Example sentences of "[coord] to [pron] [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not proposing to ask her about her relationship , or lack of it , with Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson , or to what degree she blamed them for the unexpected and , at the time , unwelcome change in her life . |
| 2 | The Wisharts had to catch the 10.30am train from King 's Cross and to their amazement they found few people in the usual queue ; they had bought newspapers and magazines to read on the journey and when they found an empty compartment they settled down . |
| 3 | Neither dark nor dumb ceremonies , but … so set forth that every man may understand what they do mean , and to what use they do serve . |
| 4 | We have now some thought-out sense of a general plan of campaign based on decisions about whether ( and how much ) we stick to subjects , and to what extent we integrate . |
| 5 | ‘ Where an unconstitutional change of regime takes place in a recognised state , governments of other states must necessarily consider what dealings , if any , they should have with the new regime , and whether and to what extent it qualifies to be treated as the government of the state concerned . |
| 6 | He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes . |
| 7 | He let her go , and to her chagrin she burst into tears . |
| 8 | But Rosemarie felt so strongly that mum suggested she write to director Steven Spielberg … and to her surprise she received a reply from his scientific adviser Don Lessem in Massachusetts . |
| 9 | The door to the dressing room opened and to her surprise she saw that it was Hugo . |
| 10 | She was learning to recognize the effect she had on men , and to her surprise she saw the hint of desire creep into his gaze . |
| 11 | And to her amazement she saw that they were all wearing their stetsons . |
| 12 | He helped her to her feet , anxiously dusting her coat , apologizing , undistressed , so courteous and unconfused that she felt that he had conferred upon her a favour , and to her amazement she heard her own voice answering , with equal , answering ease , assuring him that no , she was not hurt , no , of course it was not his fault , yes , it certainly was the roughest she had ever known it . |
| 13 | And to her shame she longed to feel it again . |
| 14 | They accordingly obtained leave to invoke the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction and by their summons , directed to W. and to her aunt who shared parental responsibility for her , sought the court 's leave for such transfer and treatment without her consent . |
| 15 | He was back in a very short while and to her embarrassment he knelt and bathed her feet carefully , putting a plaster on a slight cut after he had dried them . |
| 16 | Despite that , Dane 's eyes glinted appreciatively when she joined him in the hotel foyer , and to her annoyance she felt a pleasant little warm glow deep inside . |
| 17 | ‘ The State ’ , wrote one , ‘ is a lifeless mass , to which the monarch first gives life ; a machine without motion , which the monarch first sets moving and to whose mechanism he gives reality … the monarch lives for the State and the State lives through him . ’ |
| 18 | Black Oil ? ’ ) , the socket set and a large hammer , and to my astonishment I had fitted a new wheel and mudguard . |
| 19 | I winked at Mrs Patel and to my surprise she winked back . |
| 20 | Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz . |
| 21 | Then I realised that this was unlikely and to my relief I found an apple ; slightly bruised by its encounter with me in my bed . |
| 22 | I looked around the car-park in search of some indication of the whereabouts of the recording studio , and to my relief I found one quickly . |
| 23 | My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket . |
| 24 | But suddenly it turned and galloped at the house and to my horror it leapt gigantically up and straight at me with bared teeth . |
| 25 | Before moving into a Darlington boarding house , Derek explained his situation to his landlady , and to his surprise she invited him to meet her family . |
| 26 | In this extract , Charlie has tripped over the dog Floss in the dark , and to his astonishment someone speaks to him : |
| 27 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 28 | He 'd looked around that shabby dwelling and smelled the poverty which he had vowed to help alleviate in his dedicated youth , and to his shame he had thought only of escaping from the fleas he might have picked up from that terrible straw mattress . |
| 29 | His eyes narrowed , and for a second she thought he 'd refuse to follow her lead , but to her relief he shrugged . |
| 30 | He slid her a coolly measuring look , clearly not accustomed to being told what to do by a mere make-up artist , but to her relief he did as he was bid , lowering himself into the chair and sliding down to tilt his head back into the sink . |