Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I reckon so , so I I 've arranged for someone else to do it now . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps the time has come for someone else to take on the burden . |
| 3 | It was almost at this moment , too , that the door was thrust open and the indignant lady stood within it and in a loud voice proclaimed in her most officious manner : ‘ When you have come to yourself enough to apologise , Peggy , I 'll see you upstairs in my room . |
| 4 | We have not come to you before to ask for people , but we are asking for people now . |
| 5 | He stopped , realizing what he was doing , and looked at her carefully to see if she had taken it in . |
| 6 | The Vevay Beauty range covers everything from the latest cosmetics to skin and hair care — every product thoroughly clinically tested and selected for you individually to suit your colouring and skin type . |
| 7 | She finally got involved for the oldest reason of all : ‘ I was n't getting as much attention as I wanted , so I kind of got into it just to get his attention , and to be around him more . ’ |
| 8 | At that stage I 'd have agreed to anything just to get in . |
| 9 | No that 's part of the the windows washing but I 'll quickly washed over them just to spruce them up a bit but I thought if I put Mrs in that , is she driving , or is she not ? |
| 10 | " Someone here has gone against my will , has connived with someone else to deceive me . |
| 11 | The child 's own feelings were split between mortification at a christening that doomed him to live out for good a pun that he could already see to be gruesome and pride that his father had cared for him enough to embed him into his act by the very roots of his name . |
| 12 | The woman was at the other end of the counter weighing bull's-eyes , and called at her just to leave the money . |
| 13 | It is so grave , because , on any view , the putting to death of a human being by the society to which he belongs is an appalling act , calculated in itself rather to familiarise that society with the taking of life than to heighten the sense of life being held sacred . |
| 14 | ‘ I have not spoken to them yet to find out what happened . ’ |
| 15 | A decision to veto a Single Currency must therefore be accompanied by one permanently to leave the ERM . |
| 16 | I 've relied on someone else to do the vetting . |
| 17 | In addition to any disciplinary action , if you have deliberately defrauded the ES or colluded with someone else to defraud the ES , we may require you to repay the amount lost and we are entitled to deduct any such amounts from your salary . |
| 18 | Over here , everyone 's too influenced by everyone else to do their own thing . ’ |
| 19 | Hearing that the young man was the only son of a gentleman of wealth , the money-lender begged of him never to hesitate in coming to him again whenever he stood in need of a ‘ friend ’ . |
| 20 | It may be that in those circumstances an injunction could be obtained against him effectively to prevent his giving his authority to advertising activities in the name of the firm which would be prohibited if done in his own name . |
| 21 | Swallows and house martins have dispensed with them altogether to gain a clear view of the insects they catch on the wing . |