Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 2 | The call that particularly mystifies me , when I am subjected to it on journey after journey , is the admonition from catering staff to intending consumers of their junk food to be sure to bring their small change with them . |
| 3 | I was called to myself by the echoing hoot of the ferry 's siren , to find that the shop had emptied of its crowd , and the postmistress , taking off her spectacles , was hurrying round to the store counter to look after the stranger . |
| 4 | and I I was taken to it by friends . |
| 5 | In fact it was a rather odd coincidence , ’ she said , warming to her theme , ‘ I was introduced to her at a party , and we got on quite well . |
| 6 | ‘ I was very fond of ffeatherstonehaugh 's from the time I was introduced to it by a pal of mine in the late 1940s . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I was recommended to you by our architect , Paul Richardson . ’ |
| 8 | So , generally avoid using contractions in an exam essay , unless you 're asked to it in an informal way . |
| 9 | And you 're committed to nothing by replying . |
| 10 | We love you because you were sent to us by Our Father . " |
| 11 | saying she 's spoke to you about some development plan or something I she said shall I bring it round to you , I said no I 'll ask . |
| 12 | He told her that she would not be able to let go of him , that his power was deep , deep in her bones and she was bound to him for ever . |
| 13 | Rarely , and this was one of the times , she knew she was tied to him by what seemed like a tight cord of anxiety that vibrated to his needs , never hers ; how she was afflicted by him , how he weighed her down . |
| 14 | She was sent to him to be prepared for confirmation . |
| 15 | She was sent to me by her doctor , whom she had consulted because she suffered from anxiety attacks and what she called ‘ turns ’ . |
| 16 | She was drawn to him like a magnet to the north . |
| 17 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
| 18 | She was introduced to him by a friend who spoke of him with admiration . |
| 19 | Whether this actually demonstrates anything is debatable — we all have antibodies to Candida because we are exposed to it from birth , and a positive response to an intradermal test is seen in some healthy individuals . |
| 20 | The fact that we call both our mother 's brother and father 's brother by the same term does not mean that we are unaware of the fact that we are related to them in different ways or that we can not express this difference by using such phrases as ‘ my uncle on my mother 's side ’ . |
| 21 | There simply are such ‘ indicative ’ signs , and they are presented to us in sense-experience ; on their basis we can reason to the hidden things which they ‘ indicate ’ . |
| 22 | Trudgill writes : speakers are not capable of acquiring the correct underlying phonological distinction unless they are exposed to it from the very beginning , before they themselves have even begun to speak . |
| 23 | For women it matters less whether they are referred to a gynaecologist or a urologist than that they are referred to someone with an interest in urinary incontinence . |
| 24 | It seems to be established , and rightly so , that the criterion is not geographical — privilege does not attach to letters sent by constituents to a member , even though they are posted to him in the post office in the Lobby of the House of Commons ( Rivlin v Bilainkin [ 1953 ] 1 QB 485 ) . |
| 25 | Perhaps the reason is that they are dedicated to something outside themselves , namely to God , and are not interested merely in the selfish development of their right hemispheres . |
| 26 | List these assets and liabilities at random as they pop into your mind or as they are suggested to you by others . |
| 27 | You do it all the time , they 're conditioned to it in the end . |
| 28 | They were sent to him in packages of ten cartons from Moscow . |
| 29 | It is almost as if they were lent to us for their infancy and formative years , and are then entirely free to go their own way . |
| 30 | ‘ They were given to me as a present . |