Example sentences of "to [pron] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 We also need to talk to the tutors and say to them they 're your clients , are you meeting their needs ?
2 And I said to them they 're but they 're quite , quite expensive , the cats .
3 You know those , these people that get , if they actually do have people employed to analyze these tapes and sit and listen to them they 're gon na have such a laugh .
4 It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work .
5 They are supporting several other different users , but clearly if the five hundred pound , which they were anticipating , does n't come to them they are in grave financial difficulties again .
6 Therefore , when we laugh at other people , we laugh at the image of God in them ; when we are rude to them we are rude to the image of God in them ; when we refuse to help them we refuse to help the image of God in them .
7 With a timetable to them we are in the best place to do it now cause we 're still learning we have only done three jobs , four now have n't we ? erm the Kathy procedure is definitely needed .
8 To them we were just part of their extended families . ’
9 I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire
10 If he loses games to them he is more likely to accept their authority , resulting in a much better-behaved dog all-round .
11 To them he is always ‘ Nixie ’ , the kind and the good .
12 To them he was the same rough dog , running into the room with wet paws to be disparaged .
13 But as he did he saw two hooded crows scutter along the cliff face and sneak down upon her , calling threateningly , and as she turned to them he was astonished to see that she moved clumsily , uncertainly , not as an adult eagle should .
14 To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is .
15 To them you are .
16 Er but again if you er something happens to them you 're more in a , you 've no other leads to your life and so you 're left on your own .
17 Newark wanted to take it forward and er I went and talked to them and I said to them you 're not really appropriate , what you want is to recruit some more specials
18 That 's right , I just , I always say to them you 're welcome to come in and have a coffee you know , I do n't really , I 've got me own views , I 'm not really interested in what you 've got to tell me , I know all about it , but you know you 're welcome to come in
19 To them she was more than a mass of steel and wood ; she had moods and feelings which they understood and to which they fitted their own .
20 She had ideas about these two , especially about Michel , but saw that to them she was invisible , not quite real , as au pair girls frequently , perhaps usually , are .
21 But what success represented to them she was no longer sure she knew .
22 As for the rest of the staff — well , I suppose to them she was just a name — another client . ’
23 To them she was just riff-raff .
24 the teacher acts as a conscience I I explained to them I 'm not expecting them to make the child do the work , but to be their conscience so they can say look you 've got three assessments coming in that week if you leave it till Friday night you 're up the creak without a paddle !
25 I 'm a 13-handicap golfer but to them I was Jack Nicklaus , Nick Faldo and God all rolled into one .
26 To them I was just another recruit , and if I did well , got myself through the first six months and became a legionnaire , then I would matter to them because I would be part of their system .
27 I had wanted to prove my bravery , but I failed , because to them I was only an unimportant little creature .
28 Themselves accountable to an electorate , councillors are sceptical about the accountability of health authorities — and about health authorities knowledge of the community : to them it 's simply what happens outside hospital .
29 I mean , we 've lived together since we were young babies , and to them it 's nothing .
30 To them it 's no big deal .
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