Example sentences of "agree [to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In making his diplomatic push , Mr Bush agreed to continue US support for Unita , which has been receiving a covert aid programme of between $40-$50m ( £25-£30m ) a year .
2 He had a wealth of stories she had loved to listen to , and in return had agreed to help him begin a proper catalogue of his collection .
3 Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt .
4 My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’
5 But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks .
6 And her father , no slouch on the Nordic circuit himself , has agreed to let her take five years out of education to become a champion .
7 ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live .
8 Surely he 's agreed to let you buy it back ? ’
9 Suddenly her daughter telephoned me and said , ‘ My mother asked if you could come as she has agreed to let you have those two things you wanted .
10 Following his talk , Mr Denton has kindly agreed to let us publish a map containing his outline for a Shropshire Metro and has contributed some notes .
11 To find out four people all well known in their fields agreed to let us find the details of their financial , health , police , and other records .
12 Well yeah but the beauty is now Arthur 's agreed to let us put it on pallets , we can start unloading the containers without the elevator .
13 The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) announced on Feb. 3 that Libya had agreed to allow it to inspect any sites rumoured to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons .
14 As the DES have agreed to update HE forecasts regularly such a development would be timely .
15 Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’
16 During this time , the cheque is ‘ uncleared ’ and money can not be drawn against it , unless your bank agrees to let you do so .
17 So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me .
18 Mrs Zamzam agreed to let me photograph her and she sat a little unsteadily beside the wall of her home just in front of the cherry tree .
19 But then he asked her what she was knitting , so she had to answer him , and after that she agreed to let him tap her chest with his rubber hammer , peer into her ears with his pencil light , and press the back of her tongue with one of Mrs Hollidaye 's silver apostle teaspoons .
20 She was impressed , and agreed to let him exhibit some work in one of the long corridors leading from reception to the dining-room .
21 They went ahead and applied to Hesel Heseltine , who agreed to let them build the power station .
22 As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge .
23 The band agreed to let them issue a cassette containing a free badge and it was clear that both parties were supporting each other .
24 ‘ We are all culpable in Carlotta 's death , since we agreed to let her stay behind ; we could have ordered her to return . ’
25 ‘ He agreed to let her go out , but threatened her life if she was to raise the alarm .
26 So when Grandad 's uncle , Richard Tallentire , asked if they could bring Mother up , they agreed to let her go .
27 The Vietnamese government agreed to let us work in their country .
28 Under an agreement brokered by the Commonwealth Secretariat , the Council agreed to allow him to return as chief and as head of the royal family , but not as monarch .
29 If the Minister holds meetings on the poultry industry , why does not his hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border ( Mr. Maclean ) , the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , agree to meet me to discuss the case of my constituent Mr. Johnston , a duck producer from Sharnidubs , who has been shabbily treated by the Ministry ?
30 Although we , you agree to pay we have not received the amount shown .
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