Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he stopped me and said : ‘ Son , I saw ye practising , and I 've always found with a player of your capabilities it is best to tell them to hit it straight at the pin ! ’ |
| 2 | Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’ |
| 3 | He wrote round to fifteen builders on 22nd March and , with what today would be regarded as incredible naïveté , asked them to meet him together at the Office of Works on 24th March . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's very kind of you to put me up at such short notice , but I really would n't dream of imposing . |
| 5 | I mean , they 're begging 'em you to ke they 're begging you to keep 'em on at school , and yet you ca n't get no help to keep 'em on . |
| 6 | ‘ The New York Times must think highly of you to send you abroad at your age , ’ she stated disarmingly . |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 8 | Otherwise I must trouble you to hand them back at once . |
| 9 | If you wan na me to turn it off at anytime just say . |
| 10 | And tell her to pick me up at ten thirty . |
| 11 | If you 're on your own , treat his display with cool disdain and simply ignore him as you walk past ; or strongly assert yourself and tell him to cover himself up at once — but remember , no threats . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 13 | She had wanted him to slam something back at her , a denial , an agreement , another challenge , anything but that infuriating silence . |
| 14 | ‘ It is especially useful for them to have someone else at the surgery , not only for reassurance but to add to the discussion , ’ he explains . |
| 15 | And I 'll tell if anybody rings I 'll ask them to ring you back at what ? |