Example sentences of "agree [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt . |
| 3 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 4 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 7 | Surely he 's agreed to let you buy it back ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 13 | During this time , the cheque is ‘ uncleared ’ and money can not be drawn against it , unless your bank agrees to let you do so . |
| 14 | So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She was impressed , and agreed to let him exhibit some work in one of the long corridors leading from reception to the dining-room . |
| 18 | They went ahead and applied to Hesel Heseltine , who agreed to let them build the power station . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The band agreed to let them issue a cassette containing a free badge and it was clear that both parties were supporting each other . |
| 21 | ‘ We are all culpable in Carlotta 's death , since we agreed to let her stay behind ; we could have ordered her to return . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He agreed to let her go out , but threatened her life if she was to raise the alarm . |
| 23 | So when Grandad 's uncle , Richard Tallentire , asked if they could bring Mother up , they agreed to let her go . |
| 24 | The Vietnamese government agreed to let us work in their country . |
| 25 | ‘ But why would I agree to help you investigate the club if I were a user myself ? ’ |
| 26 | It took six months for us to talk the owner into agreeing to let us rent the place . |