Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the hairdressers I spoke to admitted the cult of the dominating hairdresser was strong in the last decade , they all feel it 's now on it 's way out . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ One of the reasons I wanted to be here was to copperfasten , I hope , the central role that architecture in general , and especially the architecture of the last 300 years has in our cultural and heritage policy . |
| 3 | In an excess of enthusiasm I suggested to a GCE examiner that with the help of well-written programmes , we would soon enable nearly all students to pass O-level mathematics . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel fine and in any case I wanted to be here in person and not have to watch you on television . |
| 5 | Several schools coaches I spoke to pointed out that , by the end of the season of the new law , most of the boys had worked out ways and means of blocking the ball . |
| 6 | A bus driver I spoke to in told me that the tinkers stayed down from . |
| 7 | For an instant I seemed to be staring into smoke . |
| 8 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 9 | ‘ If you will only accept the offer of payment I made to you earlier , then the rest of the debt will be paid very shortly . ’ |
| 10 | Well I worked there and then er quite a bit I had to w they had me working on the main road . |
| 11 | Indeed , both the lecturers I spoke to felt that some of their colleagues were less tolerant of dissent than they were ; we shall see later that some of the students felt this too . |
| 12 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 13 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 14 | In Cardiff I went to the local elementary school and in 1939 , in the competitive scholarship examination , won a special place at Cardiff High School . |
| 15 | The entertainments team put on lively shows and just hours after arriving at Romantica I agreed to ‘ star ’ in their evening production of the musical ‘ Grease ’ . |
| 16 | And of course I listened to Elmore James , and all the Delta players — Tampa Red , Robert Pete Williams and Mississippi John Hurt . |
| 17 | Being the only girl in a family of seven was bad enough but there were no other girls anywhere near my age in our local area either , though of course I went to an all-girl convent school . |
| 18 | But they still worked it that if you were working , of course I went to the Ministry of Supply |
| 19 | So then , of course I went to the Euro M P . |
| 20 | But of course I had to back off because you pulled out of it , and started fighting again . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Of course I talked to him , ’ said Andrus . |
| 22 | After a reasonable second class in Part I of the mathematics Tripos I transferred to theology : my tutor , Fred Marsh , gave me a deep love and critical understanding of the Old Testament , but was realistic about my chances in the theological Tripos . |
| 23 | Now yesterday afternoon I said to our Joe I fancies a bit of chocolate . |
| 24 | That afternoon I went to the café at Fagurhólsmýri and bought a pair of Tuf workman boots . |
| 25 | One afternoon I went to the Chelsea Hotel , to see the 1990 Tarum , shown with hats designed by Philip Somerville . |
| 26 | Earlier this afternoon I spoke to him about his party 's ailing fortunes in the year since the General Election . |
| 27 | That afternoon I moved to a quiet little hotel on Fifth Avenue . |
| 28 | I was never able to establish whether she was telling the truth — virtually all the hijras I talked to shrouded the facts of their lives in a thick wrap of fantasies — but she was certainly from a middle-class background and spoke fluent English . |
| 29 | Within the category of lexical items , I include the formulaic patterns I referred to earlier . |
| 30 | And she ended up spending , it was the best part of the day with me and she came with me to a couple of meetings I went to . |