Example sentences of "[pers pn] that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 2 | I think he came to tell me that we should go to Ireland and that we would be OK . ’ |
| 3 | She briefly told them what had occurred , and asked the lad to look for me and tell me that I must go to the police station and not come home without an officer for protection . |
| 4 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 5 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 6 | The plaintiff will be the tenant and the landlord the defendant , but if head lessors or mortgagees are likely to be affected they should be added as defendants and served by the lessee , or else notice should be given to them that they may apply to be joined if desired . |
| 7 | ‘ I assure you that we will add to your distress as little as possible , but we shall be here from time to time and you will also be asked to make a formal statement . ’ |
| 8 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 9 | ‘ So this king , ’ wrote Sir Thomas Gray , ‘ led a gay life in jousts and tourneys and entertaining ladies , until the lords who had been disinherited in Scotland for the cause of himself and his predecessors made supplication to him that he would restore to them their inheritances which they had lost on his account and allow them to take their own measures . ’ |
| 10 | What would some wily girl see in him that he would respond to ? |
| 11 | When the tea-party was almost over , and the singing and fiddle-playing done , she went over to Joszef and very prettily told him that he must come to Mrs Mandelbaum 's : ‘ to make your English better and better ’ . |
| 12 | Can I honestly reassure her that she will come to no harm in pursuing this phenomenon ? |
| 13 | Sometimes I would like to have a go , experiment with make-up , but because Mum does n't wear any , it does n't occur to her that I might like to . |
| 14 | When his sister , Phoebe , asks him if he has any career ambitions , Holden tells her that he would like to be the ‘ Catcher in the Rye ’ ( a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns ) . |
| 15 | When I was young , we had an old Victorian wardrobe with a mirror on it that I used to sing to . |
| 16 | Well I have no evidence from either of them , you know , er that er they are slamming the door on my initiative , other than the statement that was issued which if you read it , there 's very little in it that you can object to , or that I could object to , which commits them , the two governments to an initiative , and indeed that 's what er the last statement that Mr Adams and I issued asked them to do , the only er they also in in their statements say that my actions have been both courageous and imaginative |
| 17 | Richardson said : ‘ When we won the title at Highbury , George Graham drummed it into us that we would have to be resilient and consistent . |
| 18 | And then everything in our area erm no They will send hundred mile area , our address to these people and they will tell us that they 'll send to these people so we then contact the people as well . |