Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't have rushed passed me into the bedroom , seized the bottle as a convenient weapon — he could n't have known it was there , anyway — and then dashed back out to hit me before dragging me … do you see what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He was in a somewhat distressed state when he came to see me after taking Iris and her students to the Parc de Prafance . ’ |
| 3 | The director of that theatre , Eric Langworth , came to see me in Talking Heads . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 7 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 8 | He wanted to thank me for having such an undying belief in his footballing ability and for working tirelessly to further his career in soccer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I ask this council to ignore the recommendation from the housing committee and to support me in passing this amendment . |
| 11 | I was hoping he might feel able to support me in breaking the news to the Dersinghams . ’ |
| 12 | The assembler does not directly offer these facilities , but it is possible to implement them by using other features of BBCBASIC(Z80) . |
| 13 | An attempt was made to accommodate them by founding a Marxist League , of Socialists and PVO . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The president raised his hand to silence them before going on . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It 's essential to try them before buying , because if you find the colour difficult to tolerate you 're unlikely to benefit . |
| 21 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's hardly speaking to me at the moment — except to accuse me of stealing her golf-clubs . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He chose that moment to accuse me of having someone else . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I try to encourage them by saying it is my material they are using , which sometimes makes the person more nervous ! |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Resources should be used to equip people to act in their own interests rather than to pauperise them by treating them as dependents . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One way of ‘ stealing ’ another company 's loyal users is to tempt them into using your product by way of a massive discount . |