Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
| 2 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
| 3 | Ask them to write me a reference so I got form to fill in to send off for something but I 've got ta write something . |
| 4 | Inspector Redpath and the ordinary police made hundreds of inquiries on land , but could learn nothing to indicate who the dead man was , or how or where he met his death . |
| 5 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
| 6 | Get that splendid girl of yours to give me a date or two and I 'll see if we can fix something up fairly promptly . ’ |
| 7 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 8 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 9 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 10 | This should be enough to convince someone to give you a chance . |
| 11 | He needed someone to throw him a lifeline and I decided it might as well be me . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe she waiting for someone to show her the town . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I will get someone to show you the way , ’ he added , reaching for the bell . |
| 14 | ‘ They are sending someone to show us the way . ’ |
| 15 | Her eyes sought out his to divine what the real mood was : Hope jammed her gaze with a glazed and bland smile . |
| 16 | He wanted someone to make him a prototype . |
| 17 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 18 | He had disappeared entirely , leaving me to wonder what the hell he was playing at . |
| 19 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 20 | But he could n't bring himself to give it a serious answer . |
| 21 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 22 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 23 | England found nobody to do what the Pakistan quickies — Wasim Akram in particular — had done to them . |
| 24 | The flowers of the garden mourned for Virginia Creeper , with nobody to restrain them the flowers had left their beds and were running riot . |
| 25 | Enraged that he should take it on himself to tell her the state of her own business , and bristling at the manner in which he spoke of her precious son , Esther said sharply , ‘ Whatever is or is not in the coffers is nothing whatsoever to do with you ! |
| 26 | Would you like me to buy you a foot bath ? |
| 27 | I kept waving to Mike but he took no notice , and if I hang about here Otley will only ask me to fetch him a slice of ox and then I shall be sick . |
| 28 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |
| 29 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 30 | ‘ Mademoiselle Rossignol , it 's very kind of you to spare me a little of your time … ’ |