Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him to describe what the atmosphere in the dressing room is like with the rest of the team . |
| 2 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 3 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 4 | I want her to give you the name of the man responsible . ’ |
| 5 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 6 | Now I want you to tell me the important part — why the hell are you so desperate that you 'll go to this extent in order to get your hands on the bequest ? |
| 7 | I want you to show her the ropes . |
| 8 | ‘ I persuaded him to sell me the rights to manufacture the Seven and I took over everything except the Lotus name . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 10 | It is the experience of similar events which enables him to judge what the purpose of an utterance might be . |
| 11 | The first morning we met you asked me to show you the way to the matriculation class , putting a very strong stress on the first syllable . |
| 12 | She asked him to teach her the trick , but he said that she was not ready yet . |
| 13 | Juliet was remembering Celia 's frightened voice as she asked her to tell her the blood results before anyone else . |
| 14 | ‘ Would you allow me to show you the way ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We want him to see what the reality is , compared with the tabloid myth , ’ said a party organiser . |
| 16 | When , inevitably , we were asked to do it again , we altered it to make it the third article after the four-legged item and kept varying first and third . |
| 17 | We 've only got two now , but they like us to tell them the details of the day . ’ |
| 18 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 19 | Having reached his destination , he remembered the message that he had been asked to give to his hostess : ‘ I travelled down with an uncle of yours and he told me to give you the following message , ’ he said . |
| 20 | and it gives you an example , okay and it tells you to write what the situation is , so it 'll be at home with the children watching television |
| 21 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 22 | Nikos had been busy , too , and he summoned them to show them the result of his labours . |
| 23 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |