Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we set the scene , we look good , we have n't crushed them to death and he 's gon na take us into one or two areas |
| 2 | He then transports them to earthly space for human use . |
| 3 | He preferred outwork : " In a factory you confine them to the hours the master pleases , in the cottage they work very often 15 or 16 hours . " |
| 4 | Removal of British troops from Northern Ireland or confine them to barracks . |
| 5 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 6 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 7 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 8 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 9 | Such cynical behaviour and insincerity is a waste of parliamentary time and contributes nothing to democratic government . |
| 10 | I never use plonk — it contributes nothing to the recipe and can ruin a dish . |
| 11 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 12 | ‘ You have explained me to myself , Harry , ’ he said slowly . |
| 13 | I had to strap them to my bicycle , which is why they look a bit battered . ’ |
| 14 | Hard experience has taught me to be selective in my procrastination . |
| 15 | waves push me to the side |
| 16 | The Abbey is now planning a fifth mailshot to alert them to their windfalls . |
| 17 | Det Insp Brian Welfare , of Sussex CID , said that he had met the university 's residential advisers to alert them to the risk to other students . |
| 18 | She recommended that a meeting with Social Services would be helpful to alert them to the ‘ dynamics ’ of this family and to advise them that ‘ as professionals we were anxious that we had not managed to engage and intervene within the family and explore deficits in the parenting role ’ . |
| 19 | Moreover , these activities are interactions between students , and as such may fail to alert them to the choice and ordering of information produced by native speakers . |
| 20 | Some nectar-eating ants cut down on the time they spend searching for food by using their body clock to alert them to mealtimes . |
| 21 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 22 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 23 | She says we do n't want to destroy children 's innocence on the other hand we want to alert them to the dangers . |
| 24 | He offers them to his friends . |
| 25 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 26 | By that time , the Scottish team had gone through three practice sessions , while the Aussies from Queensland expect their post-season training to see them to a successful defence of the tournament , which starts today . |
| 27 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |
| 28 | ‘ No need to see me to my room , Alec , ’ she said , reaching for the candlestick . |
| 29 | Right across the village , men and women stooped over , black forms against a world of white , shovelling great heaps of snow and tumbling them to the ground in frothy white cascades . |
| 30 | Doody notes that Leapor picks up Swift 's characters or anti-characters and turns them to her own purposes . |