Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 2 | Delegates returning from the conference , held in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of January , says American officials tried to persuade them not to go . |
| 3 | And even as he began , a top executive from Renault-Williams tried to persuade him not to go through with it . |
| 4 | From the start , he was in conflict with the DUP 's leadership who tried to persuade him not to accept the local branch 's nomination to stand for the Assembly . |
| 5 | Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her . |
| 6 | You tried to convince me not to involve the police . ’ |
| 7 | And when Ross , impaling some pieces of chicken on the end of long sticks , promised to show them how to barbecue the joints they were thrilled , after the meat was cooked , to sink their teeth into the hot , if slightly charred , meat . |
| 8 | She was also mustering troops , and planned to lead them northwards to join up with her son . |
| 9 | I also got to hear how she intended to jack in her job at the insurance brokers just as soon as they 'd taught her how to use the word-processor and go and work somewhere interesting like in an ad agency or for a travel agent . |
| 10 | We 'd played in St. Albans and I 'd met a girl there , Claire , She was the Social Secretary at the college who 'd booked us in to play . |
| 11 | Then he 'd turned her round to admire her . |
| 12 | And that was when her conscience , which because she 'd got something else to think about had stayed quiet , suddenly started to get to her about the way in which she was deceiving the man she loved . |
| 13 | Normally I 'd wan na come off when I 'd run outa money and I 'd got nothing else to do 'cos I 've never gone robbin' or anythin' like that . |
| 14 | Ooh , I thought I 'd got someone else to give me some money ! |
| 15 | They had n't made an arrangement to meet , even , she had visitors coming for the night , official ones to see her father , she had to help him ‘ entertain' , she 'd told him not to phone at all . |
| 16 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 17 | Maybe he 'd brought her here to act as some kind of pawn in a game he played with Marianne , she realised dully . |
| 18 | ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’ |
| 19 | From the very first time she 'd taken him down to meet her family , she had seen that they had n't liked him . |
| 20 | You 'd sent him upstairs to make some sort of excuse to Nicky Kai ? |
| 21 | They 'd sent us home to see if I could live with me mam and dad , but it did n't last long . |
| 22 | His confidence increased as a friendly girl came to show him how to mount . |
| 23 | Walsh and Everett began to advise them how to do it , but it was too late . |
| 24 | She needed a good diet sheet and daily workouts , Mary Rose decided , and began advising her how to go about it . |
| 25 | Since Frank 's departure , Tom had played cards with us more often and Terry and Bri started teaching me how to play poker . |
| 26 | I just decided to put it in to see if it tastes better . |
| 27 | I just decided to put it in to see if it tastes better . |
| 28 | ‘ He was training last week and two little lads came in the gym , and immediately Eubank stopped what he was doing and started to teach them how to box — you 've no idea just how much he loves being a champion . ’ |
| 29 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 30 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |