Example sentences of "to [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time David relaxed and joined in , complimenting Felicity , chaffing her husband and turning often to Julia to remind-her of earlier conversations they had had or to ask her opinion . |
| 2 | I would ask those concerned if they could be patient and given time I will refund all money owing to them including any interest that would have accrued had their money been in a bank . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , perhaps you 'd better talk to them about that . ’ |
| 4 | When they arrived the hospital team changed tack and referred to them about all matters with regard to the girl 's care because they were the next of kin . |
| 5 | ‘ So you would , for instance , have lunch with people in government departments to talk to them about particular policies . ’ |
| 6 | The important thing about that Richard is you still have to sit down and talk to them about these businesses . |
| 7 | Both he and his employers knew there was a risk of a stone falling on him and he had complained to them about this . |
| 8 | Young people who have been caught in this trap have had no information given to them about this change and can not avail themselves of the choice of training like colleagues born on or before July 1 . |
| 9 | The housewife refers to them as external obligations to which she feels a deep need to conform . |
| 10 | We shall be concerned with the first category of nomic correlates , and refer to them as nomic correlates , but it is their nature rather than their name that is important . |
| 11 | Before this single , the rather distanced American rock press failed to probe deeply into the phenomenon of The Smiths and had constantly referred to them as some kind of wacko gay outfit , English eccentrics playing lightweight rock . |
| 12 | In Figure 3.1a the organisations are shown as solid lines , and the direct payments to them as broken lines . |
| 13 | We always referred to them as those ladies of the stage . |
| 14 | Police are anxious to eliminate the two men , who were seen near her home , from their inquiries , and would like to speak to them as potential witnesses . |
| 15 | Who sells it to them at eighteen P ? |
| 16 | Eileen was dead and it meant nothing to them at all . |
| 17 | When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way . |
| 18 | There are fewer generally accepted criteria about what environmental adaptations are necessary or desirable for pupils with problems in seeing and some debate as to whether any special attention needs to be given to them at all . |
| 19 | The Fat Controller addressed me over the sounds of her orgasm , paying no attention to them at all . |
| 20 | The reason is obvious to you but may not be so to them at all . |
| 21 | The Minister is aware that those who work for 16 hours or less do not have the right to itemised pay statements unless they have worked for five years and that those who work less than eight hours have no right to them at all . |
| 22 | Many of our users are social historians , and we offer support to them at all stages . |
| 23 | Get up at two , I do n't think got much mention to them at all from what I was |
| 24 | Then when we came out we s went around London to see the sights but the decorations but why we went I did n't think anything to them at all this year . |
| 25 | Now I personally believe that most erm policy makers in Britain , and indeed in most other industrial countries , do n't really believe the Third World matters to them at all . |
| 26 | How did you get word to them at that day ? |
| 27 | And our comment to them at that particular stage was , ‘ Well , if that 's the case that 's the case . |
| 28 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 29 | Barn owls have one ear slightly higher than the other , so sound comes to them at two different pitches . |
| 30 | The Personnel Department is involved in the formulation and implementation of policies governing the organisation 's dealings with its existing and potential employees Here , too , microcomputers can make a valuable contribution They place in the hands of managers a powerful analytical tool which is available to them at any time . |