Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 2 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 3 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 4 | Isobel read it and sent me to Professor MacFee — an English Professor — with it , and they both helped me to send it to a publisher in London . |
| 5 | Maggie was still not in any condition to argue and she found herself following him to the dark little bar , almost running a gauntlet of greetings from the men standing around . |
| 6 | On the evening before his body was found she had organised a baby-sitter to look after their two children and invited him to accompany her to a function at Dowman 's British Steel Club , but he had refused to go and instead went out alone . |
| 7 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 8 | Others , however , felt a similar shudder at the thought of telling and discussing the political jokes about contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and advised me to confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 9 | When she returned from the shops , Mum told me to accompany her to the Captain 's to ask if we could have the Mission Hall for the wedding . |
| 10 | He dismissed the service and told us to follow him to the back rooms for counselling . |
| 11 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 12 | And handed them handed them to the people . |
| 13 | One or two of the gentle , giant horses snorted in fear , but they allowed her to lead them to the safety of the barn , while Seb was struggling to maintain control of the hunters . |
| 14 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 15 | Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there . |
| 16 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 17 | Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was . |
| 18 | Then one day Mr Flowerdew he went out and bought a horse , a rather special horse ; and when he wanted it shod he sent it to the blacksmith shop at Scole , Mr Woodcock 's . |
| 19 | Some have expected to sleep with anyone they fancied who treated them to a night out — or , in the case of a man , expected bed for the night in return for dinner . |
| 20 | When Nigel was at home , Gina usually made him take them to the Launderette in a black dust bag . |
| 21 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
| 22 | He again went to see them and persuaded them to accompany him to a meeting at the police station with Mr McLean on August 24 . |
| 23 | Six years before she died she presented it to the Municipality of Antibes ; now pieces she and her husband acquired in the Twenties , particularly from the 1923 sale of the Anthony de Rothschild collection at Aston Clinton , are coming up . |
| 24 | ‘ And all we shall have to do is to stick together and confess that this dreadful accident did happen a little bit earlier and we all felt devastated but there was a full house and we all felt we owed it to the public that the show should go on . |
| 25 | Zeno ran a coin across his knuckles , this way and that , a tiny acrobat , then flipped it ; as it fell he clapped it to the back of his hand . |
| 26 | Tony looked again at the poster — felt it drawing him to the past — the glamour of showbusiness , with its stage-door Johnnies and exciting , feminine showgirls . |
| 27 | I 'd caught him once or twice patting her bottom which the silly girl probably took as evidence of her superior attractions , whereas I knew he did it to every woman under forty . |
| 28 | Business asked the 10 youngest : ‘ How did you make it to the top so quickly ? ’ |
| 29 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 30 | Not all joint boards were successful ; nor , as a form of negotiating machinery , did they commend themselves to every , or even most , industries . |