Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 2 | She had no idea afterwards how she got to the Villa Alberti where Ferdinando took her to break the news and tell the tale of his fruitless trip . |
| 3 | Let them say , we stood where duty required us to stand . |
| 4 | Other drops were found but nothing else so Mandeville ordered us to resume our search . |
| 5 | The idea was to travel light , so Travis allowed her to pack only one change of clothing . |
| 6 | My grease gun had broken , so Paddy used his to service the wheelbarrow . |
| 7 | Tiny natives in their feathered headdresses and skirts besported themselves on the water 's edge , far more ostentatiously than Kit knew them to do . |
| 8 | It fails for the following paradoxical reason : our judges actually pay more attention to so-called conventional sources of law like statutes and precedents than conventionalism allows them to do . |
| 9 | Although Buchanan committed himself to continue the fight , he accepted that only " celestial intervention " could prevent Bush from securing the nomination . |
| 10 | Carol had told him before he went home , so Bissett knew what to look for — Carol was the conduit of all the gossip for H3 — and it put him in his best humour of the day . |
| 11 | This manoeuvre exposed the Russian Fifth Army 's flank to Auffenberg 's Fourth Army , still advancing northward , so Conrad commanded it to turn about and strike at the left flank of the Russian Third Army . |
| 12 | ‘ So Magwitch asked you to give the boy two pounds ? |
| 13 | Curtis said that the Wheel could be accommodated in a shed in the police station yard , so Wycliffe left him to organise transport . |
| 14 | ‘ We hope retailers will abide by this ruling and close on Sundays until Parliament decides what to do about the Shops Act , ’ said director Michael Schluter . |
| 15 | I 'll tell you if T want you to do anything . ’ |
| 16 | Gallian and Montgomerie batted quietly and sensibly , putting on 45 in 24 overs , until Bainbridge induced one to lift and leave Montgomerie . |
| 17 | If faith has nothing to do with knowledge , then we Christians doubt because our faith is weaker than knowledge . |
| 18 | Colin 's did n't look too bad cos Colin told him to leave him a bit longer now . |
| 19 | We wonder if Ministry have anything to do with it . |
| 20 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 21 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |
| 22 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |
| 23 | Since her mother had been a jolly lady , her missing father must have been a dour Dane indeed if inheritance had anything to do with it . |
| 24 | But if England wanted me to switch , I would do so . |
| 25 | If fitzAlan expected her to explain everything , he could cope with the truth , she decided angrily . |
| 26 | Now she was positive that if Stephen had anything to do with it , Danny Bascombe would become the next prime Minister . |
| 27 | When I ran in Pinsk in 1985 , children in the street started to follow me , until officials told me to use a park . |
| 28 | Even if Martin wanted her to stay , Marion ca n't stand her . |
| 29 | They alone knew where the evil gorgons were to be found and jealously protected their whereabouts until PERSEUS forced them to reveal their secret when he stole their eye . |
| 30 | Cos Mrs wanted her to use her . |