Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think events proved that she had come to know me a little better , and talked to me , and tried to find out what I was planning and what I was doing , and how David 's career was going , and co-operated with me to assist David , I think he would have had a much happier period ahead of him . ’ |
| 2 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 3 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 4 | ‘ Hello , good morning , I 've come to give you a driving lesson . |
| 5 | This outline specification is included to give you a summary of this new award . |
| 6 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 7 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 8 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 9 | It 's a short course , developed on scientific principles , designed to give you a basic grounding in the vocabulary , usage and pronunciation of Japlish . |
| 10 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 11 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |
| 12 | These changes , and those arising from the Act , are designed to give you a more efficient and an even better service — above all , a service that puts you , the patient , first . |
| 13 | The course is designed to give you a grasp of the basic rules and how to apply them through the means of classroom teaching , practical activities , brainstormers , puzzles and the use of the microcomputer . |
| 14 | Exercise 11.5 is designed to give you an idea of how this might work . |
| 15 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 16 | If that dwarf , Tariq , is permitted to build them a bomb … ’ |
| 17 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 18 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 19 | However , you will be expected to pay her a fee , as weddings do provide part of the local church organist 's salary . |
| 20 | ‘ E's my brother , miss , and 'e 's come to pay yer a visit , ’ I answered nervously . |
| 21 | Just guess who 's come to pay you a little visit ! ’ |
| 22 | I 've come to ask you a favour . ’ |
| 23 | The headmaster had a large store of quotations designed to show what a nice , easygoing bloke Muhammad was . |
| 24 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 25 | Sally-Anne had never before understood the necessity to be absolutely precise in everything she did , and Matey 's training , designed to make her a good maid , was beginning to affect her habits in every other part of her life . |
| 26 | This government have to be made to realize what a cruel blow it has struck on the very weakest sections of the community , the unemployed and the five and half million pensioners living in poverty . |
| 27 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 28 | Days later , when I had decided to find myself a less cushy job , someone telephoned me and said , –You are ruining my life . ’ |
| 29 | But Estabrook had grown to trust him a little , even so . |
| 30 | He was just one of these players prepared to try something a bit different every now and again — which is laudable . |