Example sentences of "[verb] to my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall have to write to my mother , ’ said Endill . |
| 2 | Dear Father , It is a great pleasure to write to my father as my mother has often told me about him , and I hope to be allowed to get to know him better … |
| 3 | But before I die , I would like to write to my son James . |
| 4 | I pledge to write to my bank manager urging the banks to write off debt owed by poorer countries . |
| 5 | is now nitpicking and harassing me to a degree which might lead me yet again to write to my MP . |
| 6 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 7 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 8 | Using the corner to steady myself , I slowly and silently turned about and moved to my right , into the blackness of the side alley . |
| 9 | Blunderingly , I moved to my left among the boulders , being careful to keep behind them and not be seen . |
| 10 | I exclaimed , leaping to my feet as lightning wrapped the turret , shaking the very stones ( and putting a lid on the purple prose ) . |
| 11 | ’ Posi ’ I yelled , leaping to my feet . |
| 12 | In my case there was no homosexuality — or heterosexuality , for that matter — to conceal , but I think there was a certain amount of gender confusion , nurtured by circumstances both at home and at school , which contributed to my sense of loss , the loss of self . |
| 13 | May I through the Journal , say thank you to all my friends and colleagues who contributed to my retirement present [ camcorder ] — a gift that 's much appreciated and will always remind me of my 32+ years at JS . |
| 14 | I suggest to my hon. Friend the Minister that he could simply delete that line of clause 60 . |
| 15 | I am committed to my partner . |
| 16 | ‘ I am deeply committed to my work but tired of being asked to accept ‘ job satisfaction ’ in lieu of proper pay . |
| 17 | The expression on his face was committed to my memory . ’ |
| 18 | In other words , if my goal is to please my partner , the more pleasure my partner receives , the more this adds to my pleasure . |
| 19 | There also seems to me to be some confusion of emphasis which which adds to my concern that in fact the Government policy talks about strict control of development away , and I emphasize the word away , from settlements . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't even got that far in the analysis of this new theory but it only adds to my doubts about it all anyway . |
| 21 | This is a book much to be admired ; it contains exactly the sort of information I would have divulged to my own foundation students once upon a sketchbook project . |
| 22 | So my father does n't have a kin altruistic interest in me being grouped to my mother 's sister 's children . |
| 23 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 24 | so I put if I was attracted to my |
| 25 | As one who joined the Leader of the Opposition in voting against the Single European Act , before the right hon. Gentleman became a Euro-fanatic , may I appeal to my right hon. Friend to warn the voters about the huge dangers to the much-improved labour relations of Britain if they were to vote into power any Government who were prepared to pass over the power to wreck our trade union reforms by majority vote in Brussels ? |
| 26 | As for the purchaser , tell him to come to my house and choose another picture — something that both he and I like . |
| 27 | Who , to come to my point , is to shoulder the responsibility ? ’ |
| 28 | to come to my home for a holiday and a rest … |
| 29 | ‘ I wonder , when you 're allowed out of here if you 'd like to come to my humble abode to recuperate ? |
| 30 | ‘ But it 's ready now , and I want you all to come to my house . ’ |