Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ … I wanted to talk to you about this and that . ’ |
| 32 | We will be glad to talk to you about this before you borrow . |
| 33 | The phone rings and a guy says , ‘ I want to talk to you about this . ’ |
| 34 | Encourage them to talk to you about any worries or problems they may have . |
| 35 | No , but if the hon. Gentleman has views that he would like to express to me on that closure , I should be delighted to hear from him . |
| 36 | She took a shaky step back , mentally berating herself for continuing to react to him in this inexplicable fashion . |
| 37 | There had been no need to cling to him with such ardour — no need to respond to his kiss with such wanton abandon . |
| 38 | A wild urge to cling to him like this for the rest of her life ? |
| 39 | That is to say a little evidence against it will cause him agonies of doubt and self-mistrust , moderate amounts will cause some real concern and a pursing of his lips — but total and irrefutable proof of his law 's inaccuracy , its illogic , its basic and undeniable untenability , will cause him to cling to it in all its unmodified entirety with the tenacity and single-mindedness of a barnacle . |
| 40 | There are discredited and out-of-date theories around , and I have asked officials in my Department to report to me on those matters . |
| 41 | It can also order the Chief Constable to report to it on any particular matter ( s.5(4) ) . |
| 42 | British Rail tell us that the train that should arrive at Oxford at 5.35 from Scotland is going to be two hours late this evening but I 've no problems to report to you from any of the bus companies locally . |
| 43 | In fact , I do n't see why you have to refer to him at all . |
| 44 | Many affidavits were filed in these proceedings , but for our purposes it has not been necessary to refer to them in any detail , because the facts are carefully summarised in the judgment of Mann L.J . |
| 45 | She makes no acknowledgement of their affair in public and he understands that he is not to refer to it with these new acquaintances . |
| 46 | One gentleman I ought to mention to you in this connection — my friend Mr. Michael Barry tells me — is the writer in ‘ Property and Finance ’ , which some of you may have read . |
| 47 | ‘ I had to lie to you about that , to give you the confidence to stand still . ’ |
| 48 | And we also talked about maybe you could say , erm , you know , if you continue to do a job , maybe we 'll look you know , at developing you further , but it 's all sort of , pretty similar sort of things you 're going to say to him in that situation . |
| 49 | Their aim is not so much to alleviate the horrors of war as to make war so horrific that potential aggressors will fear to resort to it at all . |
| 50 | ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’ |
| 51 | If you have any comments you would like to make to me on this exercise I shall be most grateful to receive them . |
| 52 | Nobody had ever dared to speak to her like that before . |
| 53 | P T O I suppose it 's unlikely that I 'll ever see you again but we might see each other at William 's or something and if you ever need to speak to me for some reason you can call me at school |
| 54 | ‘ You have no right to speak to me like this ! ’ |
| 55 | ‘ If you continue to speak to me in that cold manner , ’ she answered , ‘ I shall say nothing at all . |
| 56 | Maggie spat , alarmed that the others might hear and wishing she did not have to speak to him at all . |
| 57 | She would so like to speak to him of all that was inside her . |
| 58 | Every thing was alright , though it rather took the wind out of my sails to know that I would n't get to speak to him after all . |
| 59 | And on this he turned from her and hurried through the store-room , leaving her trembling , and not a little , at her own audacity in daring to speak to him like that . |
| 60 | ( 6 ) is very similar : given the opinion that Sir Jee had of himself , he could not understand what could lead someone to speak to him in such a way . |