Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And whatever it was , Slorne now tried to communicate it to Creggan . |
| 2 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 3 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an offduty police Inspector David Cammish and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 4 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an off-duty police inspector , David Cammish , and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 5 | Ken took Apricot with him on gigs for a time and quite enjoyed it , but found getting her to school and organizing her clothes and meals onerous . |
| 6 | ‘ They ’ tried to send him to music lessons but he preferred to sit and copy an uncle who played boogie-woogie . |
| 7 | They tried to get him to America you see . |
| 8 | Although one of them tried to get him to America . |
| 9 | Tried to get us to stey up fur a slow wan . |
| 10 | His 12 strikes in the 1st Division in 1989–90 were an important feature of Palace 's creditable showing there , while our fans will of course always remember that it was Mark 's crashing drive at the start of the second half that began our recovery against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final and , ultimately , helped to take us to Wembley . |
| 11 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 12 | What she would do if he tried to take her to bed . |
| 13 | When we looked at the figures we proved that we would n't get any more business because of where people lived and when we tried to push them to Detroit over Amsterdam they would n't have it , people would prefer to drive to Gatwick . |
| 14 | In parting we arranged to meet again , next time in London , and I promised to take her to dinner at her favourite restaurant , the Trocadero on Shaftesbury Avenue , just a stone 's throw from Piccadilly Circus . |
| 15 | ‘ When we were kids , I was ten , Claire was five , Dad promised to take us to Disneyland . |
| 16 | ‘ When we were kids , ’ she says , ‘ Dad promised to take us to Disneyland . ’ |
| 17 | The generator which tried to make it to Low Birk Hatt Farm , to provide camera lights , turned over on its side and had to be hauled out by tractor . |
| 18 | I would save some money and then I would find a man to marry me , especially if I promised to bring him to London . |
| 19 | She 'd committed herself to God 's ways , and to God 's people , and God directs her , and she comes to the field of Boaz And there was none more able to meet her need . |
| 20 | She 'd aroused suspicion in some member of the staff and they 'd reported her to Brückner 's widow . |
| 21 | Ellie came put us to bed . |
| 22 | and she 'd offered it to Maureen three months before and Maureen turned it down , and they went mad they said you little creep Jan , little bloody sneak |
| 23 | Anyway , getting back to my sister , she seemed to expect me to side with her when she 'd been just the opposite with me when I 'd wanted to paint , and I 'm afraid harsh words were spoken all round . |
| 24 | He 'd handed it to Shiona . |
| 25 | He 'd helped himself to Miss Lodsworth 's cider apples . ’ |
| 26 | He 'd schooled himself to ruthlessness , single-mindedly forcing his way through the jungle , hacking at anything in his path . |
| 27 | She thought of what he 'd said about New England that day he 'd brought her to Rome , and how arrogantly she 'd reacted . |
| 28 | He had a terrific body — and it seemed to match hers to perfection . |
| 29 | He 'd introduced her to Diane about half an hour before . |
| 30 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |