Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pineapple pyramids : I always felt that the Jews made them to mourn all the slaves before them that the Egyptians had broken with building their mighty pyramids . ’ |
| 2 | Jean-Claude expected me to respect all his fads — especially the fuss and nonsense about the particular brand of coffee-beans he must have , and how he had to grind them himself , give the machine at least one hundred turns , sit comfortably . |
| 3 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 4 | You expected me to hate this one , did n't you ? |
| 5 | These researchers soon went beyond this narrow brief , and their study of the Bible and various other historical sources led them to formulate many of the theories which were later embodied in the royal supremacy . |
| 6 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 7 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 8 | ( Note : in order to answer this type of question it is necessary to look at what was counted as explanation by this school , i.e. what led them to believe this ? ) |
| 9 | They immediately commissioned me to photograph this expensive restaurant nearby . |
| 10 | It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 12 | I says I want to learn sommat so I went to and I do n't know what it was , whether it was my attitude , but they , they asked me to do this and I was so good at it , so they started finding jobs for me and it was at and I was anxious for knowledge , and I tell you took anything on , which is important and the big firms did n't . |
| 13 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 14 | When Douglas asked me to take this over , he said initially that my job would be to book the excursion bus , and liaise with the caterers . |
| 15 | She asked me to say that for the record . |
| 16 | And since I was coming in to town she asked me to get some more . |
| 17 | I had a number of telephone conversations with him , and an interim letter dated 7 January in which he suggested , or asked me to suggest several possible dates . |
| 18 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 19 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 20 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 21 | ‘ Details , of course , will take time and come later , but that 's my general philosophy ; that 's what you would get if you asked me to complete this job for you . ’ |
| 22 | He asked me to reconsider this . |
| 23 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I forgot , Maureen asked me to bring this . ’ |
| 25 | Referring back to that list of priorities led me to address this thorny issue once more , only this time less from the point of view of a recording being merely compared with other recordings ( or some mean recorded standard ) , than the level of execution which the scores themselves would appear to invite . |
| 26 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
| 27 | We asked them to put some |
| 28 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 29 | I got them to try all the recipes in the book — even a mouthful of chitterlings . |
| 30 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |