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Example sentences of "[pron] the [noun] to " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Now tell me the answers to two points .
2	He had to take a boat to Miami , and that 's why he give me the keys to Starkisser .
3	He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning .
4	‘ Well , if you give me the keys to the jeep , I 'll go and take a look at it for you — get anything you might need . ’
5	Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore .
6	So thank you for giving me the chance to , to air that view .
7	Could you please tell me the way to Leicester square , I said , speaking softly , in my best voice and with my toothiest smile .
8	The landlord showed me the way to the railway station and off I went .
9	She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house .
10	Wemmick , Mr Jaggers ' clerk , showed me the way to Mr Pocket 's rooms .
11	When I arrived , the King of Blefuscu sent two guides to show me the way to the capital .
12	" Oh , Zora-djevojka , beautiful Dawn Maiden , wo n't you please show me the way to the sea-king 's palace ? "
13	History shows that the traditionalist in clinging to his past is doomed to extinction , so ’ Goodbye cruel world ’ and could you tell me the way to the nearest model shop .
14	Can you say er , can , can you tell me the way to the nearest post office please ?
15	Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published .
16	Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system .
17	Regretfully , the young gentleman told him that he had quoted me the price to the trade , and for a retail sale it would be slightly more expensive , i.e. £36 plus VAT .
18	‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’
19	I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that !
20	All that happens when we times by ten is that the point moves one place to the right , so what will be the answer can you tell me the answer to that one ?
21	‘ It gives me the willies to even think about the rent , ’ Dustin averred .
22	O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life .
23	Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave .
24	Tell yourself , ‘ The very fact that I am alive gives me the right to a new beginning . ’
25	When we get back to the house , Marie gives me the key to the door and I unlock it and let her go in first .
26	Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes .
27	He 's given me the key to his apartment . ’
28	But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty .
29	Only " estates and interests " in land are property , and carry with them the rights to exclusive use of the land and to transfer it .
30	It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really .