Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was looking for female voices , he remembered Jakki , invited her to submit some tapes and — presto ! — she was offered a job in The Smoke . |
| 32 | Simon gained valuable site experience which helped him to gain chartered engineer status . |
| 33 | The centre helped him to get professional help . |
| 34 | Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart . |
| 35 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 36 | He used it to attack paternalistic officialdom and to articulate demands for social progress : ‘ I 'd tell people to forget their old ordinary life because ultimately , anyhow , we 'll either have a better life than that , or bust . ’ |
| 37 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 38 | It surfaced last year during the trial of Frank Beck , former head of a Leicestershire children 's home , who used it to abuse young people in his care both sexually and physically . |
| 39 | The patients were asked how easy they found it to maintain good control . |
| 40 | He also reminded the Association that the registration procedure would take time and invited it to nominate three north country shipowners to visit the London head office of the union , inspect all books and documents relating to membership and funds in order to satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide organisation . |
| 41 | He was positive in all he did and this approach helped us to win many games against the clock or the weather . |
| 42 | However , in March 1676 , the King commanded them to execute these laws with renewed vigour . |
| 43 | But he took charge of men ; organized them ; persuaded or inspired or commanded them to endure incredible things . |
| 44 | Doctor Tinsley , my old medical man , absolutely forbade me to lift any kind of weight , not so much as a shopping basket . ’ |
| 45 | Phalangist officers of the time insist that he told them to kill 40 Muslims in reprisal . |
| 46 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
| 47 | Joy told me to find some sort of a lining , and off they went . |
| 48 | This caused me to regrade double jacquard . |
| 49 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 50 | Their accountants advised them to put further capital into the business or sell it . |
| 51 | A massive security operation has been mounted in the city and United Nations offices in New Delhi have cancelled visits by foreign staff , banned field trips by local personnel and advised them to avoid crowded places . |
| 52 | Today an answer phone message advised them to ring next week . |
| 53 | I noticed nothing to suggest this insight in Frontenac 's version of the story . |
| 54 | Spenser certainly found ready contemporary imitators , most noticeably among fellow poets such as Barnabe Rich or Sir John Davies whose interest in Irish affairs also provoked them to write political tracts . |
| 55 | Following the appointment of the first Minister of Town and Country Planning in 1943 , the government committed itself to create National Parks . |
| 56 | Accepting that contracted beds are a cost-effective , client-oriented solution , the Medway Health Authority committed itself to inspect nursing homes , monitoring standards and promoting good practice through a contractual process in addition to the statutory inspection and registration requirements . |
| 57 | I said in my teapot there is a little , and he told you to use white tide and you put a little bit of tide in it once a week . |
| 58 | I told you to put some orange in there . |
| 59 | The side letter advised her to take independent advice . |
| 60 | He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales . |