Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The hospital asked me to let them know as soon as you were on your way . |
| 2 | ‘ He asked me to let him have his way with me . |
| 3 | ‘ The head asked me to let her know when you arrived . |
| 4 | I , I forgotten that it was Justine , I , it just threw me a bit that erm , erm , Nick asked me to let you know that we were here and that we 'd received the chairs . |
| 5 | Says Eugene modestly , ‘ Kurt asked me did I want to go on , and I said ‘ Great ’ , but I shat myself . |
| 6 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
| 7 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 8 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 9 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 10 | Why when Mercutio assaulted you did you try to fight the enemy instead of Mercutio ? |
| 11 | ‘ I once caught her letting one eat his sandwiches in the library which , as you know , is strictly forbidden . ’ |
| 12 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 13 | No , she co come and told me did you ask Emma out ? |
| 14 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 15 | I imagined you let her go away with Steve because you … you thought she would finally get him out of her system , and you did say that you were certain she would return as you had something precious that Steve had n't got . |
| 16 | He tells me he implored her to let him beg her release , but she refused . |
| 17 | He could n't think of any it was a quiet road , he 'd done nothing wrong , he had n't been speeding , and it was a lovely morning and I ca n't do the accent , I wo n't try to because it was a Welshman obviously but er he came What do you think you 're doing lad ? |
| 18 | The people who like got you to do it get your name and address and everything ? |
| 19 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 20 | I 've gone to the nuns and begged them to let me have a child , but they say ‘ You are a prostitute . |
| 21 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 22 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 23 | I forgot I made one like that . |
| 24 | They have we 're having to employ a specially approved you see we 've got the Health and Safety . |
| 25 | The rasping noise was quite upsetting but when he did n't make it I gently shook him to make him breathe again and I did n't feel that I could relax , let alone sleep , for one minute . |
| 26 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 27 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
| 28 | Well I 'm just thinking it could be three years cos I 'm thinking what I borrowed what did I borrow , fifteen hundred ? |
| 29 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 30 | I think my guards bribed him to let us pass . |