Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must confirm to you at the time of booking that there is a free or reduced price holiday still available on the departure date you require . |
| 2 | But in 1348 the Earl of Arundel , who was Warenne 's sister 's husband and sole legitimate heir , petitioned the king to revoke this agreement , for it would ‘ disinherit the petitioner of his right to premises which should descend to him in the event of the death of the earl … without lawful heir . |
| 3 | the thing is that something must happen to them by the time they reach the age of twenty three that makes us want to marry them . |
| 4 | If any readers would like to receive a free copy of an information sheet I have produced on the types of environmental audits and what they can achieve they should write to me at the address below : |
| 5 | People who are interested should write to me at the address below . |
| 6 | ‘ I must talk to you during the nature walk , ’ he went on , ‘ and tell you what is going on here . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is not often , ’ said Hugh with a rueful smile , ‘ that I must listen to you as the devil 's advocate , where a youngster in trouble is concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll explain to you about the course , and the exams the rest of it . |
| 10 | ‘ Right then , George , I 'll see to it after the holidays ! |
| 11 | ‘ Some answer might come to you in the middle of the night , and if it does n't , you can tackle Faye about it tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , let's just say that it 's crossed your mind that maybe , maybe if you stay long enough in this place it 'll get to you in the same way as it got to me . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll talk to you at the house ! ’ |
| 14 | It is sometimes worth telling your audience at the beginning : ‘ Many questions may occur to you in the course of this report . |
| 15 | perhaps , you 'd speak to us at the next council meeting , then . |
| 16 | But they 'd get to her in the end . |
| 17 | ‘ Then I 'd talk to him about the socio-economic roots of poverty . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If you could talk to her about the amnio … ’ |
| 19 | Some amazing events may happen to you during the coming year — events which confirm or test your faith . |
| 20 | I used to talk to Him on the wireless — still do sometimes . |
| 21 | We used to refer to him as the man of principle . |
| 22 | He would refer to it as the ‘ funny stuff what makes me happy , ’ claiming to live for it . |
| 23 | We label this line AD and shall refer to it as the aggregate demand curve . |
| 24 | Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ? |
| 25 | And yet the story which the people of Dodona will tell about the black dove from Egypt becoming their oracle would surely arise because the foreign woman 's language would sound to them like the twittering of birds . |
| 26 | In what he called " emphysema weather " , he did not venture out at all and in his last years one member of the firm , Peter du Sautoy , would report to him on the business being conducted — what books had been accepted , for example . |
| 27 | As these appear as themes threaded through the discussion it may be useful to identify them here , although I shall return to them at the end of the chapter . |
| 28 | This possibility is important and we shall return to it at the end of this section . |
| 29 | ‘ Patsy was told by both fortune tellers that something would happen to her before the New Year — that an attempt would be made on her life , ’ he said . |
| 30 | What would happen to it in the future ? |