Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pron] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acoustically , the KH has a promising blurry ring to it and although it 's not loud , due to the Floyd , it does seem to sustain particularly well . |
| 2 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 3 | During 1918 they met principally at Lord Derby 's breakfasts , from which Baldwin recorded impressions and interchanges which indicate both that the Prime Minister was a near stranger to him and that he was not above a little daring toadying . |
| 4 | So , what I would suggest is that you certainly have a word with the police and draw their attention to it and if anybody listening has parked their car there , do please consider just how safe it is where you 're parking and think of other people . |
| 5 | One almost has to wonder if this account has any element of truth to it or if it was some public relations yarn to spur interest in the film . |
| 6 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 7 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 8 | He had been a good friend to her and when she walked out on her parents she had made straight for the bar , looking for him . |
| 9 | And erm so er er if people do that And er this this businessman , this week , he he rang and he he was sending messages via the secretary , instead of getting on the phone to me and and me finding out what there was , he finally he s he said There 'll be about an hour 's work . |
| 10 | Gradually she straightened , gathered the parcel to her as though her instinct to protect it somehow protected her too . |
| 11 | ‘ I know but I feel it is becoming more and more appropriate to my response to everything and that it must come soon . ’ |
| 12 | All those facts give the lie to the Government 's claim that they are extending educational opportunity to everyone and that they are genuinely interested in creating a classless society . |
| 13 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 14 | I had n't said a word to her and and she she was she did n't talk to me . |
| 15 | The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump . |
| 16 | Jean held up her hand to it and when it made a bright white spot on her palm , she closed her fingers over it and pretended to give it into Donald 's hand , like a delicacy . |
| 17 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
| 18 | It meant a lot to me than and I still buy it today . |
| 19 | She thought you 'd probably never had a bathroom to yourself and that you 'd appreciate something a bit special . ’ |
| 20 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 21 | You can also ask to be put in contact with others in a similar position to yourself and if you want to you can always arrange to meet regularly or form a support group to discuss matters which are relevant to all of you in your day to day work . |
| 22 | and , well no it 's not sociable but because you come out and it , it gets you away from here because you 've got so many things on during the day you want some time to yourself and because you , we 've found us a place that we wo n't get busted and we know we wo n't we go in and have it but I can guarantee that if we were , like walking into this room , if it was full of smoke it would put me off straight away . |
| 23 | And if any words could be found in the Statute which provided that besides paying Income Tax on income people should pay for advantages or emoluments in its wider sense ( such as I think the word " emoluments " here , has not , for reasons to be presently given ) , there is no doubt of Mr Tennant 's possession of a material advantage , which made his salary of higher value to him than if he did not possess it , and upon the hypothesis which I have just indicated , would be taxable accordingly . |
| 24 | All Marion 's life he had grumbled about being both a father and a mother to her and when she was small she had felt that he was cross with her . |
| 25 | He moved around the table to her and as he moved he spoke slowly and meaningfully . |