Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first and the last of Mr Dickens 's works were aptly set here in Rochester , ’ she informed the party , all of whom then turned to her under the impression she was leading the party , earning another glare from Samuel . |
| 2 | He could think of nothing less suited to him , and the job went instead to his colleague at the Home Office , David Mellor , who subsequently pipped him to the Cabinet . |
| 3 | Eventually , one of them tactfully suggested to Philip V that the perpetual alliance should simply be sworn , and also a mutual oath not to harbour enemies or those banished from either kingdom . |
| 4 | ‘ Have any of you really listened to the language of this play ? |
| 5 | Although not of itself usually intended to be legally binding , we find that the heads of agreement act as a useful instruction to the lawyers , since the terms convey the intentions of the principals and deal with many of the theoretical and technical points that each side 's lawyer feel duty bound to raise . |
| 6 | ‘ One has the impression of one truly dedicated to his calling , ’ observed Edward . |
| 7 | Conflict over designation is symptomatic of something already referred to in this chapter — the transformation of the city from a locale of production to one of consumption-reproduction . |
| 8 | In discussing the merits of comparative politics , a student in a class of mine once objected to the whole exercise . |
| 9 | A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers . |
| 10 | A builder friend of mine once talked to me about mistakes made by builders . |
| 11 | For the irony is , in a society like ours apparently dedicated to ‘ law and order ’ and having a penal policy based largely on deterrent principles , it appears that corporate crime somehow gets left out of the arena of legal and social control . |
| 12 | The director had probably taken a room for her there tonight assuming she 'd look for something more suited to her purse in her own time . |
| 13 | Thus radio spoke to a large proportion of the population , both urban and rural , either in a language spoken at home or at least in one closely related to it . |
| 14 | In these languages , the fourth person refers to ‘ a person or thing distinct from one already referred to by a third person form ’ . |
| 15 | Graham shoved Laidlaw away from him then turned to Sabrina and untied her hands . |
| 16 | Last week I received three letters from her all addressed to the Commando area in the South of England and forwarded to Normandy . |
| 17 | Will he and our right hon. and hon. Friends , over the next few weeks , consider whether there is scope for increasing that discount to something more related to the ability to pay of the single person ? |
| 18 | In what follows , we shall narrow the scope of the term to something more adapted to the present purpose . |
| 19 | The same adjectives which had applied to everything else applied to the flat . |
| 20 | It was easy to imagine the undertaker sitting , relaxed , without his jacket or tie , being shot by someone behind him ; probably by someone well known to him whose presence gave him no concern . |
| 21 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |