Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house . |
| 2 | While he was knocking himself off , I was preparing to make my introductions to the sidewalk . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher does n't care and Katie 's pregnant and alone , ravishing Reagan 's over there and I 'm working my fingers to the bone . |
| 4 | ‘ You could say that I had worked my fingers to the bone for you ! ’ |
| 5 | I got back to the office and explained my doubts to the analyst . |
| 6 | I would n't want to prompt their disapproval and anger , so I try to eat less and my trips to the biscuit tin become fewer , or more sneaky . |
| 7 | I did n't have a Valium injection and I did n't have laughing gas ( who needs that when you 've got an entertaining toothbrush ? ) , and I did n't cry or faint or bite the hygienist or do any of the things normally associated with one of my trips to the dentist . |
| 8 | For the first time in my life I could not confess all my sins to the priest . |
| 9 | I opened my eyes to the sun riding high over Fair Hill . |
| 10 | And with an involuntary movement I raised my eyes to the sky — where God was — beseeching Him , wanting Him to see my fear and my contrition . |
| 11 | Embarrassed , I dropped my eyes to the hymnsheet in front of me . |
| 12 | But I keep my eyes to the front . |
| 13 | I returned my eyes to the axe . |
| 14 | ‘ It has opened my eyes to the value of self-development , showing that people can acquire new skills without having to resort to external courses . ’ |
| 15 | I opened my eyes to the sound of yet more crashing of dustbin lids , gales of laughter and the occasional scream coming from behind the bushes . |
| 16 | Yes , it opened my eyes to the plight of socialists and Labour Party members in England and to the fact that not all the English voted Tory , particularly in the north . |
| 17 | I also wished to pay my respects to the Curator of the Natural History Museum , the late Finnur Gudmundsson , who had been so helpful in planning the trip . |
| 18 | My respects to the captain and ask him to join me for breakfast at , say , eight-thirty . |
| 19 | I retraced my steps to the square where Kennedy had been given the Freedom of the City ( an empty honour ) , and explored a network of narrow shopping streets . |
| 20 | Retracing my steps to the town centre , I came upon a street named Harmony Hill , the title of a book of short stories by the late Richard Phibbs ( Curlew Press ) . |
| 21 | I offered my thanks to the interviewer for seeing me and shook his/her hand at the end . |
| 22 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 23 | As the shallow tent of evening falls upon us , and black taxis queue like hearses at Marble Arch , I lift my knees to the platform , glide down the Westway with my head full of phlegm and board that plane to Los Angeles . |
| 24 | I sit up in bed and swing my legs to the floor . |
| 25 | It dips deeply , soaking my legs to the knee . |
| 26 | For native English speakers I would give a quite different kind of lecture , and I did not want to be judged by the standards of my lectures to the Japanese , which were nearly always basic and very simple in expression . |
| 27 | Stretching my feet to the end of my bed I felt the tightening of the sheets . |
| 28 | I said my goodbyes to the head of the House of Timur ; Pakeezah offered to lead me back through the labyrinth of Daryaganj to the Faiz Bazaar . |
| 29 | On one of my patrols to the end of Putney Bridge I found the body of an elderly woman , almost at the end of her life . |
| 30 | The following day I hired a van , loaded up my possessions and then handed over my keys to the landlord . |