Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to see them first hand . |
| 2 | You wait to see them next morning , but they do n't come back . |
| 3 | One of them came to see me last night when I got back from Paris . |
| 4 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 5 | Madeleine came up to see me last Monday for a couple of days and arrived with a sore throat too , so she had a well deserved rest after the excesses of their very social Christmas and life and also encouraged me , the weather and the throats keeping us indoors , to do some MUCH needed turning out . |
| 6 | ‘ Where was all that kindness , courtesy , and respect when you tried to seduce me last night ? ’ she demanded , glaring at him . |
| 7 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 8 | When I was ten years old I was taken by my parents to see my first play at the Royal Theatre . |
| 9 | I went on an induction course down in Bournemouth , which was all technical , er , I came back to see my first clients , and I cringed at the thought of it . |
| 10 | Raschid who is here today was President and I attended with my own Table Chairman at that time David who not only encouraged me to attend my first A G M but encouraged me to get involved involved in ri in Round Table right from the very onset . |
| 11 | It includes my CV , a forged testimonial from Mike Channon and the offer to work my first season for a ridiculous 70K a year . |
| 12 | Afterwards I was asked to write my first book , How to Identify Old Prints , intended to be a history and explanation of the various printing processes and a replacement for the Print Collector 's Handbook . |
| 13 | I was recently diagnosed with a malignant tumour and expect to observe my 42nd birthday in hospital . |
| 14 | This was not how I wished to catch my first sight of the fabled city of Lazarillo de Tormes and of Gil Blas , who in Le Sage 's novel made the journey to Salamanca only from Oviedo in the north . |
| 15 | Gillian arranged to meet her first date in Leicester Square . |
| 16 | We also bought Marioff Nortest at the beginning of this year , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 17 | In early 1993 , the acquisition of Marioff Nortest was also concluded , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 18 | The fall of Kontrax is bad news for Mirror Group pensioners — Maxwell Communications Corp Plc owned 30% of the firm , for Compaq Computer Corp — which will now have to try to retrieve its first consignment of personal computers destined for the company from Hungarian customs authorities , and Disco himself , who opted to build his flat on top of the multi-million dollar Kontrax office building . |
| 19 | Partner Ferdinand has had his back to the wall in the last few months , a troublesome disc plaguing his attempts to establish himself last spring and resulting in him coming home early from America . |
| 20 | Prior to this , in the 1960s and 1970s , most senior jobs had in fact been advertised and senior people , even at chief executive level , would expect to find their next opportunity by looking in The Sunday Times . |
| 21 | Her management — under the Svengali-like leadership of agent Terry Blamey — capitalised with a succession of public appearances and chat show interviews , including a lavish champagne party to launch her first LP , called simply ‘ Kylie ’ . |
| 22 | The Lyric Theatre has chosen this war time story of love and loyalty to launch its 25th anniversary season . |
| 23 | The company plans to launch its first machine before the end of the year : it will run its Unix UXP/M implementation and can be used with Fortran . |
| 24 | In the interim , this fascinating , beleaguered country celebrates its membership of the brave new world order by preparing to pass its first law dealing with bankruptcies in the entrepreneurial private sector . |
| 25 | No more will they curse the need to haul luggage and children onto the London Underground and off at another station to catch their next train . |
| 26 | Hope to meet you next year , |
| 27 | She wanted me to come er , to meet her next week but really , what with my Chris has come and then , and then |
| 28 | To forestall his next movement ( such as his taking her in his arms ) Franca moved rapidly round the table , took a firm hold of his shoulder , and , as he instinctively lowered his head , kissed his hot blushing cheek . |
| 29 | So Soapy decided to go to prison , and at once began to try his first plan . |
| 30 | Nobody would guess from that admirably impersonal account that Milton settled to write his first divorce only a few weeks after the bitter disappointment of his marriage . |