Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [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 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |
| 6 | That is to say , will there be a table in my room on which to put a typewriter , and can I bring an anglepoise ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 8 | I knew that I was alone , and I found myself saying over my name to myself to intensify my individuality to bring about a conviction that though alone I was strong . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | There 's my authority for you to do that inside the envelope . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't forget my number for her to call you back . ’ |
| 12 | Could I leave my number for her to ring me ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll promise , ’ I said , offering my hand for her to shake , but she only smiled and replied , ‘ I think I can trust you . ’ |
| 15 | This is my pivot on which to turn to the last , and I think most important category of what you call the breakdown of law and order , because it leads us to concentrate our attention not on the silent majority but on another point in society . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I brought my net with me to have a go at 'em dinner time . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And I 'll have my hatred of you to keep my spirits surging in full force . |
| 20 | I can not live without you and I would divide my estate with you to make you mine upon my own terms . |
| 21 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |
| 22 | Laura chanted viciously under her breath as she sorted through her case for something to wear . |
| 23 | It 's just I like to know where I stand and which bit of me to tense up before the rubber truncheon lands . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Pontypridd are always hard to beat and there will be one player on their side with something to prove — Neil Jenkins . |
| 26 | Meticulously , she sucked him dry , and stood up to open her mouth for him to see his seed swimming over her pink tongue and gums . |
| 27 | It was only by an act of supreme will that she was finally able to wrench her mouth from his to look up at him with angry , blazing eyes . |
| 28 | Feeling his swift arousal , she dragged her mouth from his to bury it against his warm neck . |
| 29 | And the intensity of her longing for him to press his mouth to her lips , or to be roughly crushed within his embrace , was becoming almost more than she could bear . |
| 30 | It all stemmed from her desire for him to leave UNACO . |