Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By studying the gospel references to the apocalyptic Jewish figure of the ‘ Son of Man ’ — whom Jesus sometimes appears to identify with himself , but sometimes not — Wrede had come to the conclusions that Jesus had not in fact applied the title to himself ; that after his resurrection the church had come to anticipate his return ; that it had then identified Jesus himself as the coming Son of Man ; and that the impression given in the gospels of a ‘ messianic secret ’ that Jesus in his lifetime conveyed only to his closest disciples , and charged them not to reveal to others until the proper time came , was a mere literary device to support that identification . |
| 2 | He found them enormously relaxing to be with . |
| 3 | The facilities start with a remote switch socket for connecting the optional FC6 foot controller , offering remote switching without tying up the MIDI in socket ( I tried the FC6 but found it more suited to a keyboard player , so would recommend a standard MIDI switching pedal ) . |
| 4 | so , I know , I never ended up where I said I was going either cos erm I met this Rus Russian lady and her sister was with her as well and we were er , she advised me not to go to Russia for the time being because it will be over , she said there 's gon na be a lot of blood shed |
| 5 | By the time he had sorted everybody out and told them how to get to Bridlington it was too late for me to use my free pass and I had to pay half fare . |
| 6 | She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea . |
| 7 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |
| 8 | Vincent , baffled and angered by his parents ' pessimism , lost his temper when they told him not to write to his uncle and aunt in Amsterdam . |
| 9 | And he told him how to listen to God — how any man who listens in the spirit of ‘ Not my will , but God 's ’ can receive definite , accurate direction and instruction . |
| 10 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 11 | What 'd he ever do to ya ? |
| 12 | It had been delivered as she paid her daily visit to the Casa Guidi or otherwise would have languished at the post office , returned as unclaimed . |
| 13 | We heard him quietly talking to them , then a gun being cocked and a loud pop , followed by a moan . |
| 14 | In an interview shortly before his death , he said , ‘ I think it was these imaginings and wonderings to music — that sort of fantasizing to music — that started me off to wish to be a choreographer . ’ |
| 15 | One of those oaths bound him never to return to Earth , never to revisit the headquarters of the Inquisition , nor the even more elusive bastion of the Ordo Malleus . |
| 16 | Her beautiful face would have persuaded most men , including Troy if he had not been married to her , but he no longer loved her enough to agree to anything she wanted . |
| 17 | After the parents met they eventually emigrated to Australia , and were married there in 1983 . |
| 18 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 19 | A woman was coming towards him , grey-haired , plump and freckled ; Wycliffe asked her how to get to Trebyan . |
| 20 | Most dealers had already written in a premium for the premiership of Pierre Beregovoy , whose stint as finance minister made him well known to the business community . |
| 21 | President Carter 's background and philosophy of life made him ill suited to the demands of presidential government . |
| 22 | In addition he was a skilled photographer and connoisseur of Egyptian antiquities , which in all made him ideally suited to an archaeological career . |
| 23 | He carefully put me in his pocket and took me home to show to his wife . |
| 24 | I sa , I said I just went I just said to her look Hannah you do n't have to come in the car ! |
| 25 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 26 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
| 27 | I thought you usually went to the seven-thirty ? |
| 28 | His presence of mind saw him instantly cross to the near post , where Hateley , falling to his knees , headed emphatically home . |
| 29 | But Shaw had not been well and Charlotte felt he urgently needed to be revived with country air . |
| 30 | I thought it right to refer to this decision with which again I entirely agree . |