3.203 Talking about two actions done by different people: phase verbs separated by an object

If you want to talk about two closely linked actions which are performed by different people, you follow the first verb with an object. This object then functions as the subject of the second verb. For example, in 'She asked Ginny to collect the book', 'Ginny' is the person who is asked, and she is also the person who performs the action of collecting the book.

• I saw him looking at my name on the door.
• She knew her father wouldn't dare to stop her associating with her friends.
• They left her to lie on the wooden floor.
• The committee's lawyers had advised certain people to stay away.