Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] name [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These comments allow us to understand why have could be substituted for get in ( 176 ) but not in ( 177 ) : ( 176 ) The teacher got us to write our names on a sheet of paper . |
| 2 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 3 | The three remaining elders — Chen Yun , Wang Zhen and Song Renqiong , each of whom is believed to be in poor health — have conspicuously failed to put their name to a cause that , according to their past views , could lead to a ‘ capitalist restoration ’ . |
| 4 | Consumers will be able to put their names on a register of people who do n't want to receive sales calls . |
| 5 | As Eliot had allowed me to give his name as a reference , my appointment , in the face of a number of other young men hungry for employment and no doubt better qualified ( for I had neither teaching experience nor teaching qualifications ) , may well have owed much to him . |
| 6 | In spite of that , when an invitation was issued to all the Waafs at Bourn to attend an all-ranks dance and supper at another of the air fields near us , Oakington , Nancy did n't hang back when we were asked to put our names on a list of those interested in going . |
| 7 | Many delicatessens will sell their ham bones but you should be prepared to put your name on a waiting list . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure it will make a difference , ’ said Steve Wright , a ballroom dancer who happens to share his name with a Radio One disc jockey , a man who probably never played a Glenn Miller record in his life . |
| 9 | George Crowninshield was a US senator , one of the stars of that legislature , and these days it was impossible to see his name in a magazine or newspaper without the added speculation that he might soon become the President of the United States . |
| 10 | It was taken instead in Gateshead thus depriving Darlington of the chance to have its name on a picture which would adorn walls as far apart as Headingley pavilion and West Indian embassies in Washington . |
| 11 | I know , but it 's too dear , I looked at that and thought it would be nice to have your name on a brick , but to me twenty pound , if they made it cheaper more people would buy it would n't they ? , what building is it ? |
| 12 | I was British enough not to want to reveal my name to a stranger , so I just said , rather coldly : ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 13 | Secrets went on to lend its name to a women 's fiction weekly , and for Mills and Boon it laid the basis for a house style . |
| 14 | I had written to hundreds of firms asking for material support , and had asked royalty , influential people and famous explorers to lend their names to a list of patrons , but all without success . |