Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 It asserts that women 's social position offers them access to aspects or areas of reality that are not easily accessible to men …
2 This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation .
3 The liberal ideas of this group , and the fact that several of its members were known or alleged to belong to the secretive Catholic brotherhood , Opus Dei , made them anathema to the " old shirt " Falangists and the Catholic integrists .
4 The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house .
5 ‘ I ai n't yer old sweet'eart , ’ said Mrs Beavis , whose naturally sunny beam did not always shine for everyone , ‘ and I 'appen to be keepin' me hands to meself . ’
6 Kelly did n't make them quarter to ten comes in .
7 We met them face to face and he gave his full backing .
8 It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation .
9 A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games .
10 ‘ We have now allocated five new frequencies to BR and given them access to two others . ’
11 Either way , the chances are that there will be a very large number of people , possibly several million , depending on the subject of the research , and there is no way that the researcher is going to be able to deliver a questionnaire to them all , still less interview them face to face .
12 I had , after all , been summoned to meet you face to face in Downing Street the following morning and obviously any difficulties could be sorted out then .
13 Lucky old Shelley — the first woman to meet him face to face . ’
14 A nationalist MP has challenged Loyalist gunmen , who murdered a father and son in Tyrone , to meet him face to face .
15 Dad drew him maps to the unconscious ; he suggested routes and speeds , clothing for the journey and how to sit at the wheel when approaching the dangerous interior .
16 She made an inadequate attempt to neaten her cap , then fidgeted with her cuffs , keeping her back to her sister .
17 Here in late April 1642 , Charles I was refused entry to the city ; denying him access to its arsenal for use against rebellious Parliamentarians .
18 The jury had been confined to an hotel overnight and , in the judgment of Lord Lane , C.J. , any risk of prejudice was capable of being overcome by denying it access to radio and television .
19 On Feb. 10 President Hashemi Rafsanjani said that Iran was the victim of " propaganda blackmail " aimed at denying it access to nuclear technology .
20 A ‘ Confirmed Credit ’ is one where a second bank ( usually one familiar to the exporter ) adds it name to the Credit and thereby assumes all the responsibilities of payment mentioned in Article 10 .
21 Evenings too found us bumper to bumper
22 Readers wishing to lend support to President Collor 's plan to demarcate as soon as possible 94,000km 2 of Yanomami territory , guaranteeing them rights to their land , should write to President Fernando Collor de Mello , Palacio do Planalto , Praca dos Três Poderes , 70.150 Brasilia , DF Brazil .
23 We set about a series of innovations that would give them access to that understanding , by means that were practicable within an already existing framework .
24 For a fee of whisky he will help mortals caught in Fairyland to escape , or show them antidotes to spells and curses .
25 In July 1878 , though , the Bureau of Indian Affairs assumed responsibility for the Nez Perce , and transferred them south to the parched 7000-acre Quapaw Reservation in Kansas Territory .
26 Me ankle hurts every time I put me foot to the ground .
27 Screening is a way of sorting out candidates initially without meeting them face to face .
28 It was on Thursday afternoon , as she was passing Vass 's office , that Lisa struck her head round the door and reminded him , ‘ You 'd better give me directions to your house .
29 That would give me access to the offices , with a reasonable status for asking direct questions . "
30 I love my husband very much , but he just wo n't give me room to be me .
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