Example sentences of "[noun] to [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |
| 2 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 3 | Safer to close his eyes and his mind to her and give his entire concentration to the matter in hand ; a resolution to which he firmly held , even when , after a tumultuous welcome at Brighouse — the nearest railway station to Frizingley — he was escorted , with an appropriate accompaniment of banners and Chartist hymns , to a lodging-house at the top of St Jude 's street where the landlady , Mrs Sairellen Thackray , had offered to accommodate him free of charge . |
| 4 | I have also had to tell others they are unlikely to get in and then try to explain the politics of the department to them and watch their dismay when they realize that , perhaps regardless of merit , they do not fit in . |
| 5 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 6 | He reached out and tugged her into the V of his thighs , dropping his mouth to hers and taking it in a kiss that left her gasping for breath and so shaken she could barely stand . |
| 7 | In other words , there was a side to him that worried her , because she could not understand it . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's too bad you ca n't put your ego in a box , tie a rock to it and throw it out into the lake , ’ she said sweetly . |
| 9 | The expert reports detail the visits to her and describe her home surroundings . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 12 | He was like a Greek god , except that his hair was black and the nose had a slight curve to it that gave his broad , open features a somewhat predatory look . |
| 13 | You can get it by post at three pounds fifty by post , send a cheque or postal order made payable to the B B C for three pounds fifty , we 'll sent it b , I 'll send it by post to you and send it to Afternoon Special , , Derby , Leicester , Lincoln or Nottingham if you want the Good Old Days Quiz Book by post . |
| 14 | Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it . |
| 15 | An explanation in fact followed , after which Scipio , " grasping Polybius ' right hand in both his own and pressing it warmly , said : " Would I could see the day on which you , regarding nothing else as of higher importance , would devote your attention to me and join your life with mine " " ( 31.24 ) . |
| 16 | Clever lighting can make all the difference to the look of a collection , drawing attention to it and showing it off to its best advantage at the same time . |
| 17 | much attention to it or did they , distract |
| 18 | Tod pumped more stuffout to him and increased his float . |
| 19 | They did a number of very unpleasant things to him and left him , dazed and confused , at New Street station at two in the morning . |
| 20 | Erm another thing is , going back to the point about erm er when you 're a child grown-ups often do rather unpleasant things to you and expect you to comply . |
| 21 | Then he added a fatal dose of your ethylene stuff to it and put it back on the carving rest … ’ |
| 22 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 23 | ‘ Would n't it be more sensible to sell your share to me and buy yourself a smaller place ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been a devoted wife to him and done nothing wrong in our marriage , ’ said Debbie , 33 , at their £1 million home at the Palm Beach Polo Club , in Wellington , Florida yesterday . |
| 25 | She had entered into the union for her own reasons and she had taken her marriage vows with no thoughts other than to be a dutiful wife to him and to give him the happiness he deserved . |
| 26 | Cambridge took the race to us and destroyed everything we tried to put together . |
| 27 | However , the developer of the Replix software , Dr Hikyu Lee , who had been president of Samsung Software , has picked up the rights to it and moved it to SoftLinks Inc , a new operation he 's starting with ex-Data General man John Doyle as vice president , sales and marketing . |
| 28 | However , the developer of the Replix software , Dr Hikyu Lee , who had been president of Samsung Software , has picked up the rights to it and moved it to SoftLinks Inc , a new operation he is starting with ex-Data General Corp staffer John Doyle as vice-president , sales and marketing . |
| 29 | So we will all raise our glasses to you and toast your future . |
| 30 | So we will all raise our glasses to you and toast your future . |