Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today Edgar Linton has asked me to marry him , and I gave him an answer . |
| 2 | David had told her to trust him , but had he been implying that everything would be all right and that their relationship would continue ? |
| 3 | Frank has asked me to marry him . |
| 4 | If Scathach had wanted her to stay she would have stayed , but he remained distant , not responding to Tallis 's touch . |
| 5 | Shortly after the formation of Apple Films ( a subsidiary of the Beatles ' Apple Corps Ltd ) , Ringo and his associate Hilary Gerard had approached us to help them make a film about Arthurian legends and " Magical Britain " . |
| 6 | And Martin has taught them to say you stupid zombie . |
| 7 | ‘ Dr Greene has deputised you to show me the sonogram pictures and explain them , I hope . ’ |
| 8 | Lucien wondered whether Walterkin had bribed her to let him into the cubicle . |
| 9 | Stephen had asked her to join him and the new general manager in his office that morning , and she had been eager to meet the young hotelier who came so highly qualified . |
| 10 | If Dr Kingdom has done anything to harm her … what choice do I really have ? ’ |
| 11 | She opened her mouth to speak , but could not force the sounds out , could not manage to say to Rosalba that Tommaso had wanted her to give him a different rendezvous , somewhere where they could be alone . |
| 12 | This was the place where Troy had asked her to meet him . |
| 13 | Perhaps God has sent me to help you . ’ |
| 14 | God has led them to believe it was rational , but now apparently he has cheated them by unfairly slipping in a mystery . |
| 15 | But our dignity supremely lies in the capacity and desire that God has given us to enjoy him and to seek for his esteem and friendship . |
| 16 | God has created me to do Him some definite service . |
| 17 | Mr Janman has asked us to make it clear that , as he wrote in last Saturday 's Sun , he recognises that both crown servants and substantial investors in Britain have an existing right to come here and that though at present he advocates the strict exclusion of all others , he would cease to do so if the Chinese were to attempt ‘ a Tiananmen-style crackdown ’ in Hong Kong in 1997 . |
| 18 | Anna was growing tall , and her black hair was so unruly Peg had plaited it to keep it away from her pale face . |
| 19 | She had been joyful and terrified and Fenna had urged her to trust him . |
| 20 | Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August . |
| 21 | This must be our secret , but Timothy has asked me to marry him , too . |
| 22 | Considered objectively , they were an instrument of torture ; but the discomfort they caused was a small price to pay for the knowledge that Kate had persuaded him to buy them . |
| 23 | Evelyn desperately wanted to clean up Lizzy 's room for her but Kate had forbidden her to touch it . |
| 24 | Mr Sargent had told her to call him Nick and she had tried , but it did n't come easily . |
| 25 | Albert 's told me to leave it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 27 | ‘ Sir George has asked me to marry him ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , Aunt — Silas has brought me to see you . ’ |
| 29 | Cormack had allowed her to lead him past , squaring his shoulders and almost believing his own past exaggerations of bar fights . |
| 30 | Only the fact that she was so happy at Pinehurst had persuaded them to leave her there so long . |