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Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] to a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite .
2	‘ Fits me to a T. I suppose I could n't keep it , could I ? ’
3	The accused agrees to transfer shares to the victim but before doing so he transfers them to a third party .
4	At this stage , he was firmly opposed to federation ; ‘ Federation is harmful because it sanctions segregation and alienation , elevates them to a principle , to a law . ’
5	An exception is made in this instance because the policeman 's task in maintaining law and order exposes him to a greater risk of attack than other members of the public .
6	The first phase of the research compares the way that expertise is learned in the normal way , with the way that a ‘ knowledge engineer ’ elicits an expert 's knowledge and transfers it to a computer programme .
7	We do not have to specify what it is we want to any analyst who in turn specifies it to a programmer who then writes a program .
8	However , their architecture — a connectionist network — limits them to a small vocabulary of 211 words .
9	First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees .
10	The case manager passes the reports to the lawyer who completes them and passes them to a supervisor .
11	A Section 226 policy limits you to a maximum of 27.5 per cent of your earnings .
12	She smilingly explains that the scanner is a sort of lie-down X-ray and leads me to a narrow bed that slides inch by inch through what looks like a dry-cleaning machine .
13	on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day .
14	They make long and elegant speeches before Pandarus leads them to a chamber where they can be alone for a night ; but their words seem superficial : it is as if Rosaline had agreed to love Romeo , and he only ever experienced the satisfaction of his sexual appetite .
15	The refractoriness of our malariological critics to the notion of resistant parasites leads them to a paradox ; they refer to ‘ the continuing efficacy of 4-aminoquinolines ’ whereas the table derived from their own 1990 studies shows 41% resistance to these drugs .
16	If you follow it along from the historical site it leads you to a perfect waterfall , and then to a point where flat grass lies between the vertical gorge sides .
17	An archway covered with more Rosa ‘ Dorothy Perkins ’ leads you to a small back garden with another island bed as its main feature , There is yet more pink phlox and annual lavatera , along with the variegated phlox ‘ Norah Leigh ’ , hostas , the dwarf gentian-blue Delphinium tatsienense and Geranium ‘ Winscombe ’ , which is one of the pink varieties that seems to flower all summer long .
18	Cain kills Abel — it is a short step from rebellion to bloodshed — and God condemns him to a nomadic life , but provides protection against death .
19	This leads him to a much wider generalization that the course of history , over space as well as time , is closely linked to the anthropological map .
20	A drug specialist service works out a withdrawal programme with her GP who introduces her to a support group and individual counselling .
21	The visionary places in the ordinary the elements of the eternal and raises it to a higher plane of reality .
22	We see then that the idea introduces us to a radical gospel which brings an uncomfortable message to our hearts .
23	That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual .
24	This leads us to a discussion of the concept of ‘ information management ’ .
25	Holland thus leads us to a dynamic and important role of reading : ‘ The psychoanalytic theory of literature holds that the writer expresses and disguises childhood fantasies .
26	His devotional works are full of joy ; religion , he said , ‘ leads us to a huge felicity through pleasant ways ’ .
27	This leads us to a fundamental distinction in the character of critical judgements , a distinction between what I shall call internal and external criteria of judgement .
28	Sometimes our resistance to the idea of dependence leads us to a degree of enthusiasm which can impair our judgement about need .
29	This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working .
30	While it is true that , in most of them , a party with 10 per cent of the popular vote holds 100 per cent of the power , this is surely preferable to our present system , which condemns us to a lifetime of minority rule .