Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to talk to me a job , but we sort of joked away . |
| 2 | All of them were English-born and helped to imbue in me a loyal appreciation of the Royal Family . |
| 3 | For this purpose they appointed to serve under them a staff of foresters , carrying bows and arrows , for whom they were personally responsible , and who maintained themselves by levying contributions from the forest inhabitants . |
| 4 | English Language , Literature , and History in the colleges was both similar to and different from these other modern disciplines ; similar in that , like them , it sought to create for itself a solid and autonomous identity ; different ( especially from the early decades of this century ) in that its predominantly classically-trained and often clerical academic proponents increasingly claimed for it a status well beyond that of any mere " discipline " or " knowledge subject " . |
| 5 | The sight of it seemed to provoke in her a torrent of recrimination . |
| 6 | The smaller of them seemed to stare at her a moment , then turn to the other and nod . |
| 7 | As Minton 's relationship with the Roberts deteriorated he began to gather round him a gang of male students at Camberwell who became known as ‘ Johnny 's Circus ’ . |
| 8 | Davide ran his finger over the knubbled ear , and it began to seem to him a charm to bring good luck , prosperity , the ease he hoped to find , if only he could leave for America . |
| 9 | As I was sending a copy of the new book to all those slimmers who were mentioned in the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet , I decided to include with it a second questionnaire . |
| 10 | It was perhaps precisely because both sovereigns were well aware of the criticisms which might be made of their Court that in order to fulfil their public roles in accordance with the aims which they had set themselves , they worked to make of it a thing of great splendour . |
| 11 | It needed all the pride she possessed to turn to him a moment later , ashen-faced but in control . |
| 12 | So Coffin had to work on him a bit first to get him to think laterally . |
| 13 | We had to work on it a great deal . |
| 14 | In fact , she continued to look at me a bit strangely during the remainder of my stay in that department ! |
| 15 | So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith . |
| 16 | I had to convey to her a slight warning , though … ’ |
| 17 | Two years later he had started writing for the Criterion , since he wished to fashion for himself a career as a man of letters . |
| 18 | by er , mind you they 'd always been children that had had to fend for themselves a lot , the only sad thing |