Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 2 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 3 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 4 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 5 | Dutifully , I changed them to a complete muesli-type food which is described on the bag as ‘ Hi Protein Fitness Food ’ . |
| 6 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 7 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 8 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 9 | ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House . |
| 10 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 11 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 12 | However , I refer him to the recent report on our manufacturing performance produced by the CBI entitled ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ . |
| 13 | I refer him to the independent Centre for Economic Policy Research , where Professor Denis Snower recently published a document saying : ’ Implementing the social charter may be expected to hurt precisely those workers it seeks to help , in addition to raising unemployment and reducing investment ’ . |
| 14 | And yet if I refer you to no other example than that little one-legged girl whom we saw not so long ago in our Provence , does n't your universal statement collapse ? ’ |
| 15 | I followed her to the Georgian wing where the rooms were more human size . |
| 16 | I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge . |
| 17 | Right , can I take you to the amended recommendation on page forty nine . |
| 18 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 19 | Tomorrow morning may I invite you to a complimentary breakfast of tinned yam , tinned pineapple , tinned paw-paw , Belgian coffee , German rolls , Swiss sugar and English butter processed and packed in Kenya ? |
| 20 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 21 | Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’ |
| 22 | I took him to a nearby café . |
| 23 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
| 24 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 25 | I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I took her to a little friend 's birthday party yesterday — life when you 're almost two has to go on as near to normal as we can make it . |
| 27 | So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me . |
| 28 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 29 | ‘ Would you have preferred I leave you to the tender mercies of your American admirer ? ’ |
| 30 | And I I have n't I with the No it 's very simple , I left it to the select committees of the House of Commons . |