Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Italian club Torino tried to tempt him to the land of loads of lira , but Nigel 's mother put the block on that move . |
| 2 | He made many observations of atmospheric electricity , and tried to relate them to the weather . |
| 3 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 4 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 5 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 6 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 7 | We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about . |
| 8 | His talent for imaginative lying helped to elect him to the Senate after the war as ‘ Tail Gunner Joe ’ . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 10 | ‘ After I 'd talked to Sue , another member of staff helped to introduce me to the residents . |
| 11 | It heralded the end of the session , as Danny 's mood seemed to transmit itself to the others and they too became restless . |
| 12 | I seemed to do anything to the car , mind with the water pump I think they check , they have to er adjust the timing . |
| 13 | Eventually a man from the tower arrived , and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft . |
| 14 | Massingberd-Mundy , then chairman of the panel and a local steward since 1970 , claimed the stewards ' secretary , Major Peter Steveney , threatened to report him to the Jockey Club if he stuck to his personal view that both horses should be disqualified . |
| 15 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 16 | You got to send it to the address |
| 17 | She agreed to accompany me to the building society the next day so that we could withdraw Charlie 's share of the money . |
| 18 | He decided to sell it to the Americans who had bought the triptych . |
| 19 | Jealous voices reminded the Count of this again and again ; eventually he decided to put her to the test . |
| 20 | Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope . |
| 21 | ‘ Sometimes , he would lose his temper and start breaking the furniture ; and his family decided to send him to the maison de santé at Gheel . |
| 22 | Even if resources had been plentiful , Russia lacked the roads and railways she needed to get them to the front . |
| 23 | The harsher the clause , the greater the effort needed to bring it to the attention of the buyer ( see Interfoto Picture Library v. Stiletto Visual Programmes , paragraph 7–03 above ) . |
| 24 | I decided to commit myself to the revolution and in January 1981 , went to the Frente Paracentral , which at that time covered parts of the Departments of Cabanas . |
| 25 | So I would , I and a couple of the fellas went to pull them to the aeroplane graveyard . |
| 26 | ‘ When our family shareholders decided the time had come to sell the company , they offered to sell it to the management team if we could match the price a trade bidder could pay . |
| 27 | In August 1915 the receiver , Mr Coombes , decided he could no longer continue in charge of the club and offered to sell it to the Leeds Northern [ Rugby ] Union Club at Headingley , who were interested . |
| 28 | The girls managed to paddle themselves to the shore , but the boys spent almost an hour before being rescued . |
| 29 | The King of Portugal offered to raise him to the title of Count Torre Bella on condition he took Portuguese nationality . |
| 30 | Their skills were in demand as China struggled to adapt itself to the age of new technology . |