Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington argues persuasively that Marx believed the process of evolution to be by direct Lamarkian and not by indirect Darwinian , or selective means : that is to say , that the environment in which individuals found themselves operated directly upon them to adjust them to it and that the adjustments were transmitted by them to the next generation ; and not that , fortuitous mutations having occurred in the genetic package , they would when favourable equip the mutant for greater success in the given environment than the unmutated form could achieve . |
| 2 | ‘ If you should receive another , could I ask you to pass it to us ? ’ |
| 3 | No no I do n't want you to do it to me . |
| 4 | It just is n't like you to leave me to it like that , especially with a new member of staff , and a medical officer at that . ’ |
| 5 | If you did n't think of mentioning this caller to your wife , did n't it even occur to you to mention it to us when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What did he say , when he asked you to bring it to him ? ’ |
| 7 | We 'd gone back for something for them to do something to it , it is the Metropolitan . |
| 8 | ‘ They told me to give it to you , Headmaster , ’ said Robert . |
| 9 | Do you want me to read it to you ? |
| 10 | Do you want me to read it to you ? |
| 11 | I know that though I 've shown you the photograph you still want me to describe him to you , this Boy of ours . |
| 12 | Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time . |
| 13 | Mr Miah 's eleven year old son offered to help , so one of them put a gun on him and forced him to lead them to it . |
| 14 | ‘ And you asked her to give it to you so that you could return it to Rick . |
| 15 | ‘ I guessed you wanted him to give it to me anyway , ’ she punched back . |
| 16 | Tell him to give it to you . |
| 17 | For him to break it to her like that , in public ! ’ |
| 18 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 19 | To her immense irritation she found herself babbling , as though there was some need for her to explain herself to him . |
| 20 | You ask him to show it to you , on Monday when we go across . |
| 21 | They did n't tell Martinho what the situation was for a while , and then they preferred to get me to break it to him . |
| 22 | I 've the feeling that you expect me to say something to you ? |
| 23 | ‘ My wife wants me to take you to her , madame . |
| 24 | ‘ How did you think you were going to get by without me to explain everything to you ? ’ asks Phil reasonably . |
| 25 | We would urge anyone who finds them to return them to us . ’ |
| 26 | The police have sor , have got a copy of our emergency evacuation procedures , at the moment we 're waiting for them to return it to us . |
| 27 | is twofold really , one for me to introduce myself to you and let you know that I am the representative that 's with Friends Provident that will |
| 28 | Peter said , ‘ Would you like me to introduce him to you ? ’ |
| 29 | When the people realized it was not alive , they decided that it must belong to the Man-Mountain , and the King ordered them to bring it to me . |
| 30 | My uncle told me to bring her to you and we 've been here about twenty minutes . ’ |