Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But to confirm my diagnosis I need to do some tests . |
| 2 | I want to see my mother he said . |
| 3 | We are content to acknowledge ourselves beings which sense their surroundings like the animals , but with the power of reason to criticize and to guide the senses . |
| 4 | Why do he want to know them things I wonder ? ’ |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer . |
| 6 | I used to know my semaphore I 'm , I 've never really mastered the morse , but I used to know the semaphore |
| 7 | That said , I got to know my men my staff and everybody of course has their peculiarities you know , the different thingummies . |
| 8 | Erm if I knew the pages in the report as well as I try to know my bible I could point you to another place Moderator where er |
| 9 | I ran to find my master who was still fully dressed . |
| 10 | Each time I stopped to catch my breath I could hear his voice in the distance shouting , " Jane ! |
| 11 | For the purposes of the tape I think er we ought to explain that our management meetings are always run on very serious lines with no , no jokes allowed , er first of all I think we should just place on the record that this meeting is being taped everybody recognises that , and the purposes are for to analyse everybody 's linguistic ability and later on Tracy 's going to recite her piece her presentation for the purpose of the tape . |
| 12 | Should you have the chance to accept her invitation you will find the club at Newton Abbot Community Centre , Kingsteignton Road , Newton Abbot , Devon , on the second and fourth Friday of the month at 7.00 pm . |
| 13 | erm because they enjoyed the , there are a few funny lines in it you know and they enjoy the , the visual amatory of these people performing it , but to themselves to actually understand it they need to know which artist it was , yeah |
| 14 | Companies can find it difficult to know which agencies they should approach and , according to Ms Gordon , often become frustrated with the agencies for sending along unsuitable applicants . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought he ought to know which Queen we were fighting for , ’ he said afterwards . |
| 16 | It was impossible to know which direction they were going in . |
| 17 | You know it says book forty , do you have to know which books you want to go into ? |
| 18 | This will be , do n't you see I 'm in the process of answering a letter to Regional Railways , on the whole finances of er Leeds North Western , and I needed to know which number you 'd actually |
| 19 | I 'd be interested to know which college you went to . ’ |
| 20 | All I wanted to know sir was which page Mr was on , I I 'll comment later I just want to know which page it is please . |
| 21 | It 's an amusing game however , as you struggle for a seat out of the wind at the cairn to eat your peanut butter sandwiches , trying to guess which way everyone will go when they smack their lips , wipe their hands on their breeches and get up to leave . |
| 22 | Erm and I think that it is a very useful exercise to discover which things you know fall below that break even point and which things are therefore if you like internally subsidized or which we do for one reason or another . |
| 23 | Try to discover which city he 's in . |
| 24 | Try to discover which city he 's in . |
| 25 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 26 | In studying these to find their causes we need to have done some natural philosophy , because these motions of the mind have their causes in sense and imagination . |
| 27 | When his mouth moved to caress her breasts she moaned with pleasure , guiding his head towards her stomach . |
| 28 | To hide her embarrassment she fumbled in her handbag for a little mirrored compact backed with tortoiseshell and turned away to repowder her face . |
| 29 | ‘ Glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago ’ , comments the narrator ; and his comment shows that the ancient smith was not glad , did not know , was condemned to defeat and death and oblivion in the barrows . |
| 30 | ( In fact , following the abortive takeover , GEC and Plessey announced in 1987 the formation of a joint company : GEC Plessey Telecommunications ( GPT ) to develop System X. ) The fear was that if the two companies , both minnows in the international market ( refer to Table 2.1 ) failed to pool their resources they would sink further down the list of world telecommunications manufacturers . |