Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 2 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 3 | The vast majority of you said either a 486 or 486SX computer , so we 've created an Interactive Advice program tailored to help you choose the best 486 . |
| 4 | I can imagine there 'll be one or two unhappy people if they find out I 've even taken you walkies let alone tried to help you plug the blueness into reality . |
| 5 | Chris promised to help me buy the drinks and organize the that side of it getting the drinks . |
| 6 | ‘ Patrick McGoohan , who wrote the series , was looking for a car to use and Lotus tried to persuade him to use the Elan , ’ says Graham Nearn , managing director of Caterham Cars , which still makes the Seven today . |
| 7 | If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off . |
| 8 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 9 | " You helped stop me getting the directorship , now you want to drive me out of the Lab . " |
| 10 | Then he tried to force me to take the damn' thing , and I had to call attention to my delicate condition . |
| 11 | My first meeting with was e a I doubt whether he actually remembers er but it was actually on an Inter City , I do n't know whether he does remember , on an Inter City back from London erm three or four years ago when h he also tried to get me to join the Labour Party if I remember rightly . |
| 12 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 13 | In these examples the therapists endeavoured to help the patients come to terms with the loss and at the same time tried to assist them to tackle the other problems they were facing . |
| 14 | Nor did the constitution of 1906 and the Duma which it created do anything to bring the foreign ministry and Russian diplomacy under any effective parliamentary control . |
| 15 | Often he tried to stop her leaving the house . |
| 16 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 17 | The crowd at Darlington 's home game bought a total of £150-worth of tickets for the prize draw , and organisers say the warm reception they received helped them endure the icy conditions . |
| 18 | But I do n't think that letter was written until she 'd decided who to leave the baby with . |
| 19 | He 'd seen her buy the cards and stamps and go through the list of presents to get , seen her write letters to elderly relatives , make the puddings and the mince pies , clean the house , polish the little pieces of silver and brass she 'd acquired , make long shopping lists and then go out and buy things , wrap presents and take out their old Christmas tree and sort through the ornaments . |
| 20 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 21 | But when they came to drink they found the water had changed to wine . |
| 22 | But it was quite clear this time what the answer must be ; she 'd felt herself call the magic , felt it respond to her . |
| 23 | ( He gawped at me as if I 'd told him to swim the Atlantic . ) |
| 24 | The area of most impact potential for KBS 's is in on-line ATE testing which has the potential for greatly reducing the overall number of testing steps , thus reducing testing time , and offering more refined fault isolation help to the user . |
| 25 | When they had eventually managed to get him out of the house he 'd helped her to carry the remaining dishes from the dining-room , a thing he never did . |
| 26 | He 'd thought he had the longest living hamster in captivity . |
| 27 | The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed — the Emperor even entertained the children with conjuring tricks — and when the time came to leave he assured the Queen that ‘ If we stayed longer we should end up by forgetting France altogether . ’ |
| 28 | Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous . |
| 29 | Certainly he believed that his inner feeling of being most alive , most engaged with real issues , in his contemplative experience , was a gift from God and that his whole integrity depended on his furthering a life-style which he believed enabled him to receive the gift , however strong the opposition he encountered : Above all else I have always longed to sit and concentrate on Christ , and him alone … |
| 30 | I tried to look as if this was perfectly normal , as if I 'd asked him to make the entry for me . |