Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I made Midnight Express I had to play a man who was in a permanent messed-up state . |
| 2 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 3 | Er Chairman I want to make a point relative , very quick point relative to the northern bypass so Mr said that officers are proceeding with the preparation of possible routes , will you undertake that er members be er , er advised of er these discussions before it reaches committee stage ? |
| 4 | With some difficulty I managed to get a permit to travel from Parma in a bus which went up into the hills to Lagrimone ; once there , I would walk to the house of a Signor Ugolotti , some distance from the village . |
| 5 | But before leaving this matter of persistence I want to mention a few special cases of persistence on a finer scale . |
| 6 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 7 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 8 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 9 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 10 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
| 11 | For short-line fishing I like to have a line with some stretch ; it complements the shock-absorber effect of the rod . |
| 12 | At the beginning of the riot I went to take a picture of this one anarchist and he whacked me with a stick really hard . |
| 13 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 14 | Inevitably as a journalist you get to know a large number of people , and it 's people who make appointments . |
| 15 | To sit down in a cafe you had to buy a cup of tea . |
| 16 | Her bosses , unlike some , loved achievers , and encouraged her to write and broadcast , until with the publication of her biography The Improbable Puritan she left to become a full time writer . |
| 17 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 18 | But after a term she decided to take a different route , bookshop experience , a degree in English , more bookshop experience , and some in wholesaling . |
| 19 | To line the sides of the cake tin you need to cut a strip of paper ( or two , for double thickness ) , as long as the circumference of the tin — allowing a little for overlap — and about 1cm ( ½inch ) wider than its depth . |
| 20 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 21 | ‘ Now that you have discarded your masculine disguise you seem to need a good deal of attention . ’ |
| 22 | Professional Footballers ' Association spokesman Brendan Batson said : ‘ Paul spoke to us following his injury , but because it involves two members of our association we have to adopt a neutral position . |
| 23 | For an ideal transformer we need to introduce a separate notation which we shall choose in the form shown in Fig. 4.10 . |
| 24 | In the next chapter we turn to consider a different problem for foundationalism , which may have more damaging effects . |
| 25 | Both in theory and in practice we endeavour to have a representative Association in each Division , and on them — and them only — lies the responsibility of selecting their candidate . |
| 26 | This means that in order to paddle a straight line in a white water boat we need to include a bit of steering into the forward stroke . |
| 27 | In essence we aim to provide a personal service of the highest standard by combining advanced techniques and specialist knowledge . |
| 28 | Not your fault they had to hire a bloody crane ! |
| 29 | At every stride he has to turn a corner |
| 30 | First , the electricity supply industry It wants to keep a clear signal path beyond the consumer 's meter for its own purposes . |