Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angel did not mind , because he was planning to introduce Tess to them as a d'Urberville as well as a dairymaid , some months later . |
| 2 | Ran refers to them as the Nottingham KGB , ’ Dr Allan said . |
| 3 | The suggestion , which received widespread support , was that members on retiring or resigning from the Bank would allocate all or portion of the sum due to them to the Frank Holden Defence Fund . |
| 4 | When word came to them of the Macleans , three galleys off the Rubha Aird Druimnich , they just sat and waited quietly for their enemies to arrive . |
| 5 | Doubts have already been raised about the cost of the proposals , about possible legal difficulties and about shareholders ' willingness to play the role assigned to them by the APB . |
| 6 | Noble argues that the technical performance of the two systems in their development phase was similar but that the NC system was adopted in preference to the record-playback system because managements preferred the tighter control given to them by the NC system ( Noble 1977 ) . |
| 7 | Were ‘ Archaos ’ paid the full amount owed to them by the Dublin Theatre Festival or were they paid , as has been rumoured , just a fragment of that money ? |
| 8 | They said that they were members of the MRF and that the Thompson had been issued to them by the RUC 's own Special Branch at Castlereagh , Belfast . |
| 9 | When the movement to spread the benefits of restraint through the rest of the city gathered pace in the 1970s , the Germans were fortunate in having the leading exponents of these principles living next door to them in the Netherlands . |
| 10 | It is intended to approach this by studying : — their patenting activity by means of patents granted to them in the United States in the past 25 years ; this will indicate the areas where the industries/economies of each country — and their research/innovative activity appears to be strongest ; — the adoption of the selected major postwar innovations and their diffusion in the industries of each of the countries covered ; — their performance in ‘ high-technology ’ areas ; — certain indicators of the countries ' energy economics ; — and possibly assess their productivity level in comparison with some West European countries ; Economic research institutes in Sofia , Prague , Budapest and Warsaw will cooperate by providing — where necessary — the technical and statistical information required . |
| 11 | Not that anyone in the company seriously questioned whether the new outlet would be successful ; they had seen American tourists ( although not necessarily Californians ) on holiday in England ‘ going crazy ’ over the designs and assumed people would flock to them in the States . |
| 12 | As I look out of my window — the scene is as interesting to me as a Canaletto — I see the clouds suddenly begin to rise o at high speed , like a milkshake being drawn up a straw , the top layers , the fluffy stuff , going last . |
| 13 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 14 | He had put up at a cheap pension , the Hospedaje Lisboa ( ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — Rooms , Meals ) , where he had an even smaller room than the one assigned to me at the Colegio . |
| 15 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
| 16 | Please try me at home on , before trying to get a message to me via the CPRW office . |
| 17 | I can answer that by telling you what happened to me during the Tencel plant opening at Mobile in December . |
| 18 | They 've also asked that I should put a drawing of this scheme which they have sent to me in the May edition of the Bramley , with an article from them , explaining it , asking for comments from the public , and this will be their public consultation exercise . |
| 19 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade , who have done all they can to help me over the years since the fire , and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union for underwriting the risks of my legal claim . ’ |
| 21 | Thorough research conducted by Newcastle polytechnic has been passed on to me by the Rev. Paul Nicholson , who has done sterling work to highlight the problems of those on income support . |
| 22 | Thus it was that , as I was wheeled perspiring into the editor 's office , that the first words ever spoken to me by an NME bigwig will remain with me for the rest of my life . |
| 23 | He would always teach trainees : " If a client asks you a question you do n't understand , say — " Hold on a minute sir , a call has just come through to me from the States " — put him on hold then , and ask me . |
| 24 | On the other hand they come to you on a Monday or a Tuesday |
| 25 | then erm the first payment in some occasions is a cheque direct to you from the TEC . |
| 26 | I feel we will 've achieved significant progress if we have turned , I did n't know you worked in the United Kingdom , into it 's good to know that the rights and needs of children are just as important to you in the United Kingdom as they are overseas . |
| 27 | And certainly from my submission to you in the Selby district , I have shown that er the the plan which was enclosed with the written evidence . |
| 28 | ‘ He told me a little about what happened to you in the States , ’ I encouraged . |
| 29 | Mr Christie , backed by the campaigning organisation Liberty , yesterday announced he was making a formal complaint to the European Commission on Human Rights over the routine interception of telexes sent to him at the STUC 's Glasgow headquarters by a special unit within GCHQ . |
| 30 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |