Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told that to the American who came to my office and made the offer . |
| 2 | In the introduction I stated that to the principal of the theological college without reservation the Genesis account of creation . |
| 3 | The funeral cars and hearse have blue flashing lights on the roof , very similar to a policecar , when I enquired as to the reason for this , apparently it 's the only way they can get around the island for the traffic and the laid-back attitude of the locals . |
| 4 | Someone enquired as to the price of the SB305 whilst I was playing it ; to their great surprise I told them £395 , but I 'm sure I could have put a ‘ 1 ’ in front of that figure and it would n't have raised an eyebrow . |
| 5 | Desperately she pleaded but to no avail . |
| 6 | Yeah I know you sent that to the building society but I was |
| 7 | Our thanks to all who attended and to the Sports and Social Committee for their hard work to make the night yet another success . |
| 8 | ‘ I believe you gave that to the priest at Tracy for safekeeping when you were sent to Gloucester . |
| 9 | We submitted that to the D T I , what two weeks ago ? |
| 10 | Nevertheless he insisted that , at least until they were over Esk , they must all stay together ; they owed that to the Border men and indeed all who looked for a share in the spoil . |
| 11 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 12 | If that happened , it was claimed , the controversial Deans would be able to run the club as they wished and to the prejudice of minority shareholders . |
| 13 | He realized that to a materialistic society losing a wife to a millionaire hardly counted as failure . |
| 14 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |