Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the rainforests belong to developing countries which have to resort to milking their most precious resource to make ends meet , and to pay back money lent to them by Western countries . |
| 2 | His eyes clung to her like thirsty leeches , watching for any movement , the revolver trained on her back . |
| 3 | Letterman confided to me after one of our tennis games that my pieces in Manhattan had always struck him as somewhat trivial — artifices — until he read my piece ‘ Drancy , Ante-chamber of Death ’ . |
| 4 | One young teacher working in a more conservative college spoke to me of this period with some amusement . |
| 5 | His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit . |
| 6 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
| 7 | ‘ A 28-year-old girl came to me with terrible complications . |
| 8 | That 's what it is Martin , confirmation really of what er Mick said to you in that interview , Steve , Tommy two , three but playing at central defence , Dean 'll be the skipper playing in midfield , Michael at the heart of the defence , Phil in midfield , Paul wears seven but will play up front , er Mark at eight in midfield , wears nine , well that 's a bit of nonsense is n't i in terms of numbering , cos he 's gon na play at left back not at centre forward , Gary is ten , Tony eleven , then on the bench , really good to see David and Rod , Bob 's there as well along with er Paul and that 's er possibly a a first chance for the youngster there , and Michael who has been bloodied already but er a little bit of experience in and er the youngsters , and as I say again it 's really good to see and in the number and er I 'm still practising and I shall give you the Pisa team when you return to the er rather sodden Lane with the spectators all huddled towards the back of the stands to get er extra protection from the er rain that 's being swept a on to the stands and er has obliterated the markings on the pitch . |
| 9 | After 1980 it was possible for charities to reclaim tax paid on money covenanted to them for four years or more , not just at the standard rate of tax , but at the higher rate if individuals paid tax at the higher rate . |
| 10 | One career wife spoke about her exasperation when her husband listened to her with half an ear as he watched television . |
| 11 | She might even , he suggested , as they went to the stairs , benefit from a quiet winter with her sister to help and think what joy lay ahead with Oreste brought to her at last . |
| 12 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 13 | Julia listened to it with professional interest , expecting the usual Nazi defence of obedience to superior orders . |
| 14 | The lacquered fingerboard felt to me like those few maple-boarded Les Pauls that Gibson made during the late '70s/early '80s . |
| 15 | I thought that , and I 'm not an expert in but I thought this was a penetrating critique and all goes well for how the department is handling in a very difficult starting situation , a most important matter but there is Mr spoke to me about this paper and er I think we will have to hear what Mr had to say , I do n't know who 's going to report that . |
| 16 | The AOC No 6 Group complained to me about this , so I suggested that he keep the culprit for a week and then send him back . |
| 17 | As the Devil ( feeling the final breath of his adversary leaving him ) lurched forward to seize his prize , and as the demons howled their triumph like a frenzied pack of wolves falling upon their slaughtered prey , Jesus appeared to them in terrifying power . |
| 18 | We discussed also the so-called ‘ spiritual , manifestations , about which Lady Byron wrote to me with great feeling . |
| 19 | Shoa submitted to him in 1858 and Menelik , the young Prince of Shoa , became a captive at his court . |
| 20 | I would never have dreamed of doing what Brian demonstrated to us with broken or damaged feathers . |
| 21 | So , there 's something given , that entitles feedback I was giving you then , some people referred to it as this . |
| 22 | Excellent as he was in GoodFellas , you could n't help thinking that the understated menace required for the role came to him like second nature . |
| 23 | This was a Monday night and the early show of a week 's run in a tour which would take her round the Eastern States , and hopefully into New York for the spring of 1913 , that is if audiences took to her in this first week . |
| 24 | A deep lump seemed to fill Laura'a throat as the little blonde girls clung to her for some minutes . |
| 25 | Sapt talked to me for three hours about what I must do and what I must say , what I liked and what I did n't like . |
| 26 | — Lament sang to her in old familiar melodies , and Tallis recognized the words and she felt chill |
| 27 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 28 | After this she began to hear strange sounds and melodies ‘ that she could not well hear what a man said to her at that time , unless he spoke the louder . |
| 29 | Just the same thing happened to me on one of my first jobs . |
| 30 | The Doctor turned to her at last . |