Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A week later I received a frantic letter from Valerie imploring me not to go through with it . |
| 2 | Following further approaches from my hon. Friend , a direction was issued to South Glamorgan county council on 11 December requiring it not to approve the proposal until the Secretary of State had had more time to consider whether to call in the matter for his own determination . |
| 3 | He half-stumbled out of the room up to his bed and blessed , blessed sleep , where his dreams were a mixture of lobsters with evil intent towards the Prince of Wales , of Charles Dickens teaching him how to catch a pungar , and of Araminta , receding further and further into a boiling sea of mutton broth . |
| 4 | The press could provide little enlightenment because all newspapers had received a D-Notice asking them not to print any details about the background to the case . |
| 5 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 6 | Greenpeace has written to 2,000 companies in Britain advising them how to avoid using hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 7 | In 723–4 , soon after his episcopal consecration , Boniface received a letter from Bishop Daniel of Winchester advising him how to argue with pagans . |
| 8 | Sue Phillips will be in Twickenham on 12 March telling you how to make a cottage garden , and Hazel le Rougetel will tackle roses on 14 March at Holmbush , in West Sussex . |
| 9 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 10 | Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them . |