Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 2 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 3 | It is a safe bet to assume this competition will present no problems for them leaving them the first pipe band in history to collect every available award and go undefeated for the duration of the season . |
| 4 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’ |
| 6 | It would be wrong for me to anticipate what the final conclusions of CAJEC , and the Councils of the Institutes ( which will ultimately have to make the decision on the current ‘ hot ’ topics ) will be . |
| 7 | Er put the next bit on for me save me the job say Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang . |
| 8 | Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal . |
| 9 | But it would not be proper for me to tell you the names of His Highness 's wives and concubines . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe she waiting for someone to show her the town . ’ |
| 11 | Her eyes sought out his to divine what the real mood was : Hope jammed her gaze with a glazed and bland smile . |
| 12 | Another greatly pleasurable result of the broadcast was that it put me in touch with colleagues of his , and their wives , in the lighthouse business , several of whom wrote me the kindest letters expressing the most heart-warming comments . |
| 13 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
| 14 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 15 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 16 | We have written back to about 200 of them offering them the chance to attend the gymnasium . ’ |
| 17 | She must write a note to each of them to tell them the families were safe as soon as they were all accounted for . |
| 18 | We came at last to his office which was basically a roomette like my own : that is to say , it was a seven-by-four-foot space on one side of a central corridor , containing a washbasin , a folding table and two seats , one of which concealed what the timetable coyly called ‘ facilities ’ . |
| 19 | All of which suggests what the drafts of the poems confirm — that he knew , or wanted to know , exactly what he was doing . |
| 20 | Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy |
| 21 | Of no mean magnetism himself — Lawrence thought highly enough of him to make him the recipient of some of his most excruciating introspections — Curtis was the inspirational force of that curious organization , the Round Table , in whose journal of the same name Lawrence published his article on the new imperialism in the Middle East . |
| 22 | The mere thought of it gives me the horrors , ’ Silas admitted . |
| 23 | And the certainty of it gave her the strength to smile . |
| 24 | The familiarity of it gave her the urge to work . |
| 25 | ‘ And none of it gave you the right to lie to me . |
| 26 | ‘ Any chance of anyone passing me the odd anabolic steroid , this week ? |
| 27 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Neither of us knew what the other was doing . |
| 29 | All of us did it the whole time . |
| 30 | W would it make much difference for you lending me the money . |