Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glass of the door to the patio was bumpy , mottled and had deflected a ray of sunlight on to Hosanna as he basked on the step , making him golden , religious . |
| 2 | Well you drive to Hull before you start with . |
| 3 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |
| 4 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
| 5 | Emma was talking to Lisa and she looked at me . |
| 6 | It was important to Trent that he held to that word ; as it had been important to him never to use the term ‘ Loyalist ’ when speaking of or reporting on the Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | Sometimes he seemed to act almost as his " representative on earth " ; when Cecil Day Lewis was asked by The Times to compose Eliot 's obituary , he suggested to Hayward that they collaborate upon it . |
| 8 | He was too close for her to say a word to Mitch but she knew without doubt that he was going to turn on them as soon as the door to his suite was closed and say that he would not even consider having anyone like her in his home or even near it . |
| 9 | we took her up to Norfolk and I think among the sheep |
| 10 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |
| 11 | While both Angevins would naturally have liked to get their own way in both regions it is likely that the Quercy meant more to Richard than it did to Henry . |
| 12 | But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place . |
| 13 | I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys . |
| 14 | Pip first uses it when he confesses to Biddy that he wants to be a gentleman for Estella 's sake . |
| 15 | Roirbak said to Tammuz as they walked to the hangar where the company rotor was housed . |
| 16 | He appeared to Mollie and me to stick to that view during the Conference until the Saturday when he told us he was consulting his doctor . |
| 17 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 18 | The Doctor shone his torch on to Bernice as she returned from the darkness . |
| 19 | Diplomatically the Avignon popes gave more to Edward than they gained from him , and by their intervention , first to save his favourites and then to bring about peace with Scotland and with France , the terms of which were not relished by the people , the papacy went further towards gaining that ill-reputation which dogged it in fourteenth-century England . |
| 20 | Duke John for his part promised military support to Edward if he came to France . |
| 21 | At first , Stockwood seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions about his admiration for Ceauşescu : his praise , he said , referred to Ceauşescu before he went off the rails . |
| 22 | He seemed to be mulling things over because he must have seen that this had not been the shock to Maggie that it had to him . |
| 23 | ‘ Where you 're concerned the Milettis got it wrong again , ’ the magistrate remarked to Zen as they stood at the door . |
| 24 | At Elstree a quite famous actress got in , and cooed a bit to Heather until we got to London . |
| 25 | The meeting , to be followed by talks between their heads of government tomorrow , could head off a Russian threat to cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it pays for the gas it received in January . |
| 26 | She remembered that terrible scene with her father , when he forbade her to see Philip again and told her she was going down to Cork till she came to her senses . |
| 27 | The Armstrongs were a lawless lot , paying little more allegiance to Scotland than they did to England , for they straddled the borderline ; so they were not to be trusted , but Johnstone and Jardine assured the Regent that on this occasion they would not cause trouble , for although they would care nothing about Balliol one way or the other , they hated Dacre , who as English Middle March Warden had recently hanged some of their people . |
| 28 | Last summer he went to Scotland and I stayed in London . ’ |
| 29 | Kelly had shouted out to Gould as she cantered past him , almost brushing his boot , on the way to post . |
| 30 | He told me that he had said to Ivy that he hoped between the three of us we might make head or tail of it , and she said , ‘ Well , we are three intelligent people , so I ca n't see why we should have any difficulty . ’ |