Example sentences of "to [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Simply describe your requirements to them by calling ( 0273 ) 27560 , or complete the booking form at the back of this insert , and they will do all the rest . |
| 32 | She sighed heavily as she realised that either she had to confess or , much worse , she was going to have to continue to lie to them by inventing , when asked , things which she and Cara had done together while touring Czechoslovakia . |
| 33 | First , it distanced the riots from the social , economic , political , and other grievances which had been linked to them by locating the cause outside the ‘ social problems ’ of inner-city dwellers and in the ‘ simple greed ’ of the drug barons to accumulate ‘ loot ’ . |
| 34 | Incidentally , their researchers responded to my report to them by explaining away my reactions as being due to ‘ travel and change of climate , day time , and sleep patterns ’ . |
| 35 | The courts will normally refuse to allow claims of confidentiality in respect of the names and addresses of employees so as to prevent offers of other employment being made to them by departing staff ( see Baker v Gibbons [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 693 and Searle ( GD ) & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [ 1982 ] FSR 92 ) . |
| 36 | We prove it to them by demonstrating that the money we need for research and investment over the next few years is in place . |
| 37 | Judges were as irremovable in the colonies as in England , but colonial assemblies could apply pressure to them by declining to vote their annual salaries . |
| 38 | They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season . |
| 39 | I happen to like at least some pictures by Mondrian : you may respond to them by asking why anyone should get paid for drawing coloured squares . |
| 40 | In recent years the discount houses have not only borrowed from banks , but also lent to them by purchasing certificates of deposit . |
| 41 | These Class A applications would be dealt with by officials acting under powers delegated to them by planning committees ( or , if this was unacceptable , by small subcommittees of two or three members ) . |
| 42 | Such exclusions need not be contained in the original contract document , but you must agree to them in writing before the term expires for them to be legally effective . |
| 43 | Such exclusions need not be contained in the original contract document , but you must agree to them in writing before the term expires for them to be legally effective . |
| 44 | The assumptions themselves have remained more or less intact , and in Part Two I will return to them in developing a ‘ postclassical ’ perspective . |
| 45 | One might expect females to compete for rich food sources , for these are important to them in gaining nutrition for child-bearing and lactation . |
| 46 | Once they believe you really are an innocent party — or can not be useful to them in finding the ship — then they 've no reason to keep your wife and daughter alive . |
| 47 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 48 | We may appear superior to them in adopting this thinking . |
| 49 | The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant . |
| 50 | The fire brigade were very critical of the water pressure available to them in fighting this hilltop fire . |
| 51 | That period of his life also freed him for his experiments in other kinds of theatre which , although he never reverted to them after taking on his Stuttgart responsibilities , enriched his subsequent work . |
| 52 | Matey will be back soon , and — oh , what would she say to me for seducing you as I did ? |
| 53 | She got a very nice reference from the surgeon she had been with and so is most grateful to me for organising it . |
| 54 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 55 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 56 | Not only is Martin now the proud owner of a brand new set of Elite Strings , but is also ‘ eternally grateful ’ to me for featuring this bass part and naming the bassist involved , a certain Rutger Gunnarson . |
| 57 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 58 | He apologised to me for paying insufficient attention while entering a strange harbour . ’ |
| 59 | Ferdinando and I being both your servants when we sinned were like unto brother and sister and broke a commandment which was made clear to me on reading the Scriptures . |
| 60 | As a young Christian exclaimed to me on realizing for the first time the titanic implications of this claim , ‘ I always knew Christianity was true , but I never realized it was this true ! ’ |