Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My father did in fact sneak up to see me a few days later .
2 Pye eventually agreed to lease me a small factory in Watford , in which I set up my new company .
3 I got her through my old friend , Blandly , who , with everyone in Bristol , worked hard to find me a suitable ship when they heard the reason for our voyage — treasure , I mean .
4 Again , the Germans did better , 22% being prepared to trust them a great deal .
5 For Andy Norman , the king-pin of British athletics , to take time out to write me a personal letter was amazing .
6 If , for example , a Russian artist is giving you one of his canvases , you would be wise to ask him to write you a certifying document first .
7 Dearest all four of you , at last I have time to write you a proper letter , which I hope will reach you , via the ‘ diplomatic bag ’ before mummy 's birthday .
8 When Jerry and I were young if at the end of the month there was no money in the account the bank used to write you a filthy letter if you were two pounds overdrawn .
9 It would please me , Joan , when the time comes and my daughter 's marriage to Prince Richard is completed , to find you a suitable husband .
10 But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school .
11 It took the bank almost two months to write him a curt letter saying it was not interested .
12 But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board .
13 Conscious that he needed an heir , James now acquired a wife , having instructed the envoy sent to find him a suitable bride that she should not be ‘ too horrible ’ .
14 ‘ It would have been terribly unfair to him and any possible new owners to find him a new home when he was in such a terrible state .
15 Darlington borough councillor Paul Geldart last night revealed how Mr O'Hare had begged the authority to find him a new home .
16 ‘ He gave me twelve months to find him a bigger place , ’ recalled Thomas .
17 ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’
18 Laura asked the farm manager , Dai Davies , to find her a good Jersey milker and taught herself how to milk the cow .
19 The fact that he had very little free consecutive time for his own writing began to worry him a great deal , and he missed the familiar life of Kensington , with its public house and local shops .
20 He knew enough about him , had done enough research on his origins and his company , to worry him a great deal .
21 Of course he had got to know him a good deal better at Ecalpemos …
22 High vaulted ceilings and historic frescoes have inspired the Fine Arts Commission to designate it an historic monument and guests feel they are living with history .
23 Again she found herself responding to the fever of his passionate desire , and as her own need rose to meet it a small cry of yearning left her — a cry that was accompanied by a totally different cry that echoed from downstairs .
24 Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter .
25 The subtitle is ‘ Making Feminist Sense of International Politics ’ , which itself should be striking enough to secure it a decent sale in alternative bookshops .
26 If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’
27 He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night .
28 Researchers in this area are likely to find it a useful entry to the literature , and a source of ideas on research needs .
29 GLASS giant Pilkington continues to find it a hard grind .
30 The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject .
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