Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might as well just save my pound and give it to whoever fucking wins that thing cos I 've never won it . |
| 2 | There is no way in which he can free himself from my control , not unless I lose my nerve or allow him to be abducted by some plagiarist , and not unless I allow any of my own present personal dilemmas connected with my own personal escape to lodge unbeknown to me in the words which make up this fictional character . |
| 3 | Now I must return to my work and leave you to your wanderings . ’ |
| 4 | Guiding our distinguished visitor to the hotel lift I quickly scribbled the word MELACHUSETUCK on a blank page from my note-book and handed it to Mr Murray . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean , if you cut that picture up into four — which would be a distinctly pro-life act if you want my opinion and gave it to four different restorers , they 'd each stop at a different point ? ’ |
| 6 | He grabbed my elbow and dragged me to the door . |
| 7 | I finished my drink and helped myself to another . |
| 8 | And I remember taking it out of my pocket and showing it to Basil and saying , now , this is the kind of thing I 'm interested in , as well as horses , because it gives me a feeling of English life . |
| 9 | This shows that only by allowing the authority 's judgment to pre-empt mine altogether will I succeed in improving my performance and bringing it to the level of the authority . |
| 10 | I 'll forgive you if you find me a taxi that will take me back to pick up my baggage and get me to the airport on time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , she came to my door and invited me to dinner . ’ |
| 12 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
| 13 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 14 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 15 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 16 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 17 | He put an arm around my shoulder and steered me to one of the leather sofas which had a girl where other sofas have cushions . |
| 18 | The following morning I put the loose pieces in my bag and took them to school . |
| 19 | My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia , and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when , thinking I looked feverish , she took my temperature and put me to bed . |
| 20 | I shall die here and then this creature will tear out my soul and carry it to the Court of the Soul Eaters . |
| 21 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 22 | She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the outer door . |
| 23 | An honest appraisal will help their progress and guide them to further learning opportunities . |
| 24 | Meryl felt slightly dizzy among the heady scents of the plants , but nevertheless plucked a rosemary leaf from its stem and held it to her nose , crushed between finger and thumb , before releasing it to twist emptily to the ground . |
| 25 | She looked at herself , practised an attitude , widening her eyes and sucking in her cheeks , then another , chin up , head to one side , Madonna-like in pious ecstasy , then shaking her head to dismiss the bridal vision she had attempted , plucked the lace mat from her hair and added it to the pile with the others she had finished . |
| 26 | Swiftly she detached the hiranu , then unfastened her girdle and handed it to him . |
| 27 | If the enemy are not roused and ready , three thousand could ride through their camp and cut it to tatters ! |
| 28 | Others , unable to bear the grief , swore to remain in their homeland and rebuild it to its former glory . |
| 29 | Explaining why the authorities changed their mind and committed themselves to the transfer of land is a prime difficulty in the history of the emancipation . |
| 30 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |