Example sentences of "[to-vb] they [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm could could I suggest that the committee might like er to ask me to right to the W I to thank them for getting a new piano ? |
| 2 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 3 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 4 | If the purpose of the march was to force the French to battle it failed ; Charles 's council debated whether to go on the offensive against Gaunt 's army , but in the event their belief in the military superiority of the English was still sufficiently strong to inhibit them from offering an open challenge , and they agreed to pursue the usual defensive tactics . |
| 5 | The assembler does not directly offer these facilities , but it is possible to implement them by using other features of BBCBASIC(Z80) . |
| 6 | An attempt was made to accommodate them by founding a Marxist League , of Socialists and PVO . |
| 7 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 8 | Tutwiler 's statement came amidst reports of growing bitterness among Kurdish leaders who claimed that the US administration had failed to support them after having initially encouraged their movement . |
| 9 | The president raised his hand to silence them before going on . |
| 10 | Most importantly , when you meet work colleagues and friends , your springy step must be able to bluff them into believing that you could have managed two laps of the course . |
| 11 | The good ‘ Rev. ’ attempted to pacify them by pointing out that the evening was a glorious opportunity to meet the players in an informal atmosphere , and to buy their heroes a drink . |
| 12 | It 's essential to try them before buying , because if you find the colour difficult to tolerate you 're unlikely to benefit . |
| 13 | Before the Observer leaked extracts , ministers in the DTI took the view that publication would allow the Labour party to accuse them of jeopardising the rights of any defendants to a fair trial . |
| 14 | I try to encourage them by saying it is my material they are using , which sometimes makes the person more nervous ! |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the skill you 've got that really counts — the ability not to know things , or to know them without knowing that you know them . |
| 16 | Until this week , they had all their lessons together , but following a governor 's meeting , the school has agreed to segregate them for swimming lessons in the school 's pool . |
| 17 | Resources should be used to equip people to act in their own interests rather than to pauperise them by treating them as dependents . |
| 18 | Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor . |
| 19 | One way of ‘ stealing ’ another company 's loyal users is to tempt them into using your product by way of a massive discount . |
| 20 | You have to train people to become doctors or engineers or professors , and at the same time to train them in questioning all that — not only in a critical way , but I would say in a deconstructive way . |
| 21 | This is a great worry to us and we believe we can help to prevent these losses by giving them something to distract them from smoking like liver , bacon , eggs , or steak and onions . |
| 22 | The decision of the House of Lords in Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission shows how , on occasion , the courts will resist the strongest efforts of the government to exclude them from reviewing executive discretion . |
| 23 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |
| 24 | These windows are very elegant and it is well worth taking the trouble to highlight them by shaping the top of the curtains to fit the curve . |
| 25 | Mr Muawad , a pro-Syrian Maronite Christian , met deputies in the village of Ehden in the Syrian-controlled north to consult them about forming a cabinet , due to be announced this week . |
| 26 | He had unfortunately proceeded to mar them by fastening them to strips of card with paper clips , which had rusted and left their foul trail on the bookmarks . |
| 27 | Check that the fascia boards are worth repairing : if they have started to rot , you will have to replace them before starting on the guttering . |
| 28 | However , those with more computer expertise can type them in any order , if they wish , and use the SORT component of the TA programme ( see below ) to alphabetise them before printing out . |
| 29 | In this sense TNC , which shares with ISS a conviction that part of the problem is teachers with too low expectations of their pupils , directly addresses the problem by means of externally imposed targets and pressure on teachers to reach them by placing the achievement of a school within a comparative framework , with results on school performance unadjusted for intake . |
| 30 | People think you could be there waiting to arrest them for drinking and driving in the car park . |