Example sentences of "to a [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 2 | Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing . |
| 3 | He really wanted me to show with him and I admired his stable so the move was irresistible in spite of the feeling of disloyalty to a gallery I had shown in twice , albeit with an eight year gap . |
| 4 | To show the world how many princes felt it worth their while to dance attendance on him , Henry invited them and also the King of Navarre to a court he planned to hold in Limoges at the end of the month . |
| 5 | As a concession to his mother 's tireless instructions , Jean-Claude allowed her to write to a farmer she had known , to see whether we could rent one of his cottages . |
| 6 | I changed over to a lure I 'd bought in Hobart , the aptly named Tasmanian Devil , and I began to get the odd flathead on it and not bad fish either . |
| 7 | ‘ When I phone to speak to a person I like to hear that person at the other end . |
| 8 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 9 | ‘ It is an answer to a prayer I had stopped praying , ’ Wilson said , ‘ and you , not God , have answered it . ’ |
| 10 | Less than a fortnight later a panic call from Mrs Brodowitz revealed that Anita was engaged to a man she had known for only two days — ‘ a real Cockney , who appears to have a lot of money ’ . |
| 11 | Among the flowers , a tribute from the hospital , to a nurse they 'd known for 5 years who 'll be deeply missed . |
| 12 | As Afshan Begum explains in her thesis ‘ In many cases parents expect that the girl will , whenever they demand , give up everything ( e.g. a course in further education or training or a career ) and submit without question to a marriage they have arranged for her … these hidden cases which no one gets to hear about are the real tragedies . ’ |
| 13 | Many people want to leave a legacy to a charity they have supported all their lives . |
| 14 | Go to a school you 've got fifty to sixty teachers . |
| 15 | She was the key to a past he needed to understand . |
| 16 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 17 | ‘ These were people who were being sent back against their will to a country they had sought to leave and it is inevitable that they should not be joyful , but there was no resistance . ’ |
| 18 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 19 | But we had got on to a subject I do happen to know something about . |
| 20 | A , whose career abroad ends when he attains a certain age , decides to retire to the United Kingdom , and before his return from abroad transfers his United Kingdom assets to a company he has incorporated in the Irish Republic with a view to future tax avoidance . |
| 21 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 22 | " You have n't listened to a word I 've said , " Slater gasped . |
| 23 | ‘ Mum , have n't you listened to a word I 've said ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You were n't prepared to listen to a word I had to say , were you ? ’ |
| 25 | He 's not listened to a word you 've said . |
| 26 | Before Mikey had swung the bus around and brought it to a stop she had seen their pale faces in the wet night , the two umbrellas . |
| 27 | He and Mrs Thatcher are having to face up to a crisis they have made worse by trying to deny it , and now they can not agree on who should do what or how or why . |
| 28 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 29 | The 32-year-old central defender will hand in his application this week to a club he has served for nine years in two spells . |
| 30 | For it was a mistake by the giant Eachus which transformed the game , gave Glenavon the breakthrough they needed and an upsurge in confidence to sweep to a victory they had wrapped up by half time . |