Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These mechanics for transfer are strictly not dealt with through the post but the Filing and Record Department which is at Room 81 , Royal Courts of Justice , London WC2A 2LL although it is prepared to make an exception provided all of the documents , so far as applicable , set out in the above Practice Direction are sent to it by post ( an unofficial proforma provided to solicitors in fact repeats the list ) ; though in lieu of the proforma no doubt a letter referring to the items in the list would equally suffice . |
| 2 | Lady Diana counting how many days of freedom are left to her . |
| 3 | Hello , well what 's your mum been doing to you this morning ? |
| 4 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |
| 5 | Even though he had accepted general responsibility for his company 's operations , and would probably have agreed to print the books had the decision been referred to him , he could not be convicted unless he had been given specific notice of the offensive material . |
| 6 | I understand that Wyre Borough are forwarding to you a copy of a recent letter to their Environmental Health Officer from Nether Wyresdale Parish Council and I write to reiterate the concern felt by the Parish Council about this site especially the environmental and health hazards involved . |
| 7 | I do not find that the refusal as made evinced a settled intention on her part to persist in that refusal even if it is injurious to her health and when the best interests for her health require that blood be transfused to her . |
| 8 | What he had to do now was stretch out and take the hand of friendship being offered to him . |
| 9 | Indeed , unless such weight were attributed to it , the very foundation of the hierarchical process would begin to tremble . ’ |
| 10 | Does it end when we turn off the set or when we look away momentarily to accept a cup of tea being handed to us ? |
| 11 | The financial limits for legal aid were outlined to him . |
| 12 | Human possums avoid conflict by agreeing with whichever side is talking to them at the time . |
| 13 | Granddad 's talking to you |
| 14 | Just a minute mummy 's talking to me . |
| 15 | As the news of ‘ that ’ exclusive Sinead O'Connor interview is wired to me from London , England , it becomes diamond-bullet clear that Sinead is a mere music biz appendix — surplus to requirements , but potentially very painful in the side — and the three bands that comprise Rollercoaster Mk II are its guts . |
| 16 | This period begins on the day you collect the temporary replacement car and runs for fourteen consecutive days or until your car is returned to you , whichever happens first . |
| 17 | When low down it seems to flash various colours , because its light is coming to us through a thick layer of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 18 | They says , that fella 's coming to me , he 's supposed to be coming out . |
| 19 | on armaments and erm , I , would n't it be prudent to insure that erm they stop spending all this money on armaments before any aid is given to them ? |
| 20 | Modernism is described to us with references to a neat sequence of male coteries who obviously made full use of the opportunity for dialogue and debate . |
| 21 | They have to exploit whatever talent is given to them , an their talent is dying . |
| 22 | The voice of your brother 's blood is crying to me from the ground . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) A recognised body which is required to insure under this Rule shall each twelve months after recognition is granted to it under these Rules , or at any other time when so required by the Council , submit to the Council evidence of compliance with this Rule . |
| 24 | He is resentful that no aid was given to him — another villager was given 3,000 rupees to repair his house because , says Kirtana , he knew the local member of the Orissa state parliament . |
| 25 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 26 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 27 | Rose was silent , only too aware that the whole workroom was listening to them . |
| 28 | When the collapse of the roof was reported to him , he went to the surface and inspected the field above the workings . |
| 29 | The bowler took none too kindly to the official warning from umpire Roy Palmer , and imagined that his sweater was returned to him at the end of the over in an insulting manner . |
| 30 | Accordingly , at the last Committee meeting , a vote of confidence was passed and a letter to that effect was sent to them . |