Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nearly had a nervous breakdown so they made him go to Plumford . |
| 2 | Sara looked sulky and left them to it , and they heard her calling to the old lady with rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 3 | Convena did all his work and they asked him to go to London you know , there 's some was on years ago so he goes to the headquarters and he said he just could n't believe it , he turned on him and said you 're a shallow bloody hypocrite he said ! |
| 4 | No less important , the choice of 2nd May had left no time to consult them beforehand and they resented what appeared to be an arbitrary order . |
| 5 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 6 | He says we tried to persuade the Council to let us have it , but they said it had to be leased so now we have no where to go . |
| 7 | While they walked she explained to him that no other boy in the whole of England could even hope to own a bomber jacket like his . |
| 8 | Before they parted it seemed to Sophia that he was trying to draw Ianthe aside , as if to make an assignation with her , but she gave him so little encouragement , indeed seemed almost to avoid him , that he had to be content with looking forward to the doubtful pleasure of meeting the whole party the next evening after dinner at the Trevi fountain . |
| 9 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 10 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 11 | He sensed her own excitement as they made what amounted to — considering the circumstances and the time lapse — quite desultory conversation . |