Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Patrick McGoohan , who wrote the series , was looking for a car to use and Lotus tried to persuade him to use the Elan , ’ says Graham Nearn , managing director of Caterham Cars , which still makes the Seven today . |
| 2 | If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off . |
| 3 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 4 | The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed — the Emperor even entertained the children with conjuring tricks — and when the time came to leave he assured the Queen that ‘ If we stayed longer we should end up by forgetting France altogether . ’ |
| 5 | As the water began to boil he tipped the dumplings into the bowl and stirred them gently before leaving them to cook . |
| 6 | When her sister rang to say he fitted the description of a wanted man given on BBC TV 's Crimewatch UK , he told her : ‘ Do n't be silly ’ . |
| 7 | As he started to speak he heard the line go momentarily dead and then break into a callbox paytone . |
| 8 | A meeting at Bristol Guildhall on 17 November was called to congratulate the king on his escape , but attracted as well a large group who wished to implore him to end the war . |
| 9 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 10 | On the second occasion an inspector recognised his van and refused to let him unload the stock . |
| 11 | He sat up alongside her , but she refused to look at him , refused to let him witness the wet film over her eyes . |
| 12 | He asked if we wanted to watch him feed the birds . |
| 13 | Jonah visited Lebanon for talks with Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri who refused to allow him to visit the deportees . |
| 14 | But one is constantly struck by the author 's insatiable interest in the whole range of sculptural production , which refused to allow him to ignore the ceramics made under the influence of sculptors , the bronze door handles of the Hill Music Room or even the four terminal busts attached to the bookcase in the office of the Keeper of Antiquities . |