Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of a one-woman tribute was conceived five years ago , when larger-than-life director Bryan Izzard asked me to contribute to a Channel Four programme on the monologue called The Eye Of The Little Yellow Dog , starring , amongst others , the late Leonard Rossiter , Cilla Black , Alec McCowen , Diane Langton , Anita Harris and Ronald Lacey . |
| 2 | I think the the the B W the Barton Willmore analysis appears to overlook the fact , and again Mr Jewitt referred to this when he referred to Easingwold , that settlement evolves over time , and and nobody seems to be addressing the point that that fourteen hundred , fifteen hundred , two thousand houses , however many it is , wo n't appear over night , erm er th it would take some time for that to be to be realized erm and as part of that there 's no clear view as to when the services will come along that are that are necessary to give that community the balance it it said it requires , erm , Mr Timothy from Wood Fram Frampton referred I think to a figure of twelve fifty dwellings for a viable new settlement , and there were plenty ex of of examples , quote , erm that one could look at to see that was the case , erm I I 'd be interested to know where those examples are an and what there make up erm is . |
| 3 | Mr Charsley begins by pointing out that a Martian who found himself invited to a wedding would imagine that the whole affair had been laid on to honour the cake ( the question as to who would invite a Martian or to which side of the church the ushers would show him or why best men seem to turn into Martians when it comes to speeches , he quite wisely avoids ) . |
| 4 | The number rang once and then he found himself listening to a conversation . |
| 5 | Then , guiding her , he let her drop to a sitting position on the couch that was behind her . |
| 6 | But something about him had fastened itself to her memory , and she found herself saying to a bartender the night after , ‘ Do you know a boy , about fifteen or sixteen , a legit , who goes around with a large black dog ? ’ |
| 7 | Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while . |
| 8 | Entire families , forced off the land and driven to the cities , found themselves tied to a treadmill of existence that involved the entire family working , quite literally , night and day . |
| 9 | After a time he nerved himself to say to a couple of youngish men , ‘ Have you heard at all about a man called Menzies ? |
| 10 | We also talked about the new settlement being self-contained and integrated , but came I think to a consensus around the table that the level of employment provision in the new settlement should be related to the level of employment supply in the new settlement as opposed to a level of employment which would satisfy employment needs |
| 11 | As a concession to his mother 's tireless instructions , Jean-Claude allowed her to write to a farmer she had known , to see whether we could rent one of his cottages . |
| 12 | The court heard she went to a taxi rank in Worksop and asked to be taken to an address where her mother lived . |
| 13 | The court heard she went to a taxi rank in Worksop and asked to be taken to an address where her mother lived . |
| 14 | He got out to speak to them and an argument started which led to a fight . |
| 15 | As his own name shrivelled in the heat , he dropped the envelope into the ashtray and watched it burn to a husk , then prodded it into tiny fragments with the extinguished match . |
| 16 | His approach to clients was summed up in a remark I overheard him make to a colleague at the bar : ‘ You know me — I believe everybody ’ . |
| 17 | The sudden loud command brought them skidding to a halt , speared by the beam of a powerful flashlight . |
| 18 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone running to a car then it was driven off at speed , and they did n't seem to care about the traffic |
| 19 | So , erm , I mean , that was , we thought I came to a discussion about young people which is really good and it really did have people in your age group interesting . |
| 20 | The adventure on which he had embarked , which was to give a sort of permanence to the past , was the one thing that kept him anchored to a chair and table all day , and often into the night . |
| 21 | A fine of $200,000 for violating customs laws brought her collecting to a halt in 1904 , but two years later the museum was open and Mrs Gardner was collecting again . |
| 22 | I looked up and saw him clinging to a pipe that ran the length of one wall , high up . |
| 23 | In a dream , she saw him skid to a halt , taking in the scene at once as it must have appeared — his brother bending over his fiancée — and , thought Sarella in dismay , taking in my submissive expression as I stupidly allow this dark monster to maul me . |
| 24 | Attending aquafit sessions at Waterworld gave her motivation that enabled her to stick to a diet , lose weight and get her walking again … a great achievement . |
| 25 | Smart 's nephew Christopher Hunter , in his edition of 1791 , thought it belonged to a group of poems which had been ‘ written after his confinement , and bear … melancholy proofs of the recent estrangement of his mind ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ How did you go to a rugby match ? ’ |
| 27 | What did you say to a man who thought you were rubbish ? |
| 28 | Generating company managers had merely allowed water levels to run down in the hope that the drought would eventually end ; only in March 1992 did they admit to a disaster , announcing nationwide rationing which was currently believed to be costing the economy an estimated US$330,000 each week . |
| 29 | Eventually , on July 25 , Aoun issued what amounted to a rejection of the new plan . |
| 30 | Simon James , say the prosecution , made what amounted to a confession when he was in Spain after the discovery of White 's body . |