Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work on ventilating long-term resentments or hurts by asking , ‘ In what area would you like to see me change and why ? ’ |
| 2 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 3 | The Parisians would scarcely spare a second thought for an Englishman and be only too pleased to see me twitch and shake at the end of a rope . |
| 4 | I was told to promise them wheat as well . |
| 5 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
| 6 | Among the appellants assisted by Hunt was George Wiltshire , " for to find him labour or to relieve him " . |
| 7 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 8 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 9 | EC commissioner Frans Andriessen , the EC 's chief negotiator , has said he has no immediate plans to meet US negotiators but developments could come today after a meeting of EC foreign ministers in Brussels . |
| 10 | Agrippa introduced them , ushering them to seats , clicking his fingers for the servant to serve them wine and sweetmeats . |
| 11 | In case relatives not present wish to view the body , great care should be taken not to cause them distress or offence . |
| 12 | I arranged for Tony Asmar to send over Walid , one of our best Muslim assets , to track him day and night . |
| 13 | He used to feed it moths cos they were gon na have a spider race and he called it Rhinoceros . |
| 14 | Not because they try to sell us Maastricht as economic salvation , privatisation as good for the NHS and John Selwyn Gummer as a vibrant personality . |
| 15 | This week , the company opened its first European office in London to serve US expatriates and UK investors with an eye on the US market — locking horns in the process with its main American rival , Fidelity Brokerage , which set up shop in the UK four years ago . |
| 16 | Another point to remember is that flowers will wilt badly , or even die , if they are left sitting in a hot car or office all day , so if you have to buy them hours before they will be pressed , put them in plenty of water as soon as possible or , better still , buy them on your way home and then they can be pressed fairly quickly . |
| 17 | From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be . |
| 18 | THERE was a time when it was easier to get a stockbroker to buy you lunch than to get him to give a sell recommendation for a share . |
| 19 | His eyes twinkled at her as he added , ‘ Would you allow me to buy you supper before I take you home ? ’ |
| 20 | He told me to buy him cigarettes and stamps when I went out to the shops . |
| 21 | Cos you wanted to buy it Wednesday and I said no the new one will be out tomorrow . |
| 22 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 23 | And he used always to buy us shoes and boots … |
| 24 | The training we were to receive was later to help us teenagers when most of us enlisted into the services . |
| 25 | The people I have talked to , who were skinheads during this period , show such a pride and passion for their style , that it is to do them justice that these pages are written . |
| 26 | There is not enough space in this chapter to do them justice and standing orders vary from one committee to another . |
| 27 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 28 | The monsters tried to give me food but I did n't care about eating . |
| 29 | I wish I could see more magazines , to give me ideas and guidance . ’ |
| 30 | He could apparently still afford to give me lamb and rice , but the mood among his friends around the table was despairing . |