Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 2 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 3 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 4 | He used it to describe the new age of Western history which , according to Toynbee , began in the 1870s with the simultaneous globalization of Western culture and the re-empowerment of non-Western states . |
| 5 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |
| 6 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 7 | He encouraged them to tackle the widespread Highland areas still under survey so that maps and memoirs could be published in an organised manner . |
| 8 | He swivelled it to check the outside wall . |
| 9 | He beckoned her to do the same . |
| 10 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 11 | He wanted it to replace the official versions in the liturgy . |