Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 2 | It must be remembered that , nine times out of ten , the third party solicitor will be relying on descriptions of locus , machinery , etc. provided to him by his client — and will not have had the opportunity of visiting the LOCUS himself . |
| 3 | I would never have dreamed of doing what Brian demonstrated to us with broken or damaged feathers . |
| 4 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 5 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 6 | To make sure that these components met the quality standards needed by the main plant , the company despatched , at its own expense , what they described to us with only mild exaggeration as ‘ a regiment of engineers ’ from Detroit , some of whom stayed down in Brazil for months advising the subcontractors on how to meet the company 's standards . |
| 7 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
| 8 | He proposed to her on Valentine 's Day 1989 . |
| 9 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 10 | Her punishment for wanting that English Protestant , my father , who proposed to her by telegram . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 12 | Instead , Paul , in his closing address , implicitly rebuked the Theological Commission for having refused to confer upon the Virgin Mary the title of ‘ Mother of the Church ’ in the chapter devoted to her in De Ecclesia . |
| 13 | The lack of attention devoted to it by the British Government and , in particular , by the British press , in terms of the discussions at Maastricht , is symptomatic of our isolationist approach not only to Europe , but to the development of regional policy . |
| 14 | It rose to something like 35,000 tons per year but then began to tail off ( see appendix D ) . |
| 15 | Only one in seven men did not help their wives at all in the professional/managerial , clerical and skilled classes , although , for the semi-skilled and unskilled , the proportion rose to one in four . |
| 16 | Laura had said once , when he grumbled to her about Mr Simpson . |
| 17 | Once a month we reported to them on the editorial , marketing and financial developments of the magazine . |
| 18 | I was therefore delighted when one day in May they suddenly reported to me at Luqa . |
| 19 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 20 | Having been a hostage among the Huns himself , he had called in Hunnic troops to support the usurper Joannes in 425 ; he fled to them after his defeat at the hands of Boniface in 432 ; and he was probably behind their destruction of the Burgundian kingdom in the mid-430s . |
| 21 | Everyone deferred to him in the casting of lots , and after he had tossed his white counter into the bowl which was placed in the centre of the chamber there was a wild scramble for precedence . |
| 22 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |
| 23 | I mentioned to her about renting , she said that she had n't , you know , took that idea out the window but she said the only thing is your at the beck and call of the landlord . |
| 24 | As I mentioned to you on Sunday morning we usually deal with , usually deal with this particular matter on Sunday morning , but we decided that because our new young members ' section is growing in its influence and activity and , of course , we now have resolutions on the agenda that this now warranted er , separate attention er , on the agenda . |
| 25 | Yes , I have n't brought the modular things I mentioned to you on the phone the other day but I think it would be very useful to sit down and look at structuring that |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Brocklehurst , ’ interrupted Mrs Reed , ‘ I mentioned to you in my letter that this little girl has in fact a very bad character . |
| 27 | Mount Patrick appeared to have the race sewn up after he collared Radiant Monarch two out , but he stopped to nothing on the run-in and Ovac Star swept past . |
| 28 | Vehicles started up again and a familiar voice shouted to him from the side of the truck . |
| 29 | Dependent on relief helicoptered to them by the American armed forces , the mountain refugees are still losing their young and their old to malnutrition , cold and disease . |
| 30 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |