Example sentences of "to [noun] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have n't these candidates got the guts to face up to the voters who elect them to Parliament and spare us a few minutes of their time . |
| 2 | In retrospect , perhaps his greatest mistake since the coup was not to call elections to parliament and guarantee himself a more liberal body . |
| 3 | He kneels to PAMELA and offers her a bouquet of flowers . ] |
| 4 | Well , having actually been to Nashville and found it a singularly ugly and inhumane property developer 's hell , I never really thought the city was downhome . |
| 5 | No I 'll keep it for when I have my money and I 'll go down to Cardiff and spend it the bloody lot . |
| 6 | He just kept on giving everything to Lennie and giving him the love he needed . |
| 7 | then mum said are n't you gon na say hello to mummy and give her a kiss , so she went ugh , and every time we asked her anything she kept going what have you lost ? |
| 8 | Bruce took me to Millwall and offered me a contract , but I did n't fancy living in London . |
| 9 | She did , however , slip next door to May and gave her a rough sketch of what had happened , right up to the Syrup of Figs . |
| 10 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 11 | Bob Eaton , the man who brought Lotus to GM and gave us the Calibra , is about to become chairman of Chrysler . |
| 12 | This means that , having discussed the problems with you , he should make you aware of the consequences of a continuing failure to live up to expectations and give you an opportunity to demonstrate an improvement . |
| 13 | Up to the age of 39 he was one of that sad , nervous and obscure clan of people who scraped a living as a barrister while waiting for a distant relative to die and leave him an independent income . |
| 14 | The boss went to Calgary and gave me the day off . ’ |
| 15 | Some time later Mehmed II repented of his action , invited Molla Husrev back to Istanbul and gave him the office of Mufti . |
| 16 | She went over to Shelley and gave him a book , telling him that Claire Claremont was sitting by little William — ‘ Willmouse ’ , she called him — and writing letters home . |
| 17 | Her hopes that he might leave something to chance and throw her the opportunity to make her own way back faded as she saw him lock up and pocket the key . |
| 18 | Sometimes Bill yields to impulse and buys them a couple of gooey Danish pastries as well . |
| 19 | She wrote to SSDs and asked them a series of questions about training for residential child care staff on HIV and sexuality . |
| 20 | It was more a family , really , than a deputation , excluding the Bishop , of course : Aethelric of Durham , whom the monks had wanted to disown after that business eight years ago , until he had had to go to Siward and slip him a bit of St Cuthbert 's best to get him reinstated . |
| 21 | All new managers recognise that , before you even get a few decent players in your team , you must first nip down to Ratners and buy yourself a really flashy pair of cufflinks . |
| 22 | Still she hesitated and at last he said , ‘ Think about it , talk to your parents and to Jennifer and see what the reaction is . |
| 23 | She was settled for the night ; Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets . |
| 24 | Every evening at 6.30 , my ‘ Pop ’ , as I called him , would come across the garden to take me to bed and read me a story . |
| 25 | Should cut the gentlemen on Foggy Bottom , or wherever , down to size and make them a mite more civil and cooperative in future . |
| 26 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 27 | Afterwards she went back to Emma and gave her an expurgated version . |
| 28 | Ca n't you see that I would be better off with you than going to Elizabeth and telling her the truth ? ’ |
| 29 | He drove her to Burford and showed her the site of the car crash . ’ |
| 30 | Thousands of students , particularly from Beijing , were sent to undertake ‘ social practice ’ during the summer vacation in the hope that contact With ‘ real life ’ would bring them down to earth and give them a more realistic assessment of society . |