Example sentences of "[pers pn] to the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now give her her ticket back and leave her alone , or I 'll report you to the port authorities — understand me , hsiao jen ? ’ |
| 2 | If I can suit you to the Company needs , I know that will be best all round . |
| 3 | Turn down that side bit and it 'll bring you to the swimming baths . |
| 4 | Most libraries have wall charts guiding you to the shelf groupings for the major Dewey divisions . |
| 5 | They even escorted me to the school gates sometimes — and I just bunked out the other way . |
| 6 | Have a car ready to take me to the city limits . |
| 7 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 8 | ‘ You can let me join Brownies and take me to the Pack Meetings at Botley every week , ’ she stated emphatically . |
| 9 | CrossScript , which offers lower level programming support and combines features of C , C++ and C-shell , also manages the CrossLink network agents and directly connects them to the user interfaces . |
| 10 | He has the opportunity to comment on these documents before forwarding them to the Church Commissioners . |
| 11 | The ocean bill of lading 's transformation from an appendage of the charter party to a document of title was inevitable once shippers discontinued the practice of accompanying their wares during maritime carriage , and entrusted them to the ocean carriers . |
| 12 | After fulling , the cloth was well rinsed and , now reduced from 35″ to 27″ in width , was taken to the tenter ground to be stretched to shape by fastening hooks in the selvedge and attaching them to the tenter frames . |
| 13 | It was precisely their erudition , their cultivation , their financial security , their disdain for the mediocre that led them to the gas chambers . |
| 14 | They leased them to the spa innkeepers , who eventually became rich enough to purchase them . |
| 15 | Fairly detailed criterion statements are considered in order to relate them to the test questions used , which themselves are derived from the foundation list topics . |
| 16 | The Forestry ( Transfer of Woods ) Act of 1923 transferred the property in them to the forestry Commissioners , who were made responsible for their care and management . |
| 17 | Valenzuela admits to beating prisoners at the moment of their detention , hauling them to the torture rooms , watching them writhe and holding them down . |
| 18 | Hotels with only the basic facilities can attract this type of business by putting together composite package deals and offering them to the conference agencies . |
| 19 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 20 | We had climbed together a couple of weeks before at Goat Crag , where I was once again reminded how suited Fanshawe is to upward progress ; a powerful frame and seemingly hydraulic legs brought him to the crag aeons before I arrived . |
| 21 | Attendants in stiff , white robes swooped forward as soon as he entered ( indicating tips would have to be paid ) , offering to show him to the changing rooms . |
| 22 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
| 24 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |
| 25 | His own fault , he should have left it to the river police who had more experience of that sort of thing , but he had felt responsible . |
| 26 | ‘ I brought it to the Church leaders and was supported by Cardinal O'Fiaich . |
| 27 | The ground staff at Edinburgh were very helpful , and when we finally boarded ( in really raw and biting cold and -2 degrees centigrade ) thanked me for having my luggage so clearly labelled as it had helped them get it to the hold doors for immediate removal at Brussels . |
| 28 | He paid for water to be piped from the valley 1,500ft below the village and for a proper tarmacadam road to be constructed , linking it to the twin towns of Couiza and Montazels in the valley below . |
| 29 | Donny O'Brien , the ancient typesetter inherited from the original Advent , swore each day that it was only by the grace of God that the paper ever got launched in the taxi which delivered it to the newspaper boys . |
| 30 | Ah mind you he could probably sell it to the TV companies for about that I should think . |