Example sentences of "[verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To combat the imminent threat of service cuts , we ask you to write to your MP , local councillors and anyone else with influence to exert pressure on the Government and British Rail to , at the very least , retain existing services . |
| 32 | Following the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I have been asked to write to your about the hedges on your property on Trough Road opposite Wyresdale Crescent and also on Gubberford Lane between the river bridge and the first bend . |
| 33 | Would you like to write to your M P ? |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | I want to write to his mother . |
| 36 | The rapid progress towards integration which seemed to be occurring also , in December 1952 , led the Dutch foreign minister to write to his counterparts that the extent of political and military integration currently under consideration should be accompanied by an equally extensive economic integration — in short , by a common market . |
| 37 | ‘ S'pose I 'll have to write to his mother , ’ he said . |
| 38 | Major Henches , another artilleryman ( killed on the Somme that autumn ) found time to write to his wife during the May fighting at Verdun : |
| 39 | He 's supposed to write to his grandpa every month but so far we have n't |
| 40 | We have a few social events during the year , and it is also nice to write to our friends . |
| 41 | The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no . |
| 42 | She barely had time to struggle to her feet before cruel fingers tangled in her hair and her face was jerked up to the light . |
| 43 | Colour flooded her face as she tried to struggle to her feet , desperate to evade the hand that was stretched towards her . |
| 44 | She managed to struggle to her feet and cross the room to him barely limping at all . |
| 45 | She tried to struggle to her feet , pulling at her skirt that was half under Fernando . |
| 46 | Already Simon was trying to struggle to his feet . |
| 47 | Again he tried unsuccessfully to struggle to his feet , but failed . |
| 48 | As Broom-Parker attempted to struggle to his feet , she leant forward and tweaked both ends of his moustache . |
| 49 | From another the Youngest Son began to struggle to his feet . |
| 50 | Double-clicking on a graph makes it appear full-screen , where it can be embellished to your heart 's content using the menu system |
| 51 | It may be appropriate for these matters to be dealt with in a covering letter as they do not necessarily have to be disclosed to our opponents . |
| 52 | Conservatories and porches — at very competitive prices — can be designed to your exact requirements and cover a whole range of specifications to suit your property . |
| 53 | It then moved to her thighs — with no resistance . |
| 54 | He moved to her side . |
| 55 | Athena ( largely lost ) moved to her left , aegis stretched out before her . |
| 56 | In 1857 Leslie married one of his young music pupils , Mary Betsey , daughter of William Henry Perry , physician , and moved to her family home , Bryn Tanat , on the Welsh border . |
| 57 | When his eyes moved to her mouth , she swallowed drily , then took a long shuddering breath that locked somewhere in her lungs as he pushed the mac from her shoulders . |
| 58 | He moved to her side and took her hand , pulling her down on to a sofa facing his brother . |
| 59 | Then she let the door swing shut and went into her bedroom , feeling the tears sting her eyes like hot needles , her mouth trembling as she moved to her wardrobe , got her case , unzipped it and began blindly packing everything she could fit inside . |
| 60 | This was the fourth attack on her car since October when she moved to her home in Vernon Gardens , Harrowgate Hill . |