Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 2 | You 'll be able to see them two houses from a long way away . |
| 3 | Feeling desperate and willing to try anything , Kirsty finally came to see me one day in early spring . |
| 4 | Before I left , I asked if she would come to see me one day . |
| 5 | For instance , Denis Hamilton — a totally fair journalist , but an incorrigible Conservative — came to see me one day to warn me that The Times was prepared to break the newspaper silence that had until then , with the exception of Private Eye , been maintained by all news sources about her two illegitimate children . |
| 6 | Andrea was up to see me one day . |
| 7 | And the maintenance engineer at Ffestiniog , Mr , I know him very well , he came here er like you did downstairs , come to see me one evening . |
| 8 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 9 | They told him to meet them two nights later and threatened frightful consequences if he should fail to appear . |
| 10 | Can I ask that you agree on eight one A to grant them twenty-one Saturday city centre permits , and you 're clear that you 've left out NovaSports and AvaRag , and you understand why ? |
| 11 | The two companies broke off negotiations in December only to restart them two weeks ago . |
| 12 | You 'll have to meet him one day , Karen , seriously . ’ |
| 13 | She had expected to meet him one day , but never like this . |
| 14 | ‘ You ought to try it one day . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In order to answer that , I need you to answer me one question … ’ |
| 16 | In this way she can judge when some children are ready to join a group game , enabling her to present them with some small problem that will help to lead them one step further in their mathematical thinking . |
| 17 | I think they used to overlap them one edge did n't they ? |
| 18 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 19 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 20 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 21 | The meat from their Old Spots is succulent , free-range and in such demand that the Russells have enough orders to sell it four times over . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I wanted to see you two days ago , sir , but my plane was grounded by storms . |
| 23 | and has only offered to buy me one beer so far . |
| 24 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 25 | Now I think that is a basic injustice that I 'd like to hear you two address . |
| 26 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 27 | Sandford had sent him , before our arrival , to the Awash Station on the edge of the Danakil country to buy us eighteen camels . |
| 28 | Well I was just going to say , er I do n't have enough to last me four weeks , but will I just wait until I |
| 29 | The continued increase in Population accentuated the hardships for the Peasants : a great variety of taxes to pay ; the price of imported wheat continually rising , when most peasants could manage to grow only enough food to last them three months ; and the vines and potatoes suffered blight and disease . |
| 30 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |