Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ignored me until forced to ask a professional query , and then asked it of my cap . |
| 2 | I advise you when composing to consider not only the musical , but also the unmusical public . |
| 3 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 4 | He heaves himself from his swivel-chair , pulls a green bottle from his middle-management mini-fridge , spills most of its contents over me while struggling to insert it between my cracked and contorted lips . |
| 5 | ‘ Though if he 's not selected , I shall downgrade him and Sally Newcombe will ride him because continuing to compete at that level is such an emotional strain on him ’ . |
| 6 | She was helped into the gardens of paradise by a number 33 bus , which had reversed over her while trying to execute a three-point turn outside the Polka Theatre , but some people still claimed that her death was , in part anyway , due to a broken heart . |
| 7 | Rather , he accepts as a sufficient reason for following a prescription the fact that it is prescribed by someone acknowledged by him as entitled to rule . |
| 8 | Newspaper announcement , June 1794 : ‘ The public are most respectfully informed that Mr Edmund Bond ( late a Pupil of the Veterinary College ) has undergone an Examination before the Medical Committee , and the following is a Copy of their Report : These are to certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a Resident Pupil for Eighteen Months , and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art . |
| 9 | He received his certificate which stated : ‘ These are to Certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a resident pupil for 18 months and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art ’ . |
| 10 | You 've decided you would like to make love to me after all and what better way to do it than trying to win your way into my bed with flattery ? ’ |
| 11 | Any such investigations as the respondent seeks could easily lead to such a conflict , and I would only support it if compelled to do so by clear authority . |
| 12 | When they arrived at Beaconville , where three elderly people lived together , Mrs Abigail gave her one dinner to carry but she dropped it while trying to open the hall-door . |
| 13 | Take it to the sink and run water through it while trying to rotate the impeller . |
| 14 | The monologue came to an end when she reached the office , where she slammed the door , then leaned against it while trying to clear the anger from her mind . |
| 15 | The benefit for Cornhill was its ‘ awareness level ’ ( the number of people who mentioned it when asked to name an insurance company ) , which shot up from 2 per cent in 1977 to 17 per cent in 1981 . |
| 16 | Denis had had to reveal it when applying to join — they 'd have found out anyway that his father had been in the RIC . |
| 17 | Second , Mrs Allen was encouraged to rest her leg as much as possible and to elevate it when sitting to encourage venous return and prevent the development of dependent oedema . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that , as the company puts it , Quorn is ‘ a distant relative of the mushroom ’ , but it would be equally true to describe it as related to mould , toadstools and dry rot . |
| 19 | The UK , however , is far from happy about the prospect and sees it as helping to create a paradise for criminals , terrorists and drug traffickers . |
| 20 | This was quite untenable to Barratt and Taylor and in a letter Taylor complained that there never had been such a requirement in any mining lease and any experienced miner would reject it as attempting to enforce an impossibility . |
| 21 | Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so . |
| 22 | ‘ He does n't tell me whether to go to meet my friends . |
| 23 | Whichever strategy is adopted there are going to be problems and it is important to be tuned into them when trying to interpret research in psychobiology . |
| 24 | Sociologists and social anthropologists now have a clearer understanding of the nature of their propositions , seeing them as attempts to provide interpretative accounts of one social group 's ways of living to another group , which has a different set of values and assumptions . |
| 25 | He even jumped on me when asked to pose for a photo and , towering above me with his paws on my shoulders , gave me the most enormous , slobbering lick imaginable . |
| 26 | A worse incident happened to me when invited to preach at a special service in a small church which was well filled for the occasion . |