Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have exhorted my wife to the point where I am at a loss for patient words , ’ he protested . |
| 2 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 3 | None of them pushed their opposition to the point of resignation , although there was a good deal of muttering and discussion . |
| 4 | If you think I will respect her honour to the point of releasing her , you much mistake the matter ! ’ |
| 5 | Indeed , the idea that women might take control of their desire to the point where men come to be judged as objects of pleasure is felt to be so threatening as to be tabooed . |
| 6 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |
| 7 | poured her wine to the point of overflowing |
| 8 | Crown lands had been so much reduced in size that the most efficient management could not have increased their yield to the point at which they might have made any significant impact on royal finances . |
| 9 | A similar effect occurs when electrical current passes through a column of plasma ; the plasma contracts radially — known as the ‘ pinch effect'-locally increasing its density to the point where ultimately thermonuclear reactions might occur . |
| 10 | Before Nicholas 's death few of Russia 's disaffected minority went beyond a loosely conceived commitment to liberty and justice and fewer still took their protest to the point of action . |
| 11 | Tories who feel rebellious about the railways , may not have to push their protest to the point of voting against the government . |
| 12 | The technique involves the woman masturbating her partner to the point where he can not control his ejaculation , whereupon she squeezes the tip of his penis firmly between her fingers until the urge subsides . |
| 13 | Now there would be no reason for further contact between them of any kind , a prospect which painted dark shadows beneath Leonora 's eyes , and bleached the colour from her face to the point where Elise began muttering darkly about anaemia . |
| 14 | His nervous tension , allied to the freezing cold , combined to fill his bladder to the point where it became decidedly uncomfortable . |
| 15 | He had become a naturalized Englishman , but he never carried his anglophilia to the point of being puritan , or even respectable . |
| 16 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 17 | Then in August 1208 , when Innocent had found his way to the point where he wished to be in the dispute , the significant letters of 1205 – 6 were entered up . |
| 18 | The analysis helped him work through his anguish and temper his ego to the point that , when he heard of auditions for another play by Ronald Ribman , he felt ready to try for it . |
| 19 | Eventually he pushes his mother to the point of exasperation where she lashes out at him . |
| 20 | Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror said that we might take our opposition to the point of resignation . |
| 21 | PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINTS You should first refer your complaint to the point of contact where the transaction took place , i.e. branch , Access , Midland Bank Personal Financial Services . |
| 22 | Gradually , you will need to increase your pace to the point where you are walking briskly and you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently , but not to the point where you feel at all overwhelmed . |
| 23 | It seems ( from the recent development of your journalistic style ) that ‘ editorship ’ has inflated your ego to the point of eradicating your sense of judgement . |