Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my best caricature British accent I reduce him to a fit of stifled giggles . |
| 2 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 3 | The car which took us to the station drove as sedately as a Daimler in a royal procession although the people of Amsterdam were on their way to work and provided admirable subjects for baiting . |
| 4 | A vast impenetrable openness which froze him to the spot where he was as if he was caught in ice . |
| 5 | She and her husband were met at the station by a small open carriage which took them to the palace . |
| 6 | But Durie still feels uncomfortable at the club who backed him to the hilt in wiping out the damaging ‘ cheat ’ slur . |
| 7 | They bound the restaurant owner , who moaned feebly and thrashed about a bit ; then with Lambert 's aid they hoisted him to the high seat . |
| 8 | In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy . |
| 9 | This I did at once with a feeling of self-importance which blinded me to the now obvious fact that she was abrogating her responsibilities and allowing them to devolve , once more , upon her eldest daughter . |
| 10 | The restaurant is on a lease and I understand that when the lease ran out there was a law which entitled me to a new one . |
| 11 | Two seasons ago , they beat Sparta Prague 2-0 in Czechoslovakia , then drew 0-0 in Napoli on a European Cup run which took them to the semi-finals . |
| 12 | The mockery could n't disguise the aggressive determination which chilled her to the bone . |
| 13 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
| 14 | The question raised by the Law Lords on the Circuit who referred it to the High Court was whether despite being deaf and dumb and uneducated , did the defendant know the difference between right and wrong , did she know that a consequence of guilt was punishment , and did she have the power of communicating her thoughts ? |
| 15 | There it was bought by an unidentified lady who lent it to the religious Society where it has been ever since . |
| 16 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 17 | After the rape he dragged her to an alley but she broke free . |
| 18 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 19 | A drug specialist service works out a withdrawal programme with her GP who introduces her to a support group and individual counselling . |
| 20 | MY gratitude goes to a mini-cab driver who took me to an animal hospital with my sick budgerigar and then would n't accept any fare . |
| 21 | It is clear that this change is highly evaluated in Belfast in terms of social class hierarchy and status , as it is the more prestigious groups that tend to adopt it and the more ‘ advanced ’ ( generally female and younger ) group who introduce it to the conservative inner-city communities ( which are characterized by dense and multiplex network ties that tend to resist innovation and maintain conservative forms ) . |
| 22 | If you follow it along from the historical site it leads you to a perfect waterfall , and then to a point where flat grass lies between the vertical gorge sides . |
| 23 | At first our after-dinner conversation was on general matters but when Lady Francesca withdrew , throwing Benjamin a smile which cut me to the heart , Clinton soon brought matters to order . |
| 24 | He catches me watching him and smiles a naughty smile which thrills me to the core . |
| 25 | Muffled in furs , Franklin D. Hauser left the complex in a snow buggy which drove him to a helipad a kilometre away . |
| 26 | Donny O'Brien , the ancient typesetter inherited from the original Advent , swore each day that it was only by the grace of God that the paper ever got launched in the taxi which delivered it to the newspaper boys . |
| 27 | The Holy Alliance which ties them to the USSR and to one another is the principle of Party infallibility , not the fact , and the certainty that the principle will be upheld — if necessary , by Soviet tanks . |
| 28 | It was the day you took me to the Beatles . ’ |
| 29 | McKenzie initially felt unwelcomed in the unfamiliar surroundings until he saw an old Melbourne friend who introduced him to the irrepressible club coach , Jeff Sayle . |
| 30 | There is no doubt at all that heads have the power , in managerial terms , to make such decisions ; but it would be a foolish head who put them to the governors without first winning staff support . |