Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 2 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 3 | ‘ He asked me to take good care of them . |
| 4 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 5 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 6 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 7 | ‘ Details , of course , will take time and come later , but that 's my general philosophy ; that 's what you would get if you asked me to complete this job for you . ’ |
| 8 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 9 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 10 | Sister Susan McGuiness F.C.J. Sister Madeleine F.C.J. and Bishop Kevin O'Brien all helped me to answer this question . |
| 11 | Would n't you agree it 's just about time that somebody helped you to restore some kind of order into your life ? " |
| 12 | Simon gained valuable site experience which helped him to gain chartered engineer status . |
| 13 | The centre helped him to get professional help . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The patients were asked how easy they found it to maintain good control . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Doctor Tinsley , my old medical man , absolutely forbade me to lift any kind of weight , not so much as a shopping basket . ’ |
| 20 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
| 21 | Joy told me to find some sort of a lining , and off they went . |
| 22 | This caused me to regrade double jacquard . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | Their accountants advised them to put further capital into the business or sell it . |
| 25 | Today an answer phone message advised them to ring next week . |
| 26 | I noticed nothing to suggest this insight in Frontenac 's version of the story . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I told you to put some orange in there . |
| 29 | The side letter advised her to take independent advice . |
| 30 | He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales . |