Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went up to see Ivan and found him asleep . |
| 2 | He was delighted to see Schellenberg and showed it . |
| 3 | Curtis telephoned the seamen 's shelter and asked somebody to find Titch and get him to ring back . |
| 4 | This may be hard for western activists to take , but it is our highest purpose : to know God and to enjoy him forever . |
| 5 | ‘ To know God and to make him known ’ is the motto of the schools . |
| 6 | After a brief glance at Anna , the gipsy hurried off to find Boz and tell him where she was being taken . |
| 7 | At this Margery panics , expecting the same fate for herself , and soon begs the old woman to try to find Wilekin and bring him to her . |
| 8 | ‘ We do not want to destroy Buddha but to christen him . ' |
| 9 | The story of the Passion continues with the statement by the chief priests and Scribes that they were seeking to arrest Jesus and put him to death . |
| 10 | Clear of the mooring , I felt the tide , not much yet , for the ebb had not long started , but enough to grip Joanna and carry her seawards in a strong , invisible hand . |
| 11 | It was decided that Julia should go to see Minnie and escort her to Carrie 's house if she wished to come . |
| 12 | She said there was no need to discuss it : she wanted to leave Dynmouth and to leave him , that was all . |
| 13 | EDWINA CURRIE , the former health minister , is to quit Westminster and take her formidably forthright political style to the European Parliament . |
| 14 | His accusations backed up with the evidence found by Craig would be enough to convict Spencer and send him to prison for some time , once his whereabouts were discovered , for Spencer seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth . |
| 15 | In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident . |
| 16 | Walsh crudely hacked down Kay but referee Peck had to send off the Sunderland player , who tried to grab Walsh and struck him in the face . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're divorced now , apparently , and Paul 's married to someone else , but at the time he was going to divorce Sonia and marry me . |
| 18 | Haushofer wished to contact Hamilton and have him prepare the ground among the company he kept . |
| 19 | Mohamed Ali 's aims were not just to protect Egypt but to make her an expansionist power in the Eastern Mediterranean . |
| 20 | The expression of faith found in The Westminster Confession tells us , ‘ Man 's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever . ’ |
| 21 | That is why the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him for ever . |
| 22 | Cardiff reached out to grab Frye and shake him back to his senses . |
| 23 | Griffin , 27 , was also ordered to not to contact Lynn and pay her up to £6,500 compensation at Santa Monica Superior Court , Los Angeles . |
| 24 | Her first priority this morning must be to phone Margaret and tell her she was on Suzie 's trail . |
| 25 | But as the painting was not yet dry he kept it in his room , and when a buyer came unexpectedly to see Modigliani and offered him ten francs for her portrait he took the money . |
| 26 | I 'm going to call Sergei and tell him what 's happened . ’ |
| 27 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 28 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 29 | She chatted for a long time to a friendly Madame Pompadour , who professed to love Wales and bombarded her with intimate questions . |
| 30 | Charles determined to ring Frances and ask her to take the girl in . |