Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Luce agreed to marry me and — ’ |
| 2 | — for information and advice on government and EEC grants to help you develop your business , please contact our Grants Advisory Service via your local branch or Business Centre . |
| 3 | The White Lion in Bala agreed to accommodate us , and over dinner I was glad to realize that Nigel 's fantasies were equalling mine , though of a different nature . |
| 4 | We have teamed up with Phonogram records to fly you and a guest to the States and put you up in a swanky hotel for a week 's luxury holiday . |
| 5 | Northumberland failed to take her into his personal custody , but their exchanges of letters during her incarceration in Carlisle were to contribute largely to the disastrous Rising of the North in 1569 . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough were stronger defensively in the second half as , surprisingly , Swindon tried to upset them with a long-ball game rather , than with their usual slick passing style . |
| 7 | The bill was strongly opposed by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , whose members walked out of the Lok Sabha when Chavan rose to introduce it . |
| 8 | Shall we have just a quick Lisa and Dean want to tell us what 's going , cos they 've had you , had the first meeting now , have n't you ? |
| 9 | He flung out his other hand towards them in a desperate plea , and Cardiff moved to take it . |
| 10 | Cardiff moved to join them … and at last he could see what the others were seeing . |
| 11 | Fearing a wholesale decimation of its executive ranks , The Journal said , DEC tried to persuade him to stay but failed . |
| 12 | Dr Michael Dingle 's surgery is on the third floor , reached by an impossibly small lift ( Kenneth has to do it in two trips ) . |
| 13 | When the heroin shows up in the flour , Gary wants to return it to the mob . |
| 14 | Garry tried to pull her back , holding her arm gently . |
| 15 | Roman bent to kiss her in greeting . |
| 16 | But Mr Lawson has to show he knows how to do the trick , before he can win his argument , in theory or in the markets . |
| 17 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 18 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 19 | Thomas Cromwell was offered £100 for his help in obtaining the post of justice in North Wales ; J. Lucas proposed to give him £10 for wine — literally a pourboire if appointed King 's Solicitor . |
| 20 | Full-back Steve Mungall wants to join him on the score-sheet after bookmakers Stanley 's gave special odds on his scoring feats . |
| 21 | ‘ Jewison wants to direct it . ’ |
| 22 | The ex-running champ sprinted like her idol Linford Christie to try to catch them after they raided her home . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell me , is it true that Michel wants to marry her ? ’ |
| 24 | Doe tried to kill him , and persevered as president until he himself was killed . |
| 25 | Isabel tried to yank them free . |
| 26 | Choking with revulsion , Isabel tried to fight him , but her own fear made her helpless . |
| 27 | How would you answer the allegation that that is unduly restrictive , bearing in mind the sort of factors which Professor Lock referred to like us all needing and liking more space ? |
| 28 | Doyle tried to ignore him . |
| 29 | Bernard has to keep them all in his study . |
| 30 | ‘ IMC want to market it , ’ Legion corrected . |