Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] to an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am taken to an expensive restaurant in Makati , where the president of the company , whose name is Rudy , is throwing a gala dinner in my honor . |
| 2 | Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country . |
| 3 | I 'm driven to an early night by Kenneth 's reading . |
| 4 | I 'm going to an auction . |
| 5 | Yet the other day I was listening to an eminent conductor whose Bruckner is often much praised reaching a triple forte long before what is to me self-evidently the work 's pivotal climax . |
| 6 | Inside a month , I was sent to an engineering place which was er close to where I live and I started there inside about a month . |
| 7 | The day before the election I was treated to an unsolicited political speech on behalf of the Conservative Party . |
| 8 | I was entertained to an extremely competent description of the scene , future plans and prospects divulged by a young enthusiast from the home team . |
| 9 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 10 | He admitted his language was ‘ somewhat clumsy ’ but declared : ‘ I was talking to an unhappy young man — not the world at large . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Apologies , my dear fellow , ’ said Mr Singleton , ‘ momentarily I failed to appreciate I was talking to an artist . ’ |
| 12 | Erm I if I was talking to an audience in the United States , you 'd probably have a somewhat different approach cos over there they seem to throw their desktop devices away every two or three years and replace them with brand new technology . |
| 13 | I was talking to an old man in my constituency only last week . |
| 14 | I was introduced to an art form that did not exist in England . |
| 15 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
| 16 | I was going to an urgent call — certainly not spying . |
| 17 | In the late twenties I was attracted to an article which appeared in the Scout Magazine written by the Chief Scout , Lord Baden-Powell , about Halton and the Trenchard Experiment . |
| 18 | To take Fodor 's nice example , imagine that you are chatting to an old friend . |
| 19 | Even though you are talking to an old nun ! ’ |
| 20 | While cash may seem the cheapest and simplest , particularly if you are travelling to an ‘ out of the way place ’ , it is also very risky . |
| 21 | If you are travelling to an EC country we recommend that you obtain E111 from your local Post Office . |
| 22 | Lights , camera , action — you 're invited to an audience in the Food & Drink studio , with the chance to win a super raffle prize |
| 23 | Well now the the thing is and you 're speaking to an expert here |
| 24 | I know the car 's essential but for instance if you 're going to an estate agent you 're not running round using the car in company time . |
| 25 | You 're going to an awful lot of trouble for me love . |
| 26 | this chap with his book he says watch out of it George it burns you , look in the corner and get your torch , you know , maybe you 're going to an antique place |
| 27 | A reader has suggested that the belated realization that you 're talking to an ex-lover is best expressed by the old Tallulah Bankhead crack : ‘ I did n't recognize you with your clothes on . ’ |
| 28 | You 're talking to an atheist . ’ |
| 29 | Often , in fact , you 're responding to an unconscious pull towards that person which has little basis in reality . |
| 30 | ‘ But if I tell you , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said , as though she were talking to an idiot , ‘ I 'm putting Liam 's life in worse danger . |