Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [pron] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was once the Friends ' Meeting House , and a flight of stone steps led to it when I first knew it . |
| 2 | bodies , victims , flames what do those words do to me as I 'm reading |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , William , ’ Marie says to me when I give her the tea , and I say ‘ Is there anything else , your Highness ? ’ like we 're king and queen or summat . |
| 4 | The first thing Toby said to me when I got in was , " Somebody 's been here to see you . " |
| 5 | I do n't know how I had the nerve to speak to you as I did — to turn you away when you were being so nice and so good . |
| 6 | He was moody all the time , with a flashing temper , and when Changez was at home , nursing his bad arm , Anwar came to me as I worked in the store-room . |
| 7 | Whereas , just yesterday , my friend Ruth said to me when I was going out : ‘ You look great ’ . |
| 8 | I must explain a bit more , for other things occur to me as I try to recall the text which is now in the wrong hands . |
| 9 | That the style they replaced it with is specifically a feminist style is suggested by the comments made to me when I interviewed feminist women about how they thought feminists talked . |
| 10 | On the seats we 'll call it , on the seats of the rowing boat , I was standing on that and my father said to me when I got aboard , do n't do that no more , he said , cos he say if that paddle , what we call the paddle , come out of that sculling hole , he said you 'll go over the side and the boat will go away from you , he said , you 'll be bloody well drowned , which was right never forgot it never . |
| 11 | Later he wrote , " I was completely overwhelmed by the expressions of loyalty given to me when I left . |
| 12 | This thought occurred to me as I was reflecting on an article which suggested that the industry 's problems of yesterday were very much the same as those of today and that no real progress was possible because of the vested interest of the institutions of the industry . |
| 13 | The man beckoned to me as I stood around vaguely , and asked me to fetch cognac for him , vodka with ice for his wife and … what for Nell ? |
| 14 | But Bob said to me where I bought it from , he said I do n't think it would survive the winter because it comes from the Scilly Isles which is warmer . |
| 15 | I managed to get it working , but I 'll have to have some extensive repairs done to it when I get back home . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Mayor point of councillor letter came to me after I 'd already written which she will be aware long period . |
| 17 | And he could n't stop it , I , I never get over when the doctor said to him if I were you I would n't smoke , it 'll do you good not to smoke , so he did n't , and he stopped it |
| 18 | Looking at the passages in the Queen 's Speech that refer to matters abroad , I reflect upon remarks made to me when I was a very young person , eager to enter politics , by the father of my right hon. Friend the Member for Brighton , Pavilion ( Mr. Amery ) . |
| 19 | My hair sticks to it when I sit up in bed . |