Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm it was ex ex it was great having Chris along because erm he went out and grabbed everybody in the street , pulled them in onto the stall and er and got them got them to sign on the dotted line so to speak . |
| 2 | I asked him to go to the shed and take all my kites away and burn them , which he duly did , in a hollow now called Kite Pyre Dell . |
| 3 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 4 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
| 5 | I asked her to look under the sinker plate , to see whether all the brushes and plastic gear were spinning freely . |
| 6 | This was the reason I asked you to return to the house of your childhood : because the places we have loved — or hated — as children remain in the mind as almost a structuring force . |
| 7 | A few months ago I asked you to write to the magazine with your queries about Silver machines , and suggestions for the subjects you 'd like me to write about . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect them to finish in the top two . |
| 9 | I expect her to preside over the abolition of wages councils and to be strong on industrial training . |
| 10 | I expect you to work on the assignments you owe me at home ! |
| 11 | Ten thousand pounds will build you the highest column in the world , and will produce an astonishing effect ; fifty thousand pounds would not serve to erect an arch , and when it was erected you would have doubted which , it or the Royal Exchange , was the more magnificent object ; therefore I exhort you to keep to the columnar form . |
| 12 | But if I was going to have to disillusion the boy , I thought it kinder to do it personally than by letter , and I invited him to come to the studios to see the programme and have a drink . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft . |
| 14 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 15 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 16 | Now listen , I want nobody to come over the step because you 're trailing these covers and you 'll get them wet , so inside ! |
| 17 | So I want you to enrol for the winter term at Auburn for one course . |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to drive to the Stapletons ’ house and then send the driver away . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to put off the library today , ’ she would say . |
| 20 | I want you to go through the list and then supply some girls who will be unknown to any of the people here . " |
| 21 | No , no , no , no you could only do that , I want you to go on the Orient Express , yes . |
| 22 | When I switch on , I want you to go down the steps , sit down quietly on the floor by the end of the nozzle … and I want you to apologise . |
| 23 | I want you to go round the sun . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to sit on the step and watch out fer yer Mum and come in and tell me when you see her . ’ |
| 25 | Now the next , I want you to look at the verse prologue of the play . |
| 26 | ‘ I want you to look after the boy , Hammond . |
| 27 | I called you over because I want you to look after the new lady . |
| 28 | I want you to come into the market . |
| 29 | I want you to think of the company you 're going to ring . |
| 30 | And I want you to think about the sound that you , not touching anybody ! |