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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] this to " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	And I I , I , I commend this to the church and I , and I 'm glad the commissioner had a chance to come back and speak again about his concern about erm the waiting list for transplants .
2	Er so I mean this to us is a very important campaign .
3	Comforting her sons , she said : ‘ We always knew this could happen but how can I explain this to the boys ? ’
4	‘ How can I explain this to him ?
5	When I recounted this to Jean-Claude , he said that innocent peasants regarded frequent bathing as some sort of health precaution , associated with the depravity of the city .
6	I found this to be the case when trying to replace a ballcock valve washer in a hot water tank in a very narrow airing cupboard .
7	And I say this to you : You are Peter the Rock ; and on this rock I will build my church , and the powers of death shall never conquer it .
8	When the Opposition try to throw back at us arguments about increasing accountability , I say this to them .
9	Well , I suppose that er er i it i it is a barrier of some , some sort , some sort , but it does n't strike me as being a very strong one , er and all of this you see is and I say this to Noble Lords in all parts of the House , all of this is part of the continuing destruction of local authorities
10	I say this to all of them . ’
11	As a parting pleasantry , I reported this to Mrs Brown , our Cardington Road billetor .
12	When I reported this to Control , Donleavy told me to warn Hurley , who told me to mind my own business .
13	And yesterday Jasmine , whose three-year-old son Robert is named after her father , vowed : ‘ For all our sakes I want this to be a happy occasion with no thoughts of Ulster . ’
14	I do n't think , ‘ I want this to be a religious painting ’ , but I do think they have a religious subtext .
15	Of course , Heather could do it , but I want this to be a surprise all round .
16	I drew this to the attention of Mellowes , my line manager , at an early stage and he had made vague noises about something being in the pipeline .
17	I mentioned this to Miss Stetson .
18	When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours .
19	When I mentioned this to my GP he smiled .
20	I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me .
21	I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years .
22	When I described this to M. Bellin , the secretary at the consulate , he told me of having seen an ostrich trying to rape a donkey .
23	I believed this to be a private row , and became even more incensed .
24	When I put this to the operators there was an astonished silence .
25	When I put this to Charlie he almost choked with laughter .
26	In any event , I think I put this to you financial status , okay , so you 've got a job and you 've got er er a reasonable income , what financial status straightforward thing that financial status does n't say what your outgoings are .
27	How could I do this to Lalage .
28	Or , let's be clear-sighted about this , how can I do this to myself ?
29	Can I do this to you ?
30	What if something like this you know if I give this to Arthur and John and say er they just joined I give them this , this personal development plan , who should it put pressure on should do , yeah cos you should be going up to them and saying well I 'm supposed to have done you know X Y Y and they go ah yeah , and then they go up with these excuses yeah .