Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last the sun began to set and Agrippa took us down to the courtyard to watch the other great Scottish lords arrive . |
| 2 | Kathleen was kind but she would not bring herself to visit and Dorothea knew she ought not to have asked . |
| 3 | A European Community fund , set up effectively to bribe boat people to go and Hanoi to take them back , has secured less than half the £80 million it needs . |
| 4 | I butted in : ‘ But of course Martinez was right again — Harley starts to win and Martinez gets him a fat contract with Supersight . |
| 5 | Then he told him what he wanted him to do and Gilberto said he would , although it might mean losing a contract to proof a leading Rome estate agent against electronic surveillance . |
| 6 | After a while he seemed to relax and Tallis prompted him further . |
| 7 | Ana started to laugh and Mitch gave her a startled glance and then laughed ruefully too , giving her a hug . |
| 8 | The governess started to interrupt and Robert quelled her . |