Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John wrote at length to Hanns about colour , shapes and general effect desirable , and asked him to ‘ do a few rough sketches and send them to me to give to Cecily ; number them so that I can just send you back a telegram saying ‘ Do number three ’ say , unless there is more to be said . ’ |
| 2 | ’ A stuffy set-up like this needs someone like me to redress the balance , ’ he would claim , usually after he had been in trouble for some misdemeanour or other . |
| 3 | They do n't need someone like you to come along and wreak havoc . ’ |
| 4 | We want someone like you to keep us informed . ’ |
| 5 | He did n't know which of us to believe or disbelieve . |
| 6 | Er , you only just have to say , well you know , would it suit you for me to come in |
| 7 | They 're they 're the eyes and ears of their boss and they have to report any political pressure so we have to find something for them to report basically . |
| 8 | ‘ It will be tough for him but from what I 've seen , he has it in him to cope . ’ |
| 9 | Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey . |
| 10 | Having won already this season on the main tour ( as well as a senior event in Japan ) , he believes he has it in him to do so again , though not to wipe the slate clean after his defeat in a play-off against Nick Faldo in 1990 . |
| 11 | He still wants to fight , believes he still has it in him to fight . |
| 12 | The outing was set up by her former Tory MP , the late Richard Holt , who also fixed it for her to take her first flight — an 80-minute trip over the Bay of Biscay in Concorde — when she was 109 . |
| 13 | Why he never troubled to publish his knowledge , I do not know , except that he was an aristocrat , and so perhaps considered it beneath him to publish . |
| 14 | The silence seemed to go on interminably , before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter : ‘ I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there . |
| 15 | ‘ We can give them to her to suck on when she needs to push . ’ |
| 16 | Time after time he overtook in the face of oncoming traffic then braked heavily as he forced the car into a small gap causing everyone behind him to brake amidst the clouds of exhaust smoke from his obviously tired old engine . |
| 17 | The dreams were all in a mess on the top , so I got hold of them and put them underneath me to stop them blowing away ( not that there was any wind ) and hunted through the rest . |
| 18 | So how can you expect someone like me to deal with the day ? |
| 19 | This was the first time and it was pressure of work that we have n't done it for you to see it earlier , this is not normal so just forgive this one time and we need n't spend any more thought on it because next time it it going to be different and it always has been different . |
| 20 | He 's only just lent it to me to use during this week . |
| 21 | Yes , binge , they put it with it to stay skinny |
| 22 | We put it to him to make these the basis of his leadership now . |
| 23 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 24 | Er I did bring it with me to give to but obviously I 'll have to send it now . |
| 25 | And she says , soon as she gets the money she 's gon na give it to me to give to yous . |
| 26 | If so , you can give it to me to keep clean and I can hand it to you when you want it . |
| 27 | " Well then , your Aunt Doris did n't give it to you to squander on trips abroad , " said Mrs Maugham . |
| 28 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
| 29 | But 30 young drivers put themselves through it to try and win the title best young motorist . |
| 30 | She could see nothing amongst them to explain why Chris should have been so interested in the artist 's work . |