Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 2 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |
| 3 | AB still appears shorter than BC even after I have measured them and found them to be equal . |
| 4 | Aye it was bought it and presented it to the island . |
| 5 | He made coffee , then found the piece of paper Roxborough had given him and took it to the phone . |
| 6 | One or two books were missing from the study shelves ; perhaps guests had simply borrowed them and taken them to their rooms . |
| 7 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 8 | ‘ It was thinking I 'd lost you that brought me to my senses . |