Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to get thirty-six teams , at one point in was fifty-seven but it settled down to thirty-six |
| 2 | She asked me to have two trees planted in the school playing field in her memory to provide shade for children in the summer . |
| 3 | It led me to ponder two questions . |
| 4 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |
| 5 | He came into still closer contact with the film industry when S. John Woods , as advertising director at Ealing Studios , invited him to design three posters . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Phalangist officers of the time insist that he told them to kill 40 Muslims in reprisal . |
| 8 | She said , well , she said , I asked you to take four people home and you said , No I 'm sorry . |
| 9 | Many were following the old General ( later Combined ) Degree which allowed them to study three subjects for finals . |
| 10 | The nurses also encouraged him to drink 1 litres of fluid a day and gave him steam inhalations every 4 hours . |
| 11 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 12 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 13 | She knocked on a second door and opened it to reveal twenty children of about Flora 's age at old-fashioned desks with inkwells sunk into the top right-hand corners of the lids . |
| 14 | The FA have already fined Birmingham £50,000 and ordered them to play two matches behind closed doors , both sentences suspended until the end of next season . |
| 15 | Wirral magistrates made a 12-month probation order and also ordered him to serve 100 hours ' community work . |
| 16 | The judge ordered him to do 120 hours community service , saying you wo n't do it again , I hope you can put it all behind you . |
| 17 | A Maryland medical board ordered him to perform 100 hours of service in an Aids clinic . |
| 18 | His mother permitted herself to use one weekend visit from the strictly observed quota to see him . |
| 19 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 20 | No less important to Reagan 's political future was the other part of his contract with General Electric which required him to spend 16 weeks a year touring GE plants around the country . |
| 21 | The artist who did my album cover used an airbrush and I got him to do three guitars for me . |
| 22 | Next Lilliput asked him to paint three pictures based on London 's river for reproduction in the July 1947 issue of the magazine . |
| 23 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 24 | He gave Sandison the address and asked him to do three things : check that Maidstone was all right , check that he still had his money and give him back his hat . |
| 25 | Why I 've been , it will be ten months that 's all Rita , ten month it took me to lose six stone , you do n't want to lose that much do you ? |
| 26 | She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea . |
| 27 | In 1990 Chevallier won a Northern Arts travel award which enabled her to spend six weeks in New York . |
| 28 | The Swede 's cheque for £7,110 enabled him to jump 39 places in the Volvo Order of Merit from 157th place to 118th . |
| 29 | Dave Holding , the British No 1 , looked capable of repeating his 1989 triumph until Wesley produced a devastating finish on Birdcage Walk which enabled him to slice 70 seconds off the record . |
| 30 | The 53-year-old captain and his crew began their epic adventure to sail in the wake of Colummbus , at 8pm on Wednesday evening , but an injured crew member forced them to land two hours later 21 miles down the cost . |