Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 2 | After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us . |
| 3 | ‘ He tried to unload it on me , ’ said Gareth Holmroyd . |
| 4 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |
| 5 | He tried to pull her to him . |
| 6 | She saw a small coffee shop on the other side of the lane and , taking Dana 's arm , tried to pull her with her . |
| 7 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 8 | She walked two paces backwards to the bed , only in her shirt , and tried to pull him on her as she fell . |
| 9 | I bent down and turned him until I had my hands under his arms , his back towards me , and I floated him along in the water to the steps and there strained to pull him up them and out onto the grass . |
| 10 | He wants to set you against me . ’ |
| 11 | And buy in food , if he has to , and if anyone has a surplus to sell and wants to sell it to him . |
| 12 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 13 | We all of us feel your happiness and we have come to celebrate it with you , and with your families . |
| 14 | And I want to hear it from you . |
| 15 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 16 | if you want to discuss it with me . |
| 17 | We 've now come to expect it of him , which is remarkable for someone so young and with very little experience . ’ |
| 18 | I shall carry on using the term regardless , and any hairy man who wants to challenge me about it is welcome to a wrestle . |
| 19 | Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again . |
| 20 | He pulled the duvet off the bed and tried to wrap it round her , but she reacted violently , as if he was trying to suffocate her . |
| 21 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 22 | How should you respond when there are squabbles and arguments ; when you want your own way and no one wants to give it to you ? |
| 23 | I want to put it on me |
| 24 | They 've been through a lot and want to put it behind them . |
| 25 | ‘ Next time you are in distress I will know to leave you to it . |
| 26 | I gave it to Mrs Barrymore , and she promised to give it to him at once . ’ |
| 27 | And she 'd forgotten to give it to you . |
| 28 | The Copts will say we tried to put it on him and the Moslems will say we let him off . ’ |
| 29 | My husband has to do it for me . |
| 30 | Barbra Streisand wants to do it with me . ’ |