Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [modal v] [verb] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
| 2 | In contrast to Mallet and Naville , they do not appear to believe that there is any fundamental conflict of interests between capital and labour which would lead to them expressing opposing preferences with regard to the taking up of the job design principles they advocate . |
| 3 | I have passed copies of your letter to the Projects and Water Operations divisions of this department who will reply to you regarding abstractions and sewage treatment works dispersion . |
| 4 | If your college is not yet involved in the programme you can write to us for an application form at the address given below and we will endeavour to link you into a college undertaking the programme . |
| 5 | For brevity we can refer to it as the PCBCR . |
| 6 | It was so beautiful it broke your heart thinking what would happen to it if the developers got their way . |
| 7 | to examine the most tax efficient structure for the deal , as regards the capital sums and future income which will accrue to you , and also to examine the opportunities for tax saving prior to the disposal |
| 8 | One second I 'll come to you , we 've got more talking to do before I do come to you . |
| 9 | I told the boss I would report to him Monday . |
| 10 | There will be a £5 charge to enter the questionnaire in our June issue which could lead to you receiving the certificate . |
| 11 | Similarly , cosmetic surgery is seen in the professional literature as an option ( some parents choose it , some do n't ) , or even as a kind of cure , especially by the surgeons contracted to perform it , whose understanding of the issues extends as far as the principle that if people see a physically normal child they will react to it ‘ normally ’ and will elicit normal behaviour . |
| 12 | You ask a man who has a bit more experience and plenty of common sense ad he 'll say to you , ‘ Get the lad in , bring him home to his parents and the father will give him a clip round the ear . ’ |
| 13 | She had no way of knowing that he was thinking not so much of the next photo story she would submit to him as the necessary therapy it might provide . |
| 14 | Chrissy , on the step beside her , was choosing which story she should read to him , and Annie was in the sandpit , trailing sand through her clenched fist into a yoghurt carton . |
| 15 | The final paragraph , if this is the course of action you wish to take , in the first instance you should write to me requesting that your appeal be heard by the Central Executive Committee . |
| 16 | VISITING LADY : [ to PAMELA ] Well , as he now urges you in so gentlemanly a manner for tomorrow , I think if I was in your place I would agree to it . |
| 17 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 18 | She was unhappily aware of the picture she must present to him : her long bare legs as straight as a ramrod ; her spine curved downwards from her elevated buttocks ; and her seat raised so vulnerably . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , let's just say that it 's crossed your mind that maybe , maybe if you stay long enough in this place it 'll get to you in the same way as it got to me . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course we can talk to them , ’ Don Mini said . |
| 21 | ‘ If you prefer formality , then of course we must defer to you , ’ Alain said silkily . |
| 22 | So I thought as we 've still got the biggest guarantee I would go to it . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ One day I 'll explain to you why I keep her in my house . |
| 25 | If there was just one person I could talk to it would n't be so bad . ’ |
| 26 | It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice . |
| 27 | I wish I had a friend who 'd write to me . |
| 28 | I should think if you went across Crumwallis 's lawn and through the trees at the back you 'd come to it . |
| 29 | This may help you identify visual elements which are unfamiliar to your students and would therefore make it easier to decide how much emphasis you should give to them and how you might introduce them . |
| 30 | In these past two years and more , since Matthew had been employed with David , distancing himself from the old man and returning to the family fold , Beth had never stopped hoping that one day he might turn to her with affection . |