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 . |