Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish people whom I meet who work in the shipyards at Yarrow take pride in building ships for the Royal Navy whose orders would presumably be lost to them if they had the pleasure of being represented by an SNP policy . |
| 2 | The metaphor of war came as naturally to the lips of men who discussed their ‘ struggle for existence ’ or the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , as the metaphor of peace came to them when they described the home : ‘ the dwelling place of joy ’ , the place where ‘ the satisfied ambition of the heart rejoiced ’ , as it could never rejoice outside , since it could never be satisfied , or afford to admit itself satisfied . |
| 3 | Two solutions might occur to ingenious engineers , indeed did occur to them when they encountered the same problem , again in the analogous case of radar . |
| 4 | The Labour Party is opposed to them because they challenge the principles of state housing and of equal access to a democratic minimum . |
| 5 | When we have a when we were talking to them and we had the door through and my snooker got really good . |
| 6 | it costs me a bomb for phone calls to them cos they put the long , wrong address on |
| 7 | If my children came home and said to me that they got the cane at school I 'd have just said well you must have deserved it . |
| 8 | Daniel 's story certainly confirmed to me that I did the right thing — and that I should have done it years ago , if only for my children 's sake . |
| 9 | It seems to me that he tries the Bible before the bar of his own mind rather than the other way around . |
| 10 | That suggests to me that he supports the policy of sector policing that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has put his weight behind . |
| 11 | It was gratifying to me that he approved the political and economic articles I was writing for the New English Weekly . |
| 12 | ‘ But it was very obvious to me once he began the questioning what he was doing , ’ said Richardson . |
| 13 | ‘ Come and talk to me while I do the silver . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Seven years ago I was like him , but then Jesus , ’ and his voice rose and wavered , and his eyes lifted to the sky , ‘ yes , Jesus , he came to me and he planted the seeds of truth in me- ’ |
| 15 | He turned over to me and I felt the gun barrel at my head . |
| 16 | It looked like a simple repair job to me and I thought the gloom on Mick 's face was part of his act . |
| 17 | One TODAY reader , who refused to be named , said : ‘ There was a certain part which really happened to me and I thought the programme was real . |
| 18 | This all seems to make sense to me and I welcome the fact that this Act recognises children also have their rights . |
| 19 | What use is revenge to me if it means the destruction of what life we have left ? |
| 20 | He came up to me as I shut the door . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've fallen , ’ she said to me as I entered the little porch tacked on to the front of the house . |
| 22 | I can remember one morning around this time bringing Lord Darlington coffee in the breakfast room , and his saying to me as he folded The Times with some disgust : ‘ Frenchmen . |
| 23 | All of us in the team knew that we were totally dependent on the Lord for any ‘ success ’ — but it was still reassuring at each crusade when Walter would murmur to me as he surveyed the huge first night crowds — ‘ Well , Harvey , that 's your job safe till the next one . |
| 24 | ‘ Every general manager in the company wanted the job but it was offered to me because I had the greatest European experience , so when the owners sold it , it seemed beyond belief . |
| 25 | No , that is from the computer but he gave it to me because he uses the monitor . |
| 26 | This time he did not want to make love to me when he dropped the tapes off , and in truth I was a little tired . |
| 27 | The extra bonus — the thing that makes me truly lucky — is that I can go home to the real friends and neighbours whose tales of burst drain-pipes , complicated recipes and domestic dramas sound every bit as interesting to me when I lack the leisure to enjoy them myself . |
| 28 | It had been enough to set Freddie 's agile mind working , and he grinned expectantly to himself as he heard the watchman 's voice . |
| 29 | A loud knocking on the wicket-gate made Jack start and he muttered to himself as he left the office and walked across the cobbled yard . |
| 30 | ‘ But I ca n't help ‘ fretting ’ about it , ’ Mungo said to himself as he re-crossed the yard . |