Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Brief people close to you to cajole you into doing things and not to take no for an answer . |
| 32 | The caller from the agency may plead and cajole you into agreeing to accept the job , especially if it is a last minute booking and they are desperate for someone . |
| 33 | He met her incredulous stare blandly , for all the world as if he had no recollection whatsoever of bringing her the Palmer & Pearson file outside the office , of discussing the Norwood & Chambers contract outside the office , of his threats in relation to her job outside the office . |
| 34 | They wound him in a cloak to pinion him from struggling , and twisted folds of the cloth hard round his mouth . |
| 35 | In order to cajole him into accepting the role , the British tandem of Peter Yates and John Mortimer were asked to fly out from London to Philadelphia , where the play was trying out . |
| 36 | She wished he were not being so kind , so tender — even if it was because he hoped to cajole her into selling him her house . |
| 37 | I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box . |
| 38 | Users can track forward and back through cross references in the encyclopaedia articles themselves by using a single keystroke . |
| 39 | Unlike the " Great Russian " and the authors of To the Young Generation , Zaichnevskii made no bones whatever about using violence . |
| 40 | George Smith , aided and abetted by Martin Crook , unearthed Big-Fin-Reef-Squid E5 6b on the left of Hyll Drem itself before going on to tackle the fins of rock between Primus and Burner , resulting in Of All the Bars in All the World , E6 6b ; apparently every other move involves a knee-bar , but probably only if you 're as tall as George — the rest of us should merely levitate . |
| 41 | But oh , no , Hugh sweet-talked you into working with him . |
| 42 | 12–7– They dealt with " Mary Trotter who before joining the Free Church has been guilty of antenuptial fornication and that while a communicant . " |
| 43 | Not only does it help the condition of the skin itself by removing the build-up of dead skin cells on the surface , it stimulates lymphatic drainage and the elimination of as much as one-third of body wastes . |
| 44 | ‘ He 's too busy preening himself on acquiring the prettiest serving-maid for miles around . |
| 45 | He says that there is an alternative to the flood relief scheme , and that is to improve the drainage capacity of the Thames itself by removing obstructions and restrictions to flow which tend to increase river levels , especially when the watercourse is bank full and the weirs fully open . |
| 46 | Belinda waited quietly , sensing her patient 's need for distraction , but wanting to take a cue from Faye herself before launching into shallow chat . |
| 47 | Well I believe that the report that er is before us that has been moved erm actually sets out a framework which the social service committee is able to work to and to monitor and I see no point whatsoever in referring this back to social services erm to delay further what is the inevitable . |
| 48 | There was no point , no point whatsoever in saying anything now . |
| 49 | She hoped that she would not disgrace herself by fainting , or by being unable to help him through fear or disgust of what she might be seeing . |
| 50 | After a period of time , silence on the part of a third party ( the most likely response ) could estop it from denying that a novation had occurred . |
| 51 | The first lies in increasing the efficiency of the curriculum development workers themselves through heightening their awareness of the growth points and problems in the schemes they are developing . |
| 52 | To get the best shots of the Falcon 's descent into an American football stadium Steve set up cameras inside the Hercules plane and attached to the freefallers themselves before positioning himself on the ground . |
| 53 | A business executive who is faced with dismissal usually has to content himself with seeking financial compensation in the form of damages for breach of contract , unfair dismissal compensation or state redundancy pay . |
| 54 | So , in order to get his views across , such a candidate has to content himself with stuffing letter boxes , distributing tracts , and holding poorly attended public meetings in bare , underheated school assembly halls . |
| 55 | The intrepid manager had to content himself with numbering his reserve teams . |
| 56 | What the statement laid down — ; following the NCTA tradition — was that all courses had to include ‘ studies which by complementing or contrasting with the main subjects studied will help to provide a balanced education ’ . |
| 57 | He also kissed Frederica and introduced the woman , fumbling her name , as " a colleague " and Frederica as " Frederica — you must forgive me , I never know what name you re working under , women these days are so protean . " |
| 58 | What you 're really finding out is the truth-telling status of the person you re getting the information from , so that Quiss half listened to all this as he watched , suspiciously , the same cableway of cutlery and cups squeak and rattle its way overhead , you can find out two things … no , wait a minute , come to think of It you 're finding … hmm . |
| 59 | The Chiesa family pride itself on serving good Italian cooking . |
| 60 | The Manpower Services Commission 's YTS , launched in 1983 , is an official initiative on a very large scale , aimed at mitigating the crisis in vocational training by provision of a ‘ permanent bridge between school and work ’ for any young person who on leaving school does not find herself/himself a job or entry to full-time education . |