Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I liken that to the power from above which can execute our sinful selves . |
| 2 | I realise that to a man like you this situation is probably an open invitation to a spot of casual sex , even if generally you do n't fancy redheads , as you so gallantly pointed out when we first met … ’ |
| 3 | In any case , it 's weird that whenever I say that to Keith , he looks at me with the unmistakably quizzical air of the tall thin intellectual he is , his hair on the blond side of chestnut ( now heavily greying ) ; his fair skin with his rosy cheeks reminding one of Victorian youths with perfect complexions ( or so the novels of Wilkie Collins and the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites would have us believe ) ; his eyebrows bushy and deliberately unkempt ; his classic tweed suit of the old school , worn with a shamefully Byronic air somewhere between hippy and academic ; his accent public school , as befits his education , although he also speaks a passable Spanish , so we can keep switching languages whenever linguistic difficulties develop . |
| 4 | And I reported that to June and she said that 's a load of nonsense because there 's nothing in it to make you feel lightheaded or anything else , and if he , if he felt a bit tired you know . |
| 5 | I send that to Ben , oh if I do it now you can post it for me could n't you ? |
| 6 | I told that to the American who came to my office and made the offer . |
| 7 | And I believed that to others I who looked thus strangely upon them , I also was strange . |
| 8 | Michael Swinton is not , of course , one of our most distinguished painters , his style is too obvious , too photographic but I imagine that to you it seemed a wonderful distinction . ’ |
| 9 | I says that to Mrs she said I 'll see if I can afford one before Christmas . |
| 10 | so I 'll er , I give that to the er |
| 11 | Nor do I believe that to be a good Christian you have to attend chapel or church every week , or even three times a year . |
| 12 | In the introduction I stated that to the principal of the theological college without reservation the Genesis account of creation . |
| 13 | I was not sure whether I owed that to Gwenellen , the universal awe of Old Red , or Aline 's being away . |
| 14 | If slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong and yet I have never understood the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling and I aver that to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery . |
| 15 | I suppose that to them she represented a fast , efficient approach to life that jarred with their more laid-back , aristocratic one . |
| 16 | Whilst on the market stall I had a Liverpool pensioner who had n't seen a Liverpool organisation so when I got home I sent to her a notice of the huge rally there going to hold in September , in Liverpool with a couple of Bishop 's and big national speakers , I sent that to her and also contacted a Liverpool pensioner secretary to get in touch with her , and we 've also written to erm , that 's the rally , erm , we 've also , I 've also written to Jim from Cumberland , if you remember er his down our rally , so we should have some , we decided to buy twelve copies of each publication they produce and one when we get our office will be available there . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , I firmly believe that the young man concerned regarded it as the means to an end — I leave that to your imaginations — and not in any way binding . |
| 18 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 19 | And I think that to a large extent erm an alternative wording that that we 've been working on would erm meet those concerns . |
| 20 | Sometimes he was angry with me and called me a ‘ hard little thing ’ or ‘ a cruel spirit ’ , but I preferred that to being called ‘ my darling ’ . |
| 21 | Oh I , I said that to you at the time Robert , I mean I 'll be honest and I saw that document and I nearly died and it 's the way they say it too |
| 22 | ‘ I said that to … to get back at you , because I thought you were ashamed of it , ’ she admitted , beginning to feel slightly guilty . |
| 23 | They do n't ca they do n't care I used to say that a if I said that to Steven pack it in , somebody will hear , he 'd say well open the bloody windows and let them hear ! |
| 24 | I know , I said that to Kevin , if you 're part of the family |
| 25 | No she was n't , but even so , you know , I said that to Liz , Liz said oh it 's not , it 's nothing to do with your responsibility . |
| 26 | Well like I said , I said that , I said that to Pete and Pete goes , God I wish he 'd make up his mind ! |
| 27 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 28 | I said that to her and she said yes she said I can go , I 'm she said . |
| 29 | and when I said that to Penny she said well that 's nice she said you 've got ta lot of , a lot of friends at home , I said no , I have n't got friends |
| 30 | Yesterday I said that to you , cos I says oh who 's been good and filled them |