Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much to my amazement the tutors do n't yell . |
| 2 | To my amazement the old lady straightened up and took off her old gloves to expose several heavily bejewelled fingers . |
| 3 | To my relief the old lady smiled and said , ‘ Never mind what they call you , Frankie . |
| 4 | When things were at this interesting stage , to my irritation the senior of the two Waaf officers who were the bane of our lives developed an interest in ‘ my ’ Corporal . |
| 5 | But to my surprise the fat lady , on her feet too , was beseeching the thugs : ‘ Please , do n't hurt the boy . |
| 6 | To my surprise the house lights were full on , and I heard the sounds of the violin coming from our big room . |
| 7 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 8 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 9 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 10 | To my astonishment the words came flooding back , and for some ten minutes , while the train lay cocooned in a web of silence and darkness , I continued my singing , grateful that I had the compartment to myself . |
| 11 | It is to my knowledge the first time that an ‘ in-depth ’ feature has been written about their service with the RAF and brought back many poignant memories for me for I was , to quote your September issue , ‘ one of the batch of National Service gunners posted to RAF Coningsby ’ . |
| 12 | They gave each other presents at the Hanukha-Christmas festival , and the rector showed me his latest gift , a book with the inscription ‘ To my friend the rector , from his friend , the rabbi ’ . |
| 13 | When the rains come to my country the clusters of houses are like islands . |
| 14 | Much to my distress the shop has refused . |
| 15 | When I returned to my flat the cat meowed a welcome and rubbed himself against my legs . |
| 16 | She came to my flat the night I found Jennifer with Mason . ’ |
| 17 | But Sauvignon does not come better than this and to my mind the del Cero Sauvignon has more grace , character and length than the much-vaunted Cloudy Bay Sauvignon from New Zealand , which is comparably priced . |
| 18 | To my mind the yard , foot and inch are as antiquated as the rod , pole and perch . ’ |
| 19 | To my mind the Luo are on a par with the Welsh because everyone sings . |
| 20 | Although the coverage is not comprehensive , and many reviews on various aspects of cage hydrocarbon chemistry are available , to my mind the real value of this book lies in the ideas that it generates , the insights into the chemical developments it provides , and the historical connections that it reveals . |
| 21 | To my mind the most powerful argument for having saints is that they are such a diverse bunch that among them will be at least one person that even the most eccentric believer can identify with . |
| 22 | This notion is supposedly supported by the concurrent decline of major herbivore groups with that of their food plants , but to my mind the example she used in his article are naive and far from convincing . |
| 23 | This would be prefaced by asparagus , a traditional choice for weddings in my family ; and followed by raspberries , to my mind the most exquisite of summer fruits , served either pure and simple with a little cream , or combined with redcurrants and packed into a bread-lined basin to make summer pudding . |
| 24 | To my mind the SRV 's overall appearance is let down by the fingerboard . |
| 25 | A recent auction sale brought to my mind the fascinating subject of tally sticks , which could make a wonderfully interesting and historically interesting collection . |
| 26 | To my mind the answer is that there must always be at least a minimum of skill for us to speak of an artistic achievement . |
| 27 | To my mind the answer is simple : when a critical approach is accepted as a legitimate element of social studies teaching ( and surely a critical approach is not one which is to be avoided ) then textbooks will be obliged to present alternatives , rather than just describing the sexist norm and failing to evaluate it . |
| 28 | There are eight other recordings of the Barber Piano Sonata in the catalogue , but to my mind the most thrilling and satisfying is that by this artist , who created the work in 1949 : his quicksilver delicacy in the scherzo is unsurpassed , and the dazzling virtuosity of the fugal finale makes one want to stand and cheer . |
| 29 | There was some beautiful Sevres porcelain too , but to my mind the Meissen porcelain was exceptional . |
| 30 | When it came to it , the fish sold as lanisticola looked , to the discerning eye , quite different — the face was yellow rather than blue , the tail was heavily banded rather than streaked along the rays , and — to my mind the most important point — the upper head profile was quite different : that of the ‘ real ’ livingstonii being very like Ps. zebra , ie a humped forehead above a concave snout , while ‘ lanisticola ’ — as convex from upper lip to top of head , rather like Ps. tropheops . |