Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's a local gardener , or someone went to the filled up all the turf and took it all out . |
| 2 | It is presumably that time which is relevant to the comment which I have n't the heart to repeat here where I refers to the current narrator . |
| 3 | Remember Ma Christie , our Norwegian Pathfinder , who wondered at how his crew just happened to appear as though from some mystique of chance ; how Middleton said in effect " my crew is the best in the Command … leave them be or I return to the Main Force " . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 5 | He believes ‘ That all individuals should be considered to be good , worthwhile and honest until he or she proves to the contrary ’ , It is a sentiment that still today remains his guiding light , and he would add that ‘ All things are possible through God ’ . |
| 6 | There are the actions he or she contributes to the total social process , and there are the accounts in which action is interpreted , criticized and justified . |
| 7 | Otherwise a seller 's spouse may be asked to sign the contract to demonstrate that he or she submits to the sale : the spouse will then be estopped from subsequently seeking to frustrate it . |
| 8 | and or she went to the door |
| 9 | The person is implicitly saying that he or she subscribes to the network of rules of the discipline in question . |
| 10 | But as there must always be some kind of observer-effect in patterns revealed in this analytic way , the position of the observer , and the preconceptions that he or she brings to the act of observing , must be accounted for at every phase of the research . |
| 11 | Of more relevance here are the criticisms of those who argue that Reagan , in reality , fell far short of his declared policy purposes , or who point to the thinness of his legislative record in the remaining three years of his first term . |
| 12 | We proceeded from the old bay at Caraven Arms used by the BC Railway and walked by road to the site of the old Strettford Bridge Junction , where we took to the old track bed as far as Glen Burrell Bridge , where we joined the road again , calling in on the Rev. Ray Arnold at Horderley , who was waiting with coffee and biscuits . |
| 13 | Her girlfriend , Josephine , does not take to the water , so Kelly and I go in alone with Simone , treading in unison till the chill is mellowed , and swim to the deep end where we cling to the buoy and discuss other people . |
| 14 | In principle for any word bearing an inflectional affix , it is possible to find contexts where all possible substitutes must contain either the same affix , or one belonging to the same closed set : consider the possible substitutes for walked in Cedric walked home , longer in Mine is longer than yours or books in those books . |
| 15 | At first all that would come into it were moralising precepts about drink which he remembered from having to copy them as exercises when he was a student : I am told you go from street to street where everything stinks to the gods of alcohol . |
| 16 | There are also of course anaphoric usages of there ( cf. ( 40 ) above ) , and this explains why there is no necessary pragmatic anomaly in : ( 74 ) We 're there where there refers to the place we previously mentioned as our goal ( Fillmore , 1971b : 226 ) . |
| 17 | Bottle 1:2:6 3 Dozn & 8 Bottles porter 16:0 Cold drams 2:0 Glasses broke 10 @ 6d. each 5:0 1779 " Renews the order on the Committee respecting the ffees of dressing fflax & they to report to the next meeting . " |
| 18 | It was self-service , and guests carried their food on little plastic trays to mucky tables , where they ate to the accompaniment of strident pop music . |
| 19 | When there is tension in the neck and spine , particularly where they connect to the brain at the base of the skull , blood flow is impeded . |
| 20 | Greeted by a rubbing of practised hands , the Tory Party 's celebrities take their seats before well-appointed tables where they listen to the supplications of their hosts while scrutinising the menu . |
| 21 | In general there seems to be a tendency for structural rock surfaces to be stripped where they approximate to the profile of the wavecut bench . |
| 22 | As with the basket , divers are recovered from the water to the surface , where they transfer to the decompression chamber . |
| 23 | Betty Hawkes took her to the local hop that evening , where they danced to the strict tempo of Victor Sylvester records : a very different world to the music of Miller and Goodman and Basie that she 'd jived to in the States . |
| 24 | If you have applied to vote by proxy and your application is allowed the registration officer will issue your proxy with a ‘ proxy paper ’ which entitles him or her to go to the polling station and vote for you . |
| 25 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 26 | He has set up a pirate radio station in his bedroom , where he talks to the disaffected youth of his neighbourhood under the guise of Happy Harry Hard-On . |
| 27 | Sherlock Holmes leaves England for New York City where he comes to the aid of his long-time love , the famous stage actress Irene Adler . |
| 28 | He has a non-vocational Oxbridge degree but has been thoroughly trained in the operations of the family business and is a shrewd and capable manager with some 32 years of practical experience ( plus 5 years in the army , where he rose to the rank of major ) . |
| 29 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 30 | Such an Order may be used where it appears to the authority to be expedient in the interests of proper planning of their area , including the interests of amenity , regard being had to the development plan and to any other material considerations . |