Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 2 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 3 | ‘ It would be wrong to anticipate the conclusions of the inquiry but I do want to assure the public that this matter is a cause of great concern to the Prison Service and that all aspects of the escape , including the role played by prison staff , will be very carefully examined . ’ |
| 4 | Do you want to borrow the car and return it later ? ’ |
| 5 | Having said that , if you do have top-quality black and white photographs , then include one with the press releases to the national newspapers ; they may want to carry the story but have no time to find a photograph themselves . |
| 6 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 7 | No point making a fuss ; plenty more women with young kinds anxious for work , as Mr Silver will explain to silence the muttering that occasionally drowns even the machines . |
| 8 | Visual inspection of sieve residues should be undertaken to confirm the presence or absence of substantial proportions of strongly non-spherical particles in the sediment . |
| 9 | They resorted to terror and adventurism , for which there was no justification now that a powerful Social Democratic movement had taken shape , and they failed to acknowledge the leadership that must be exercised by the proletariat over the peasantry and the democratic movement as a whole . |
| 10 | He again failed to acknowledge the part that he could play in reducing the odds which are stacked against women and shackle them in the way that he described . |
| 11 | For a time the company failed to acknowledge the problem until the numbers began to be serious , at which time the management decided to ‘ regroup , become leaner , and work differently . ’ |
| 12 | I am inviting you to consider some of the steps which have been developed to promote the level and quantity of language skills which are needed to sustain and develop the social infrastructure in relation to the public services in a multi-lingual Britain . |
| 13 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 14 | Alternatively , however , you may want to emphasise the point that actual readers are unlikely to respond all in the same way , especially readers differing in gender , class , age , ethnicity or some other aspect of social identity . |
| 15 | He failed to realize the difference and his blank expression made her smile . |
| 16 | People have always travelled to see the world and to find out how other people live . |
| 17 | A Trust has been formed to preserve the beauty and safeguard Harewood and its grounds for the public benefit , and to encourage the arts and sciences . |
| 18 | Over half of the 45 heads of state or government , including King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt , failed to attend the gathering and were represented instead by deputies . |
| 19 | The BPDAL Emergency Response plans were activated in Melbourne and a small group within BP Exploration , headed by general manager Greg Bourne , was formed to monitor the situation and offer advice . |
| 20 | Elliott agreed to mount the operation and , as is often the custom with intelligence agencies when engaged in hazardous operations , decided to use a freelance agent so that , if anything went wrong , MI6 could distance itself from the affair and deny any knowledge of it . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs sought to enforce the clause but Scott J dismissed the action for he found that on its true construction the employment agreement was a contract of employment of the defendant by the two partners , that the dissolution of that partnership within the term of the employment constituted a breach of the contract of employment and brought it to an end and that accordingly the restraint of trade clause ceased thereafter to be binding upon the defendant . |
| 22 | When the company 's overdraft exceeded £154,000 the bank sought to enforce the mortgage and obtained a registrar 's order for possession . |
| 23 | It is also conceded that many viewers will want to see the match and that ITV were in a tricky position because on that weekend in February they are planning to screen a Littlewoods Cup semi-final . |
| 24 | I do n't want to see the house or anything — I just want to go home . ’ |
| 25 | will want to see the body as it is . |
| 26 | You may also want to see the studio and check on any special facilities which might be needed , such as access for large items , a working kitchen or space to build room sets . |
| 27 | We need to continue to promote the health and well-being of our community but the introduction of a millionaire 's card scheme will not work . |
| 28 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 29 | Criticisms of the view of auditory deprivation ( Bench , 1979 ) and of bilingualism ( Arnold , 1982 ) tend to miss the point that language acquisition occurs through interaction . |
| 30 | Town failed to spot the danger and sure enough Portsmouth and Durnin were back after the break : Walsh had a free run and Oxford 's old striker a real blast to make it one-nil . |