Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 2 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
| 3 | right with an extra window , whatever about the money , like Mrs what 's her name , so you 've nearly closed her on the conservatory you do all the paper , your order close form on the conservatory and you say to her , right , cos you 're working your sums out , do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds ? |
| 4 | He did n't want me to help the sick and sorry ! ’ |
| 5 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 6 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 7 | The question , therefore , was how to satisfy the aspirations of the political groupings , without allowing them to gain the upper hand ; how to make use of their mobilizing capacities , without these being used to ends other than those approved by the Commander-in-Chief , Generalísimo Franco . |
| 8 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 9 | Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible . |
| 10 | They were also concerned that their Equal Opportunities policies should apply to all funded groups , and their awareness of the multi-faceted discrimination experienced by black lesbians and gays led them to fund the Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Project . |
| 11 | My thanks to David Bogie , studio manager and Fish for their time and patience — and for allowing me to visit the Funny Farm . |
| 12 | All of which prompted the following official question from Liberal Democrat housing spokesman Frank Doran : ‘ That in view of the danger which faces council members from drowning and/or mugging , arrangements be made to provide members with wet suits and powerful torches to enable them to visit the amphibious staff on that floor of the building . ’ |
| 13 | For those without a car , there are daily coach tours to enable them to visit the surrounding areas . |
| 14 | The Underwriters should be advised of any cases where under-insurance exists , to enable them to take the appropriate action . |
| 15 | More engineering has to be built into these units than in lower temperature ones to enable them to withstand the higher temperature . |
| 16 | In the meantime , the banks which lent the money to the dealers to enable them to pay the vast prices of the boom period are being very patient in waiting for their money , as it was partly their fault that a bubble economy was created in Japan . |
| 17 | All the players were guests of the Hotel , and practise courts were made available to enable them to have the best possible preparation for the finals . |
| 18 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 19 | At the end of the placement , a ward sister signed my assessment form and then asked me to do the same . |
| 20 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 21 | When Deutsche Grammophon asked me to record the Alpine Symphony , I warned them that it would be very expensive . |
| 22 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Shoreham ( Sir R. Luce ) asked me to consider the standard spending assessments . |
| 23 | I gave similar advice when Harold Wilson asked me to advise the Labour Party about their behaviour in the matter . |
| 24 | So I suppose it was frustration that led me to break the cardinal rule of any diplomat behind the Iron Curtain in the good old days . |
| 25 | It 's helping them to understand the immense pressures on them to stay forever in the closet . |
| 26 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 27 | The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk . |
| 28 | This was all important to enable me to get the correct shape of the legs and the lengths of the rails . |
| 29 | Her letter also asked them to reimburse the clamping fee , postage costs and compensation for her ‘ time and distress ’ . |
| 30 | A few seconds more to instruct them to move the blue box . |