Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competition could be fierce , as a young Dundee officer discovered when even the influence of the powerful David Scott failed to secure him a place for the voyage of 1801 because |
| 2 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 3 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 4 | Well , of course , again if you want to see what a neutron or a proton is made of , I mean a neutron is a very small thing and a proton is a very small thing — it 's about ten to the minus thirteen centimetres across . |
| 5 | ‘ But first I want to promise you a couple of things . |
| 6 | She wants to see it a family home once again . ’ |
| 7 | If you want to know what a man is really like , take notice of how he acts when he loses money . |
| 8 | ‘ If you want to know what a word means , ’ said my philosophy tutor , ‘ never look it up in a dictionary . ’ |
| 9 | I want to know what a kill joy is . |
| 10 | I stopped to find her a name . |
| 11 | I have found this useful advice , particularly if one wants to know what a word means in different cultures and groups . |
| 12 | they just want to write you a prescription up and right there |
| 13 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 14 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 15 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 16 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 17 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 18 | Thiercelin knelt to pour himself a mug of soup from the bowl in the hearth . |
| 19 | She 's old money and as snooty as they come , while he 's the typical self-made second-generation Italian who wants to buy himself a piece of class . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 21 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 22 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
| 23 | They sat down together facing each other , her face full of unaccustomed excitement , and then she rose to fetch him a dish to tickle his appetite , six pale gleaming molluscs like oysters , with wedges of lime around them , prettily , and a sprinkling of red pepper over them . |
| 24 | Masklin tried to imagine what a sea cow looked like . |
| 25 | Because he 's got this new system , he wants to use it a bit . |
| 26 | ‘ No , but I do n't think he wants to give you a Hero of the Motherland medal . |
| 27 | ‘ Hello , good morning , I 've come to give you a driving lesson . |
| 28 | This outline specification is included to give you a summary of this new award . |
| 29 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 30 | ‘ I expect it 's Vera — she promised to give me a recipe for salmon mousse . |