Example sentences of "[vb base] to [pers pn] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Send to me if the mercer asks for compensation . ’ |
| 2 | If I also say to him that the lesson we learn from the United States is not to go down the route that he and his party have signed up to in signing up to a socialist manifesto for the European elections . |
| 3 | Occasionally people say to me that the Government are seeking to turn health care into a business . |
| 4 | If I say to you that the typical buyer of your product is the wife of a coal miner , living in Yorkshire , with three children under ten , with a council flat , no car but a colour TV , you can start to deduce a lot about her way of life and , perhaps , her approach to the sort of product you have to sell . |
| 5 | Brothers and sisters , I say to you that the message that must leave this Conference is one that says to all trade unionists , we will fight any oppressive legislation used against us . |
| 6 | ’ They say to you that the way to become a really good actor is to tell them everything about yourself , tell them all your fears and insecurities . |
| 7 | But you see the We 'd got no stall that end open to us and no stall that end , and the gate was down but we working to breakthrough to get some fresh air through from there . |
| 8 | Thus , when we think of a person , the impression we give to him and the one we wanted to give to him and what we really think of him , and what we say to other people about him are all exactly the same . |
| 9 | ‘ Midnight , if that 's th'name , the Cap'n says th'must attend to him and the other guests in the drawing-room . |
| 10 | When , however , a sentence " has time " to introduce the supernumerary information contained in a non-restrictive clause , but apparently fails to introduce the information on which the definite article relies , despite the definiteness being felt important enough to deserve an intensifier , then the sentence has a dislocated feel to it and the very is left dangling ; this is the case of sentence ( 23 ) . |
| 11 | in our house if one of you 's in the bathroom in the bath like if Russell 's in the bath I go and sit on the toilet and talk to him and the dog 's in there as well and you ca n't move . |
| 12 | I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile . |
| 13 | Turn to him and the gospel will declare , ‘ You are accepted . ’ |
| 14 | These fumble about in the sand or mud , particles adhere to them and the sea cucumber slowly curls them back into its mouth to suck them clean with its fleshy lips . |
| 15 | Rumbelows chief Roy Campbell said : ‘ When we make deals we stick to them but the company has changed quite dramatically in the past year . |
| 16 | They come to us because the manufacturer or retailer wishes to take advantage of exposure in what is simply the best and biggest fishkeeping magazine in the UK . |
| 17 | But how can natural selection see to it that the two pathways are not mixed , and that cooperating groups of compatible genes emerge ? |
| 18 | The housewives and small restaurateurs who rely upon the professional skill of charcutiers and pâtissiers for a part of their supplies see to it that the pâtés and sausages , the little salads for hors-d'oeuvre , the galantines and terrines and fish quenelles , the hams and tongues and pies , pastries and fruit flans , the petits fours and the croissants maintain high standards of freshness and excellence , and that any popular regional speciality of the district continues to be cooked with the right and proper traditional ingredients , even if the methods have been speeded up by the introduction of modern machinery . |
| 19 | See to it that the resolve does not expire with my departure . ’ |
| 20 | Mauleverer had then proceeded to snatch the cover off the dish on Amiss 's tray , sniff disparagingly and explain to him that the ham was underdone and the eggs too hard . |
| 21 | I explain to them that the local garage which supplied us with petrol has closed and we therefore no longer have an account . |