Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe she waiting for someone to show her the town . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I will get someone to show you the way , ’ he added , reaching for the bell . |
| 4 | ‘ They are sending someone to show us the way . ’ |
| 5 | The flowers of the garden mourned for Virginia Creeper , with nobody to restrain them the flowers had left their beds and were running riot . |
| 6 | Enraged that he should take it on himself to tell her the state of her own business , and bristling at the manner in which he spoke of her precious son , Esther said sharply , ‘ Whatever is or is not in the coffers is nothing whatsoever to do with you ! |
| 7 | ‘ And I 've no intention of allowing you to give me the slip tonight . |
| 8 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 10 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 11 | While we can not provide the details you might want at this time , I 'd encourage you to give us the benefit of the doubt . |
| 12 | If you refuse to co-operate I can force you to pay me the money you owe me . |
| 13 | Oh I like if I 'd have known you were going I 'd have got you to get me the nut ones . |
| 14 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Greene has deputised you to show me the sonogram pictures and explain them , I hope . ’ |
| 16 | I want you to show her the ropes . |
| 17 | Let us see the result on the Police Court attendance card , and when you do get a charge or a summons , I will send one of the young constables with you to show you the way to the Police Court , for I expect you have forgotten it . |
| 18 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 19 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 20 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 21 | He 's instructed me to give you the ride on Shine On at York next week . |
| 22 | You will not get the best out of the professionals you consult unless you have a realistic appreciation of what you want and intend to be open and honest enough with them to give them the facts they will need to help you . |
| 23 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 24 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 25 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 26 | I 'll have to er give her a ring to and tell them to send me the advert . |
| 27 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 28 | Where we might have expected him to grant her the respect of verse , he goes on in the same business-like prose : ‘ How now , Kate ? |
| 29 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 30 | ‘ I persuaded him to sell me the rights to manufacture the Seven and I took over everything except the Lotus name . ’ |