Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |
| 2 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 3 | Safer to close his eyes and his mind to her and give his entire concentration to the matter in hand ; a resolution to which he firmly held , even when , after a tumultuous welcome at Brighouse — the nearest railway station to Frizingley — he was escorted , with an appropriate accompaniment of banners and Chartist hymns , to a lodging-house at the top of St Jude 's street where the landlady , Mrs Sairellen Thackray , had offered to accommodate him free of charge . |
| 4 | I have also had to tell others they are unlikely to get in and then try to explain the politics of the department to them and watch their dismay when they realize that , perhaps regardless of merit , they do not fit in . |
| 5 | He reached out and tugged her into the V of his thighs , dropping his mouth to hers and taking it in a kiss that left her gasping for breath and so shaken she could barely stand . |
| 6 | In other words , there was a side to him that worried her , because she could not understand it . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's too bad you ca n't put your ego in a box , tie a rock to it and throw it out into the lake , ’ she said sweetly . |
| 8 | They started to run meetings in the house for the wives of the clergy , where Ramsey talked theology to them and mixed it with a lot of humour . |
| 9 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 10 | He was like a Greek god , except that his hair was black and the nose had a slight curve to it that gave his broad , open features a somewhat predatory look . |
| 11 | You can get it by post at three pounds fifty by post , send a cheque or postal order made payable to the B B C for three pounds fifty , we 'll sent it b , I 'll send it by post to you and send it to Afternoon Special , , Derby , Leicester , Lincoln or Nottingham if you want the Good Old Days Quiz Book by post . |
| 12 | Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it . |
| 13 | An explanation in fact followed , after which Scipio , " grasping Polybius ' right hand in both his own and pressing it warmly , said : " Would I could see the day on which you , regarding nothing else as of higher importance , would devote your attention to me and join your life with mine " " ( 31.24 ) . |
| 14 | Clever lighting can make all the difference to the look of a collection , drawing attention to it and showing it off to its best advantage at the same time . |
| 15 | much attention to it or did they , distract |
| 16 | Tod pumped more stuffout to him and increased his float . |
| 17 | Then he added a fatal dose of your ethylene stuff to it and put it back on the carving rest … ’ |
| 18 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 19 | ‘ Would n't it be more sensible to sell your share to me and buy yourself a smaller place ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been a devoted wife to him and done nothing wrong in our marriage , ’ said Debbie , 33 , at their £1 million home at the Palm Beach Polo Club , in Wellington , Florida yesterday . |
| 21 | She had entered into the union for her own reasons and she had taken her marriage vows with no thoughts other than to be a dutiful wife to him and to give him the happiness he deserved . |
| 22 | Cambridge took the race to us and destroyed everything we tried to put together . |
| 23 | ‘ Had it been a total shock to you or had you suspected anything ? ’ |
| 24 | There was a core of hardness to him that prevented him from ever responding to her . |
| 25 | As Britain has a special responsibility towards her and her country , can the Minister tell the House what action our ambassador is taking to get access to her and to secure her release ? |
| 26 | You may terminate your right to use your Card by giving written notice to us and returning your Card . |
| 27 | Unscrupulous model agencies and sponsors claim she is under contract to them and owes them part of her winnings . |
| 28 | It ai n't fair , bein' kind to me and gettin' me obligated . |
| 29 | What amazes me is how often they 'll say to me ‘ Thank you very much for treating me like a human being ’ because however drunk they are in the churchyard I always believe that you 're much more likely to get somewhere with somebody if you are polite and kind to them and treat them like a real human being , and you can get into all sorts of fascinating conversations with these people even when they are fairly drunk , because actually they are real human beings , they are n't awful people . |
| 30 | Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India . |