Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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1 | I had registered for my classes , and Professor Ruiperez had shown me my lecture-rooms , where I had introduced myself to large classes of students , mixed men and women , with a preponderance of women , as is usual in foreign arts faculties . |
2 | Once Eric was in the car they had driven towards Soragna , then by a roundabout route to a big plantation of poplars near the right bank of the Po , where they had directed him to a well-hidden place in the middle . |
3 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
4 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
5 | They were also at the stage when they still found funny voices funny , and Charles had his best audience in years for his Welsh , developed for Under Milk Wood ( ‘ A production which demonstrated everything the theatre can offer , except talent ’ — Nottingham Evening Post ) , his Cornish , as used in Love 's Labour 's Lost ( ‘ Charles Paris 's Costard was about as funny as an obituary notice ’ — New Statesman ) and the voice he had used as a Chinese Broker 's Man in Aladdin ( ‘ My watch said that the show only lasted two and a half hours , so I 've taken it to be repaired ’ — Glasgow Herald ) . |
6 | He is n't here , so I have to take you to the hotel myself . |
7 | I did enjoy myself , once I had accustomed myself to the way the Yanks danced . |
8 | ‘ I 'll give her up once I 've taken you to bed , Rachel , and not before ! ’ |
9 | ‘ You mean why bother ? ’ he said , seeing more than she had meant him to . |
10 | Erm I think it 's important to recognize in rail terms that erm the east coast main line , erm particularly obviously er the section heading north , British Rail would not allow er a new station opening on the east coast main line , so you have to confine yourselves to looking at those which have a a regional railway route . |
11 | Once she had taken them to the cinema and Oliver had been sick with excitement and ice-cream . |
12 | What you do with it once you 've brought it to the surface is another matter : it is enough for now that you acknowledge it is there and begin to discover ways of getting at it . |
13 | Once you 've committed yourself to that theme , the route 's discreet wealth unfolds , and its names are movement and texture . |
14 | People need to account for their time for many different reasons and so your final template may look quite different once you have tailored it to your needs . |
15 | Once you have committed yourself to a policy , you will not usually be able to move your money without considerable financial penalty . |
16 | I think most Prisoners would say that the sex problem worried them less than they had expected it to , but that is not to say that it did not worry most people some of the time and some people all the time . |
17 | Jilly Jonathan was pale but had calmed down after the bout of hysterical weeping that had overcome her once they had got her to the hotel . |
18 | He then says that Caesar does n't seem to let his emotions speak more than his reason , but ( this is the next six or seven lines ) when ambitious young people are starting out , at the bottom of the heap , they are humble and look up with awe , but once they have made it to the top , they scorn all those below them , who have helped them to get there . |
19 | Even moving from high to low cost areas can raise difficulties — employees may doubt that they will ever be able to move back to their home areas or other more expensive regions once they have committed themselves to living in a lower cost housing area . |
20 | But once they have committed themselves to an investment or two , the potential of a larger portfolio appeals , and they plunge beyond the point of easy return . |
21 | It was much bigger than he had imagined it to be . |
22 | Charlotte Ladram was more obviously nervous than he had known her to be on any previous occasion and professed herself reluctant to remain indoors , let alone cook a meal . |
23 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
24 | Penry was tactful enough to leave her to her own devices once he 'd directed her to a chemist . |
25 | Once he 'd introduced me to the Princess , he never said another word . ’ |
26 | Bultmann was primarily a New Testament scholar , and his theological position , once he had settled it to his own satisfaction , remained more or less inflexible thereafter . |
27 | Once he had taken me to Brighton for the day . |
28 | His strategy was that he spent big , to give the club momentum , once he had got us to the top , he knew we were living beyond our means , but hoped that the structure he created would maintain our position . |
29 | Well , you know , once he , once he 's once he 's resigned himself to not getting this back . |
30 | But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is . |