Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems likely that when he received these papers , Palmerston , to forestall those critics who said that he was out of touch with current architectural ideas , instructed Donaldson to arrange for him to meet Lamb and other architects who agreed with his views . |
| 2 | It 's nearly ten to six are you going to come with me to get Christopher Tim or are you staying with grandma ? |
| 3 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 4 | But once Pietro started sounding off to the press they had to stand by you to avoid charges of bowing to pressure . ’ |
| 5 | She helped to create for him widening circles of friends , the cathedral community , the university , the clergy of the diocese , the students . |
| 6 | It was his own early instincts as a risk taker which first put him on the path that was ultimately to lead to him becoming chairman and chief executive of Hilton International . |
| 7 | People who came to listen to her included Colonel William Sydenham [ q.v. ] of the council of state and Thomas Allen , later lord mayor of London . |
| 8 | The EOC reports that it was apparent that the Society 's mobility requirement and a candidate 's ability to comply with it gave rise to both direct and indirect discrimination . |
| 9 | Sometimes , when she looked at her like that , it seemed to Emmie that she could easily forget what Gran was like when she was well — how she had looked , sitting in the kitchen all last winter , rocking in her old chair and telling them stories and teaching Oliver games to play with her darning eggs . |
| 10 | She used to cycle to them to save money . |
| 11 | To look at her made Don want to go back to bed . |
| 12 | Would you like me to go with you to make enquiries at the War Office ? ’ |
| 13 | And they will be bombing Dublin , and once that starts Dublin will be more anxious to agree with us to have internment in both Northern Ireland and the Republic . |
| 14 | The second point is that , when ambiguity increases sharply , that is the time when people who can resolve that ambiguity by setting new organizational values to cope with it gain power . |
| 15 | One of these gentlemen , Buchanan of Balfunning , who had not yet offered his vote to any candidate , was quite open about his ambitions for , as Ardkinglas remarked , ‘ he declairs … he is ready to vote for me providing ther is any thing done for John Buchanan his son ’ . |
| 16 | Well how I 'm supposed to sleep with him playing music that loud I really do n't ! |
| 17 | ‘ I had nothing to do with them buying drugs . |
| 18 | Or maybe it 's simpler than that , and has to do with them seeing Tod in his natural environment , the doctor , the gatekeeper , his white coat and his black bag . |
| 19 | ‘ Something to do with you having fits . ’ |
| 20 | Sarella failed to gather in her scattering thoughts , but knew that whatever she or Peter had said was being stacked against her , no matter how innocent it really was . |
| 21 | I want to breed with you like monkeys and fly with you like the birds . |
| 22 | This is the most beautiful place I have ever been , a land of snow that is so fresh and clean that to ride over it seems criminal . |
| 23 | And when we 're all finally forced to go to you know Tescos for our shopping , I do n't think us or Third World countries are going to get much benefit from it . |
| 24 | The young Berenson was a polymath , whose brilliant career at Harvard led his friends to pay for him to visit Europe to continue his studies . |
| 25 | It may be that , for them , the attraction of SSE in general and of this scheme in particular lies in the opportunity it appears to offer for them to take part in decisions about school policy . |
| 26 | It must be dense enough to support the plant , porous enough to hold water , and open enough for air to diffuse through it to provide oxygen . |
| 27 | Just to think of her made Shiona anxious . |
| 28 | And as I counsel , I need to stay alongside them to provide comfort , encouragement and guidance . |
| 29 | Their sensuality and character are used to get close to those they choose to have around them to provide comfort . |
| 30 | Holly-jack drew away , moonlight on evergreen causing her to shine among her fading friends . |