous were the lands and revenues which went with titles , office and power . |
| 25 | You would come darkly near and let me feed on your open mouth , while with a generosity that was ready to offer you everything , my heart , my throat , my entrails , I gave you to hold in your awkward fist the sceptre of my passion . ’ |
| 26 | In religious communities and seminaries most priests never received Communion ( except on Maundy Thursday ) in a community mass , but removed themselves to celebrate on their own with a single server . |
| 27 | Mike , furious , could see that Adam clearly felt he had nothing to fear from his little brother . |
| 28 | But in the immediate wake of the October 19 crash , IBM 's most serious rival , Comdisco , disclosed that it had lost $100m in a business that had nothing to do with its main occupation of leasing and trading IBM equipment . |
| 29 | It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies . |
| 30 | He was bewitched , she could see that ; changed into something else , as Fand and the other Women had been — something that had nothing to do with his real self . |