Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 2 | I asked Ivy if she owed anything to Greek tragedy . |
| 3 | A paramedic crew from Mersey Regional Ambulance was waiting on the beach for Mr Ross and they took him to Southport and Formby District and General Hospital but he died shortly afterwards . |
| 4 | His eyes flared over Maggie as he nodded her to a seat . |
| 5 | I knew that the Cross would drag me to Cambridge if I allowed myself to be dragged , but I refused . |
| 6 | I met her in Cambridge and she introduced me to her new boyfriend who was a Dutchman called Erik Hazelhoff-Roelfzema , I was most impressed with this keen and very handsome young man , but I knew nothing whatsoever about him save that he was anxious to get into the Pathhnders . |
| 7 | Bernie was responsible for read-out and interpretation of FDRs in Canada and I put it to him that what we really needed was the ability to watch the accident taking place in real time , preferably by means of a DFDR providing the inputs to a flight simulator instead of the usual pilot inputs . |
| 8 | Once it had this raw patch on its nose and I went with Davey when he took it to the vet . |
| 9 | It was a wise statesman who once said , ‘ Men must choose to be governed by God or they condemn themselves to be ruled by tyrants . ’ |
| 10 | The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement . |
| 11 | I read , just as I had at the Moroneys , yet with the single difference in this case there was a young man , Aoin O'Heiher , a nephew of Liam O'Flaherty and he introduced me to writers like Eliot and Joyce . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've told my promoter Barry Hearn that I want it to come off next September and I want it to be outdoors . |
| 13 | With the exception of a few New Zealand government officials , the other inhabitants had only come to Koraloona because they preferred it to life in reduced circumstances in a big city . |
| 14 | Charles and I want him to be godfather , did Charles say ? ’ |
| 15 | and they get that one back in Thursday and they read it to teacher , so it 's two a week and up till |
| 16 | It was Willie 's birthday on Thursday and he wanted it to be a surprise . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think there 'll be any problem , ’ he assured Barbara as she drove him to Rosington station ; he had n't slept the night before . |
| 18 | On the subject of the Lions , Finlay Calder wondered whether it might prove a mistake taking both Wade Dooley and Peter Winterbottom to New Zealand as he considered them to be past their best . |
| 19 | ‘ Then it 's a good job I spent time with the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm before they sent me to Washington . |
| 20 | On 28 August he persuaded his father to visit Cobham Park in Kent and there stabbed him to death , believing that he was killing the devil . |
| 21 | Britain does have a future as part of the EC but I want it to be prosperous again in its own right . |
| 22 | And so it went : a nice enough American bewailing the passing of London as he wanted it to be . |
| 23 | I 'd like to keep them wrapped Michael cos I take it to work . |
| 24 | The thing is June if it puts you to some inconvenience then do n't it ? |
| 25 | It was in 1985 that he won this championship at Dornoch when nobody expected him to , but this time he could start favourite over what he calls ‘ my own private Shangri La ’ . |