Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , admittedly , is a hard saying , and may well stir a first inkling that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the approach which has brought us to this point . |
| 2 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 3 | Other programmes are ‘ slipped to the right ’ , which means delaying them to later years in the Costing ; and the rest are pruned in size or cut out all together . |
| 4 | She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day . |
| 5 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 6 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 7 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 8 | Patiently occupied with his household tasks and with his sketching of Willem , it amused him to notice that ‘ already he seems to oppose himself to all social institutions and conventions . ’ |
| 9 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 10 | Well I suppose it has in a sense , yes , it 's enabled us to both confront the fact that that I 'm not all knowing and that I 'm not all powerful , which I mean was because my children , as I say , are still quite young , which is something new for them , I suppose , as well as something new for me . |
| 11 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 12 | But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is . |
| 13 | Your own haiku can have ‘ movement ’ as its subject , ‘ my town ’ , ‘ Spring ’ or whatever has moved you to powerful feeling . |