Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She expected everyone to live up to her own high moral standards and there was an overwhelming feeling that if you did not , you had somehow failed . ’ |
| 2 | Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again . |
| 3 | Mum an , mum and dad expected me to come up last week |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 5 | His only concern was for his own men and for the standards and traditions he expected them to live up to . |
| 6 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 7 | I expected them to learn how to read . |
| 8 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 9 | It amused me to think back to my life in London . |
| 10 | These interests of defending and sustaining the capitalist mode of production led them to act collectively against both the old landowning ruling class and the new working class ( proletariat ) of landless factory workers created by this profound change . |
| 11 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 12 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
| 13 | Although part of the same expedition , Gould 's and Sturt 's different objectives led them to work independently . |
| 14 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 15 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 16 | Indeed , the study by Hanmer and Saunders ( 1984 ) suggested that women 's low expectations of police assistance led them to become ever more dependent upon other men who were also untrustworthy . |
| 17 | The emphasis that Calvinists placed upon the majesty of God led them to condemn as blasphemous any attempts to tinker with the supernatural , and thus their reaction to calamities was to accept them as part of God 's inscrutable purpose — the working out of a divine providence which governed all human affairs . |
| 18 | I can see why he asked me to sit down ! |
| 19 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 20 | The organization which you asked me to set up now exists , at least in embryo . |
| 21 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 22 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
| 23 | ‘ Then , about a month later , he asked me to go up to Camp David while he and his family were using the facility . |
| 24 | Yeah eh she asked me to go over to John |
| 25 | She asked me to go too . ’ |
| 26 | Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil . |
| 27 | So I was put in a total quandary when my partners asked me to go out and do just that , ’ she says . |
| 28 | Perhaps the toner fluid intoxicated her — there were over a hundred sheets to copy — or maybe it was the lack of air in the photocopying room , but after we had done and she had commented favourably on the comprehensive and detailed nature of the notes , she asked me to go out with her . |
| 29 | They asked me to go there for an interview , and from that they recommended a therapist who would see me at her home . |
| 30 | ‘ No , David asked me to go back for coffee but I refused . ’ |