Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards .
2 She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move .
3 Glossopteris is characterized by its long strap-shaped leaves , which have a conspicuous midrib , with many fine , smaller veins branching off it to form a network .
4 Thus , if you want to study the use of the word ‘ true ’ in Arthur Hugh Clough , rather than generate a massive concordance containing all the words in Clough 's poems , and then leafing through it to find the word ‘ true ’ , you use the concordance package commands to generate a concordance which contains all and only the uses of ‘ true ’ .
5 The Glebe School pupil is very fond of dogs and PC John Baines , who is involved with the ward 's Dreams Come True charity , arranged for her to spend the day with members of the police dog section .
6 Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School .
7 I had arranged for her to see a specialist , and he told me the condition was irreversible , that she would never lose her sight completely but that she would be almost totally blind within a year .
8 Pierre Leveque had arranged for me to join a small party attending the season-opening hockey match that evening at the Molson Stadium , with the local Montreal Canadiens playing the New York Rangers , but I did not realize it was the mayoral party until we arrived .
9 To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary .
10 Lucy sent Silas a side glance as she said , ‘ When I first arrived you said it might be arranged for me to see a kiwi , but I 'll quite understand … ’
11 Taylor , however , is hoping that ‘ Gazza ’ may not need to wear the protective covering on his face against the Poles and has arranged for him to visit the surgeon who performed the original operation to check on his recovery so far .
12 Theo , ever-helpful , arranged for him to meet a Dutch artist in Brussels , Anthon van Rappard , a young man in his early twenties .
13 Now it 's arranged for them to spend a year living with families over here .
14 When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage .
15 The day before Farnham , Michael had arranged for us to use the Dean Street Synagogue , which has a huge , parquet-floored hall in the basement .
16 I have therefore arranged for us to view the premises in Northumberland Avenue the day after tomorrow , on your next visit to London .
17 , an avid fan and greyhound owner arranged for us to have the Board Room with the luxury of our own bar , video screens and boxes for viewing each of the 12 races .
18 You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range .
19 We have arranged for you to sample a free Dutch Genever ( Dutch Gin ) Cocktail at De Drie Fleschjes Tasting House .
20 ‘ If you 've got time to go into the Herald office this afternoon , I 've arranged for you to have a look at his file in our library , ’ he told her .
21 Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time .
22 She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person !
23 Finally , one of the students whom I had worked with a couple of summers previously came back to me just before I left post to discuss his third year project at Shrivenham and I was able to arrange for him to do a project involving the linking of a commercial graphical package to the expert system developed as part of the war time operation aid mentioned previously .
24 Tel. 071–272 1266 ) may be able to arrange for someone to conduct a non-religious ceremony , or can send a form of words that could be used ( leaflets are available from these organisations on receipt of an sae ) .
25 Desperately she sought for something to break the enchantment of his rhythmic strokes .
26 But she tried , haltingly , searching for the words , praying for him to understand a little of what was in her heart .
27 it will need for him to phone the firm then because he got me direct
28 And that 's what upset us most about these people going back to work , the fact that a meeting had been taken a few months before in which everybody had voted for us to get the sack , and then all of a sudden they had been threatened and no vote was taken on whether we should stay out or go back , and they just dribbled back to , that really knocked us I think .
29 ‘ Gina — I think the time has come for me to set the record straight about Lotta and myself .
30 ‘ He thought the time had come for me to have a car , and very kindly provided me with one .
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