Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them applied themselves to their exercise books , their faces contorted with intellectual effort . |
| 2 | They were sighted in China , where those who attempted to eat them reported them to be tasteless or unpleasant . |
| 3 | Everyone helped themselves to food . |
| 4 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 5 | He wanted to rush round straight away but I asked him to be patient . |
| 6 | I asked him to I told him to . |
| 7 | Like I asked him to . |
| 8 | I asked her to be my wife , and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms . ’ |
| 9 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 10 | ‘ I asked her to supper on Friday . |
| 11 | I asked her to slack off on the ginger a bit |
| 12 | ‘ I asked you to be honest so I 've no right to complain because you 've spelt it all out . |
| 13 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |
| 14 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 15 | Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it . |
| 16 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 17 | I made it to the front of the clubhouse just in time to seize Jack 's bag and head for the practice ground . |
| 18 | So I made it to 100 and we won the game shortly after . ’ |
| 19 | I whispered something to my mother and then Ma whispered to Dad . |
| 20 | I whispered it to you while you slept . ’ |
| 21 | I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin . |
| 22 | ‘ I led them to you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I led them to your car . |
| 24 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 25 | Young , Arthur was playing with his tool set under the table and during a lull in the conversation was heard to say : ‘ Now , where 's my tenon saw — oh course , I lent it to Harry Acton — that bloke never brings anything back . ’ |
| 26 | That hat has been to Buckingham Palace twice because I lent it to a friend who was invited to a later garden party . |
| 27 | I lent it to Bronwen . |
| 28 | I lent it to Lee 's da . |
| 29 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 30 | ‘ I sold it to a tinker . |