Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I refer him to the reports on economic purchasing issued in December 1992 and February this year by my counterpart in Great Britain , Professor Littlechild , for an indication of the complexities involved in this type of exercise ? |
| 2 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Is removal straight forward , or should I leave it to the professionals ? |
| 6 | Er could you refer me to a place where I have erm er |
| 7 | ‘ Could you get him to the telephone ? |
| 8 | What and how far was the next county , and could we make it to the border before closing-time ? |
| 9 | Teacher : If you found a bigger box could we add it to the train for me to sit in ? |
| 10 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
| 11 | Have you finished with that , shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 12 | Shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 13 | Shall I take you to the nurse ? ’ he asks me . |
| 14 | Would you trust him/her to a permissive relationship with contemporary television ? |
| 15 | Would you drive me to the British Embassy ? ’ |
| 16 | Right would you take them to the kitchen for me please because I 'm putting these bits away |
| 17 | Shall we shall we put them to the vote , how shall we do this ? |
| 18 | Will it be you , or will you leave it to the surveyor and the solicitor ? |
| 19 | Will you send him to the gallows ? |
| 20 | Will you bring me to the hotel now , or are you frightened ? ’ |
| 21 | Johnny will you take him to the toilet please . |
| 22 | When the revolution comes , will you string me to a lamp post with the rest ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ So will you drive me to the station , past the flower shop ? ’ |
| 24 | And how will we use it to the benefit of the community ? |
| 25 | If a discount house buys a £50 000 Treasury bill for £48 000 at roughly what price will it sell it to a bank after six weeks ? |
| 26 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
| 27 | Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’ |
| 28 | Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page six . |
| 29 | Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page nine that the programme be circulated to all members of the committee . |
| 30 | Can I take you to the recommendation on page five of the report then . |