Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 2 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 3 | ‘ I was paying my taxes for you to acquire your skill , I 'll have you know . |
| 4 | My superiors like me to get as much detail as possible . ’ |
| 5 | I change out of my pyjamas into them to write |
| 6 | I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide . |
| 7 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 8 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 9 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |
| 10 | ‘ being a person on foot ’ This point is proved by the officer or traffic warden stating in evidence ‘ A man , I now know to be John Smith , stepped from the kerb on the south side of the road and walked towards me in contravention of my signal to him to stop etc . ’ |
| 11 | There 's my authority for you to do that inside the envelope . |
| 12 | I will have to keep my wits about me to get my team selections , and my substitutes , right . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't forget my number for her to call you back . ’ |
| 14 | Could I leave my number for her to ring me ? |
| 15 | When he came back , his face was so strained with worry that I felt the sting of another guilt , and I smiled properly ( having just finished with a not-too-terrible pain ) and put out my hand to him to show him I was better . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll promise , ’ I said , offering my hand for her to shake , but she only smiled and replied , ‘ I think I can trust you . ’ |
| 17 | I put my hands behind me to find the pillar , found it and pushed myself up , hoping my feet would n't slip on the beer-wet floor . |
| 18 | I would like to remind you of my invitation to you to concelebrate at Mark Morris 's Ordination to the Priesthood in St. Paul 's , Shettleston on Sunday at 3.00pm . |
| 19 | I brought my net with me to have a go at 'em dinner time . ’ |
| 20 | Like , for instance , when my Dad , proud of his craft , and his special friendly relations with a good customer , a Mr Watson , was saying : ‘ My goot friend , Mr Vatson , vas so pleased vit his suit — he brought a friend to my house for me to make him von . |
| 21 | And I 'll have my hatred of you to keep my spirits surging in full force . |
| 22 | I can not live without you and I would divide my estate with you to make you mine upon my own terms . |
| 23 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |
| 24 | It 's just I like to know where I stand and which bit of me to tense up before the rubber truncheon lands . |
| 25 | She took his hand , curling her fingers into his to lift it to her lips and kiss it . |
| 26 | In the dark she has to show her teeth for me to know she is smiling . |
| 27 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 28 | Djohar refused their demands for him to step down , blaming lack of preparedness for the failure of the February ballot . |
| 29 | She helped him , parting her lips from his to draw breath in her eagerness to remove all that separated them . |
| 30 | She opened it , scrutinised the first of the many pages it contained , then took her eyes from it to query , ‘ Palmer & Pearson ? |