Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had talked a great deal to her about my nights in Marcus . |
| 2 | While the Council did not fully accept this viewpoint by any means , it owed a very great deal to it in its most influential formulations . |
| 3 | Their chairman sold the club to me in our negotiations . |
| 4 | Different people at different times and in different places , over a period of five years , displayed the same interest in the past , and ( within acceptable degrees of variation ) gave the same account of incidents and conditions , and gave the same weight to it in their explanations of their actions . |
| 5 | When I was debating with myself whether to take up athletics full time I decided , on the spur of the moment , to go up to Nottingham to talk to her about it . |
| 6 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Matron has asked me to have a little talk to you about your temporary position as a special nurse in Marcus Ward . |
| 8 | That is the , that is the key to it in my submission . |
| 9 | have a chat to him about what you could do I said do n't worry I said . |
| 10 | Said he wanted to have a chat to her about her son 's murder . |
| 11 | I have purchased two 7cm long Osphronemus gouramis , but can find no reference to them in my books . |
| 12 | Please omit any reference to me in what you write of Patrick Hamilton . |
| 13 | With this one issue so heavy on his mind , might he not have muttered some confused reference to it in his dreams ? |
| 14 | I am also grateful for the continuing support of the other Board members , particularly Michael Lunn who has been of great assistance to me in his capacity of Deputy Chairman . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 16 | Auntie 's exceptional eyesight had been of no particular help to her in her job : she was a filing-clerk in a block of offices , for ever sorting other people 's dull letters and dull memoranda . |
| 17 | He would have been very satisfied to know what a comfort Steven has been to our family , how understanding , how supportive a friend in time of need , a valuable help to us in everything from fixing the car , taking over day to day decisions affecting the business/work/ Annabelle 's job , to just being there when we wanted advice and assistance . |
| 18 | Many companies allow you to try equipment and will demonstrate equipment to you in your own home . |
| 19 | LORD TENTERDEN C.J. : Assuming that the offer to pay the six guineas without costs was evidence of an express promise by the defendant to pay that sum to the plaintiff as a compensation to him for his loss of time , still , if the defendant was not bound by law to pay that sum , the offer to do so not having been accepted will not avail the plaintiff . |
| 20 | The court must see , from the circumstances of the case and the nature of the evidence which the witness is called to give that there is reasonable ground to apprehend danger to him from his answer . |
| 21 | In fact , most people in public relations agencies are not highly educated in the fields most likely to be of importance to them in their work . |
| 22 | I have n't actually seen Charley since his return , as he called on Hamish while I was at work , but at lunchtime today I conveyed your presents for Christopher and Lydie to Jenners Rose Street restaurant and placed them in Inga 's hands ( a handy reminder to me of their birthdays , too ) . |
| 23 | It does n't need any artistic pretensions — it just needs to be a picture that you can lodge in your mind as a reminder to you of your aims . |
| 24 | It was a gift to you from me , |
| 25 | Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors . |
| 26 | The players have been brilliant and all credit to them for their consistency . ’ |
| 27 | The next 70 years or so are spent sorting out this confusion , deciding first what a face is and then putting a name to it in whatever language comes to hand — be it Thai or Zuni or Swahili or Spanish — or any of the other 4,000 odd languages that the world currently offers . |
| 28 | Finally , there is no denying the attraction to us of something which relies on people helping themselves , instead of having help imposed from outside . |
| 29 | Somehow we 've got to say to people we will provide this valuable service to you from your first job until your last breath , wherever you work . |
| 30 | I pay tribute to him for his support for the Peace Train . |