Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — for information and advice on government and EEC grants to help you develop your business , please contact our Grants Advisory Service via your local branch or Business Centre . |
| 2 | Fearing a wholesale decimation of its executive ranks , The Journal said , DEC tried to persuade him to stay but failed . |
| 3 | But Mr Lawson has to show he knows how to do the trick , before he can win his argument , in theory or in the markets . |
| 4 | Pascoe tried to stop himself stiffening to a seated attention position and could n't quite manage it . |
| 5 | David tried to see her to persuade her to change her mind , but she refused any further contact with him . |
| 6 | Yeah she said Aunt Jean tried to get me to work , but no ! |
| 7 | Friend tried to get her to open up , but she would not . |
| 8 | And that 's another thing , I was told that Pete was pissed and Sue seemed to think he got off with me because he was totally out of it , Pete was . |
| 9 | Mandeville and Santerre had arrived at Templecombe wanting to make everyone dance to their tune . |
| 10 | Bernice woke to find herself lying outside the temple . |
| 11 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
| 12 | Trevor Skeet struggled to make himself heard against the din . |
| 13 | They turned a corner and Corbett had to hide his trembling at the appearance of the small , squat , one-eyed man who seemed to rise out of the darkness before them . |
| 14 | Nutty could get Spot over the jumps but did not enjoy it , and Biddy refused to let them swap permanently . |
| 15 | Morse seemed to think you 'd found something in the safe which Matthew regarded as a negotiable asset . ’ |
| 16 | WHEN Kevin Cole drives to work he leaves his new Metro GTi behind and takes his wife 's Peugeot 205 diesel . |
| 17 | Rachaela tried to slow her breathing . |
| 18 | ‘ IBM needs to make something happen with OS/2 2.1 , or it 's facing the possibility of being a niche product for a very long time . ’ |
| 19 | Opposition to fox hunting continues to grow — a recent gallup poll showed eighty percent of people in England want to see it banned . |
| 20 | So it 's a mystery why her parents John and Joy came to find her hanged at their home in Headington yesterday evening . |
| 21 | Paul Thorfinnsson woke to find himself lying , his hair whipping his face , in the arms of someone who was running . |
| 22 | After a weekend of brooding silence and no service , Nigel began to think it had all been worth it . |
| 23 | But things progressed from there , and Hugh began to ask her to take her clothes off and to let him touch her . |
| 24 | And Ollie managed to get himself sacked from the place . |
| 25 | The husband came to England to seek to persuade her to return but did not then succeed . |
| 26 | Eighteen year old Tracey Cole appeared to have everything to live for … a place at Oxford , with a national sociology award to her credit . |
| 27 | Ruth had to force herself to look . |
| 28 | Piper fought to get her breathing under control . |
| 29 | native girls and then Paddy goes to like what do yous have for like alcohol over here ? |
| 30 | Winstanley was summoned to Paris , where Louis tried to persuade him to remain . |