Example sentences of "[pron] to [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fain would I to Lucinda 's Ear impart |
| 2 | The Shell Series will be over by then , and Crowe has devoted himself to Auckland 's cause . |
| 3 | Will the Minister address himself to LEDU 's policy , and consider the reintroduction of direct aid for people starting up in business ? |
| 4 | But that individual had chosen to draw himself to Jaq 's attention once already , had he not ? |
| 5 | Although he endeared himself to Arsenal 's North bank and played impressively enough on the outskirts of the box to sustain his reputation for skilful adventure , he rarely found the net at Highbury and began to look like over-paid hype to the footballing public . |
| 6 | What was so attractive about poison ( and Henry had , with some regret , more or less reconciled himself to Donald 's death ) was that it acted so independently . |
| 7 | As a Puritan , Bourne had devoted himself to God 's cause , as he saw it . |
| 8 | How could a man join himself to God 's creation again ? |
| 9 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 10 | I 'd like to appoint you to Chester 's design team . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll take you to Cuchulain 's castle , ’ Gerry promised me . |
| 12 | Go you to Duart 's room , and watch him and Hector for me . |
| 13 | Maybe I should have taken you to Calypso 's Cave , over on Gozo , ’ he added mockingly , running his hands down over her hips and closing the gap between them so that every hollow and curve came into contact with the steely wall of his legs and stomach , ‘ where the goddess Calypso managed to detain Ulysses for seven years … ’ |
| 14 | In this chapter I will look at some of the literature that addresses itself to Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge — these writers are the inheritors of his work in the sense that they have read and responded to his ideas . |
| 15 | On the other hand he was kindness itself to Andrew 's mother-in-law . |
| 16 | But the Bible does not limit itself to God 's law for humanity . |
| 17 | Add less sugar and salt ( none to babies ' food ) . |
| 18 | By Friday she had arranged everything to Rob 's satisfaction , although as she handed Luke his notes for the meeting in York she still had some reservations about his reaction to his brother 's methods of expressing gratitude . |
| 19 | The development of such a good relationship between Christian leaders and theologians in the two countries owed everything to Hartwell 's knowledge of both communities and his sensitivity to the changing climate of opinion and thought . |
| 20 | It was the association of hot springs and helium that had made him think that there could be something to Chatterjee 's idea after all , and maybe to the claims by Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 21 | In turn , the F-type owed something to Pininfarina 's Spyder concept of the late '70s which , in essence , was a rebodied XJS . |
| 22 | William of Jumièges ' statement that he later offered the æthelings a share of England is very difficult to credit ; it may owe something to Dudo 's story of the offer made to Rollo , or result from confusion with the events of 1041 , when Edward returned to England at Harthacnut 's invitation and according to the Chronicle C text was sworn in as king . |
| 23 | Hartland took a fine gully catch to dismiss Russell ; Pringle ran one to Lewis 's one-and-a-half followed by a long walk . |
| 24 | He made no concession whatsoever to Moscow 's policy of peaceful coexistence and asserted the primacy of the guerrilla strategy in the fight of oppressed peoples against imperialism . |
| 25 | And the fact that she wanted nothing more than to entrust herself to fitzAlan 's protection made her nervousness all the more acute . |
| 26 | Lucille had seen the Prince 's arrival and hasty departure , and had resigned herself to Sharpe 's absence . |
| 27 | It was here that Sybil decided to give up acting altogether and dedicate herself to Richard 's career and the eagerly expected family . |
| 28 | She 's made just a handful of films in the last 20 years , but the actress says she does n't miss the silver screen — she prefers to dedicate herself to children 's charity work instead |
| 29 | It was a dish owing nothing to Sammut 's sex and everything to Provence . |
| 30 | Be that as it may , our source notes that Spring has been written from scratch , is not Unix and owes nothing to AT&T 's code . |