Example sentences of "to [noun prp] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glass of the door to the patio was bumpy , mottled and had deflected a ray of sunlight on to Hosanna as he basked on the step , making him golden , religious . |
| 2 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |
| 3 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 4 | ‘ Change of plan , ’ Peter , the head lad , shouted out to Kelly as she crossed the yard with her tack . |
| 5 | The low murmur of conversation in the hotel 's sun lounge was like the crashing of waves to Kelly as she entered to see Annie at a corner table . |
| 6 | And he led the way to the jeep , waving to the people in the café , and pausing to chat to Maria as she served a tray full of beer , and to Abuelo as his granddaughter led him away by the hand . |
| 7 | ‘ I vaguely remember speaking to Sarah as we were stood next to each other . |
| 8 | Punch opened the door and stood aside to let them pass , Lyddy pressing as close to Alexandra as she dared . |
| 9 | C'zinsit was far ahead , wheeling in wide circles which brought him every so often closer to Kiku as she now rode sedately towards the hills . |
| 10 | He turned an enquiring gaze upon her as she marched towards the house , but before following her he held out his hands to Millie as she went to jump off the last step , saying now in a low tone , ‘ It looks a good enough day ’ — he pointed to the back of the cart — ‘ what 's up ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |
| 12 | ‘ We must be nearly in range by now , ’ I said to Jean as I turned back to channel 20 . |
| 13 | Roirbak said to Tammuz as they walked to the hangar where the company rotor was housed . |
| 14 | Theda gave it up , calling to Hector as she left the room . |
| 15 | I have gave her the co-ordinates from the Emissary 's message , instructing her to drop down to Underlight as we neared that point . |
| 16 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 17 | to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much |
| 18 | Juliet chatted to Donna as she flushed out the catheter . |
| 19 | ‘ It is n't over ‘ till it 's over , ’ Defries had whispered to Bernice as they were jostled together in the middle of a crowd of lurching androids . |
| 20 | The Doctor shone his torch on to Bernice as she returned from the darkness . |
| 21 | This is as much a story of internally generated reform and state genuflection to Oxbridge as it is of institutional conflict and change . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's she staring at ? ’ said Gazzer to Bella as they both looked down from the pier gardens . |
| 23 | She leapt down , carefully shook the sand off it and handed it back to Simon as he and Ben ran across the last few yards towards her . |
| 24 | It seemed to Alexei as he considered it that a great deal of effort must be required to sustain such a relationship , and he could not imagine how his father could be bothered with it , or how the women could be content . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't you go too bold now , ’ Jenkins muttered to Artemis as he checked her girths . |
| 26 | I 'm a sucker for coastal walking and am naturally attracted to Dorset as it offers some of the best in the country . |
| 27 | They came back to Lyneham as they left … in an RAF Hercules . |
| 28 | ‘ Where you 're concerned the Milettis got it wrong again , ’ the magistrate remarked to Zen as they stood at the door . |
| 29 | ‘ If you had come to England as I thought you would have done , ’ she interrupted frostily . |
| 30 | It was a warm evening , the sun was still in the sky and Seb enjoyed chatting to Nahum as they walked . |