Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 2 | It seems , however , always to have been associated by those who employed it with the idea that Britain 's historic policy towards its dependencies had been to lead them along the path towards self-government — a belief which had for its principal inspiration the history of Canada since the Durham report . |
| 3 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 4 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 5 | His original plan had been to sell her at the Sonepur Mela in Bihar , the world 's largest animal fair and their final destination . |