Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of treatment caused resentment among the petty-minded officialdom which ran the British professional game , and when Boomer was chosen for the 1927 Ryder Cup team he was picked up at Cherbourg en route to America and made to wear what every Frenchman was supposed to wear — a beret . |
| 2 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 3 | When Jennie came in and asked to see what we were doing , we were giggling so much , she would say , ‘ What are yer giggling at , yer little monkeys ? ’ |
| 4 | Over and over she asked the questions and became so demented by them that , though she trembled with indignation , she once more went into the Casa Guidi and , controlling herself as best she could , asked to see her old mistress . |
| 5 | I did think about it and asked to see him again , and once again he visited me with Patrick Nairne . |
| 6 | After he had been out of work for months his telephone rang and a manager asked to see him . |
| 7 | I asked to see him , but they said no . ’ |
| 8 | My contact with the family had lapsed for a while when the head asked to see me to request help in explaining the Statementing procedures to Mrs Singh . |
| 9 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 10 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 11 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 12 | Nobody asked to see their passports and they were airborne half an hour later , on their way to Keflavik on the western side of Iceland , where they landed seven hours later . |
| 13 | He then asked to see my legs . |
| 14 | Anyway , the marshal asked to see you as soon as you recovered . |
| 15 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |
| 16 | ‘ And the reason why I asked to see you rather than your superintendent was that you looked capable of rising above it . ’ |
| 17 | She hesitated a moment and then said , " Matthew asked to see you as soon as you arrived . |
| 18 | I asked to see his identification . |
| 19 | He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented . |
| 20 | ‘ Asked to see his driving licence . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't want to miss them growing up . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't want to go to bed , because I did n't want to miss anything . |
| 23 | You do n't want to miss anything . |
| 24 | They had to wait while the Substitute put on his new galoshes , murmuring with a cigar between his teeth : ‘ Do n't want to miss anything this time … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We do n't want to miss anything , ’ one of them said , reaching unhurriedly into another pot . |
| 26 | In any case , the Shetland spring would soon be upon us — and I would n't want to miss it . |
| 27 | You do n't want to miss it , ’ sniffs Molly , dabbing at her cheeks with a scrap of peach-coloured lace … |
| 28 | Karen did not want to miss it , any more . |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't want to miss it . ’ |
| 30 | Did n't want to miss it . |