Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked Ken to walk him along the Rue Dante . |
| 2 | Holberg asked Marie to take him across the water and he left a note about that meeting in his eighty-seventh Epistle . |
| 3 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He allowed Jane to sit him by the table and then damp down his hair with water — ice cold and brackish ! — from the ewer . |
| 13 | He pushed open the door and allowed Catherine to precede him into the studio . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | She needed Julius to make her into a complete person . |
| 16 | Father got Eric to help him with the clearing-up and repairs while I took myself and Paul out from under their feet . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ! ’ |
| 19 | Which is the advice you 'd get if you asked Elonex to supply you with an accounting package . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Tommy winked at Rose , then left Charlie to join her at the far end of the bar . |
| 22 | Kim Philby , who had got a job at last with SOE and was working to get into SIS , fed rumours to the Russians that Hitler was behind the flight , and wanted Churchill to join him on an eastward march , or at least stay neutral while he did the job himself . |
| 23 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |