Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The objective helps you to communicate to others what you want to achieve .
2 You 'll have to write to Lady Anyone else wish to comment on
3 In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District .
4 When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty .
5 " … I would think it a sufficient detriment to the confider that information given in confidence is to be disclosed to persons whom he would prefer not to know of it , even though the disclosure would not be harmful to him in any positive way . "
6 It also has some integration work underway designed to tie-in its servers more closely with workstations from NeXT Computer , following the reseller agreement it announced last year .
7 It was inevitable when he moved to England he would join them .
8 When we moved to Scotland I discovered the greatest delicacy of all — the smoked herring , or kipper .
9 When he moved to Battersea his route to work took him past the factory every day .
10 When I first moved to Wallingford I was told by a local resident ( in no uncertain terms ) what would happen to me if did n't continue with the tradition of putting a Christmas Tree on the silo top .
11 So having settled on Road , moved to Lane which was the nearest school , still in the juniors but by then our age would be nearly eleven , time to move onto a bigger school .
12 We achieved good wins in and around Montreal and when we moved to Ottawa our lead had increased to 150 shots .
13 I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition .
14 When he moved to Belfast he joined the DUP and campaigned for McQuade , and he became an elder of the John Knox Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in North Belfast .
15 Then when we moved to Brisbane he bought a hardware shop . ’
16 erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away .
17 Committed to Act We as a church support BMS financially .
18 We worked alongside the people by day , observed and committed to memory what went on , recorded these observations after work , later analysing them and writing a report .
19 With everything committed to paper you 're less likely to forget details and it will help you tackle the situation in a very organised way .
20 Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it .
21 We will need to leverage our customers existing investments in other technology .
22 Moreover , children are attracted to telephones which ‘ demand ’ to be picked up and spoken into , and the prohibitions which adults usually place on children 's use of these instruments serves only to enhance their attractiveness .
23 The Collector , for some reason , was attracted to ladies who were overpowered by the fumes of sleep in his presence , but not everybody enjoyed it as much as he did .
24 ‘ I 'm enormously attracted to people who can look after themselves .
25 Why are cats attracted to people who dislike them ?
26 Women are attracted to men who will be the most efficient ‘ mates ’ : the more money or power , the greater his capacity to attract women .
27 Lynn is a vivid example of how women are often attracted to men who express parts of themselves which have been buried or destroyed — in her case her sexual confidence .
28 Equally , large European Community ( EC ) grants had been attracted to Portugal which frequently lacked the infrastructure or administrative machinery necessary to absorb them in the most productive manner .
29 Some people develop very strong appetites for recognition and are attracted to jobs which provide them with endless ‘ jellybeans ’ ; for example , the reward systems of the armed services , higher education and the professions offer substantial opportunities to be recognized and praised for one 's performance .
30 People are attracted to jobs which suit their goal priorities .
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