Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself . |
| 2 | Could anybody have seen you to associate you with the car even ? ’ |
| 3 | Lucien wondered whether Walterkin had bribed her to let him into the cubicle . |
| 4 | But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning , without the encouragement of her valentine . |
| 5 | In so doing , he has enabled me to tell you of the matter — in the fervent hope that you will discover a means of informing the queen my mother of our case . ’ |
| 6 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've just hired someone to help you with the children , and I 've already laid on a cleaning lady . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that you 've found someone to help you with the children at last , ’ he said , sitting down on the sofa beside her . |
| 9 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
| 10 | Mr Davies ' letter concluded : ‘ You have asked us to notify you of the potential implications in relation to costs . |
| 11 | They 've asked us to provide them with the finance one container , that 's five hundred pound , plus two hundred pound transport , which will be matched by the community council if we do it . |
| 12 | Mr Sunderland himself had driven her home in his car , and she had begged him to leave her at the gate so as not to alarm her family . |
| 13 | Her forehead shines whitely above the dark glasses ; she has not been well but the resting home has allowed her to visit us for the afternoon . |
| 14 | Nurse Willow had already warned her to put it in the crib . ’ |