Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's sat in there and we all listened to them and insulted them basically ! |
| 2 | And then we wrote back to them and said we are very likely getting funding from , in which case can we use your money for other purposes er Well one reason specifically said chairs . |
| 3 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 4 | He spoke to them and persuaded them with his books and his paintings , through radio and television , by his speeches and his straightforward and trenchant statements to the press about the issues he believed to be so crucial for the welfare of the world . |
| 5 | Chefs like myself have referred to them and kept them at hand since they were written over 10 years ago , along with books such as Jane Grigson 's on vegetables . |
| 6 | So when I did n't receive any further communication , I 've gone back to them and asked them whether they would be interested in reducing the price , cos we consider it to be too high for that one acre of land . |
| 7 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
| 8 | They started to run meetings in the house for the wives of the clergy , where Ramsey talked theology to them and mixed it with a lot of humour . |
| 9 | These ideas were further developed by another philosopher , John Searle ( 1969 , 1975 ) , who both added to them and presented them more systematically . |
| 10 | Has he talked to them and recorded their verbal yes or no ? |
| 11 | Edouard listened to them and disliked what he heard . |
| 12 | If you 've given thought to them and excluded them , that 's fine as long as you 've made it clear . |
| 13 | He would have said much more , but Brown Owl , who had crawled under the fence , hurried to them and put her arms round poor , scared Mandy . |
| 14 | A DESPERATE couple lovingly clasped their handicapped daughter to them and ended their lives after their pleas for help went unanswered . |
| 15 | But he gave much of his time to them and showered them with expensive gifts . |
| 16 | A disobedient Norfolk farm boy was propelled into a lifetime of professional poaching by the combination of a harsh , flogging father , who for years ‘ never spoke to me nor owned me ’ , and an entertaining , caring grandfather who had poached himself : ‘ I 'm not shure I did not inherit some of my sporting ways from him . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then , at the end of the reception , Larry came over to me and asked what I had said to the bride 's father . |
| 19 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 20 | When it was on television it really looked , it really looked good but er the reality of it was it was pretty bad really but er the editor was very kind to me and made me look quite a hero but . |
| 21 | A woman hurried over to me and took me by the hand . |
| 22 | Quigley went to the door to check there was no one around , then , unable to stop himself , ran back to me and twisted my ear hard . |
| 23 | Then an acquaintance started talking to me and diverted my attention . |
| 24 | I know , woke up this morning she was , she was obviously cold , cat was right under the covers , snuggled right up to me and got her , her chin on me arm like that , I was asleep Justifying Nation , did you like that ? |
| 25 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 26 | He showed this to me and told me to note especially the inscription on the coin 's obverse side : ‘ O.A. Paykhull cast this gold by chemical art at Stockholm , 1706 . ’ |
| 27 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 28 | Lineker 's agent came to me and told me that Lineker wanted to go to play in Japan . |
| 29 | Members of staff have actually come to me and said they did n't want her in on the interviews . |
| 30 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |