Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 2 | You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face . |
| 3 | I was able to go to see her in hospital . |
| 4 | First , top scorer Dalien Atkinson missed the starting line-up after revolutionary oxygen chamber treatment failed to heal him in time to face his old club . |
| 5 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 6 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 7 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you … tried to see him in hospital ? ’ |
| 9 | Mr Craxi , who had been unchallenged party leader for 16 years , four of them as prime minister , resigned on Thursday as judges moved to prosecute him in connection with a corruption scandal . |
| 10 | ( c ) the offeror receives a binding commitment from the merchant bank to pay cash to accepting shareholders who elect to receive it in return for the offeror procuring the allotment to the merchant bank ( or , as directed , sub-underwriters ) of the consideration shares ( by means of the nominations received from accepting shareholders ) . |
| 11 | Mr Spencer said : ‘ Nichol was sexually attracted to Mrs Chandler and probably tried to engage her in conversation . |
| 12 | He discovered the girl 's name was Stella and tried to engage her in gossip . |
| 13 | I tried to engage him in conversation about the analogy between pottery and alchemy , and Laura prompted him to share ideas that had long been familiar to them both , but he showed little interest . |
| 14 | However , FreeHand is simpler to use for the amateur or casual artist and this may be all the motivation he or she needs to buy it in preference to Illustrator 88 . |
| 15 | If one has to express it in percentage terms , somewhere between 10% and 49% . |
| 16 | She tried to imagine them in bed together , and found that the thought made her feel physically ill . |
| 17 | Try to scan artwork as near to the size you want to use it in order to avoid taking up large amounts of memory and having to re-size with the desktop publishing software . |
| 18 | Well , Jenny needs to give him in writing what she wants to say . |
| 19 | This national scheme , which is supported by the Government , is designed to put you in touch with tenants in other local authorities ' areas who might be interested in exchanging homes with you . |
| 20 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
| 21 | you wan na see the spellings in here , you want to leave them in Ton |
| 22 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 23 | Giles Hawick suddenly looked tired and McLeish felt for him , as he promised to keep him in touch with their investigations . |
| 24 | Now I want to spoil you in return . |
| 25 | Roman bent to kiss her in greeting . |
| 26 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 27 | In fact we 've just refused er the application er to change the use of that site to housing , or some of that site to housing , er for the very reason that we want to keep it in employment use and at the same meeting we also refused another site , another major employment site , erm and we want to keep that in employment use as well . |
| 28 | He could feel his thoughts beginning to stampede and furiously tried to hold them in check . |
| 29 | HERE is another of Martica Heaner 's tips for home exercises to get you in shape . |
| 30 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |