Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next step , which only the most well-off men such as restaurant owners can afford , is keeping this wife in semi-purdah — in other words sentencing her to solitary confinement . |
| 2 | It is important to take a wider view of social policy development relating it to economic policy . |
| 3 | Then the hotel ( ‘ Charlie sent us , ’ ) and the assistant manager drawing her to one side ( ‘ I 'm putting you in a suite for a couple of hours . |
| 4 | The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre-lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . |
| 5 | A series of publications subjecting him to merciless ridicule appeared in 1691 — note the date . |
| 6 | So his Hebrew schooling thereby climaxed ; his public participation galvanising him to accelerated study . |
| 7 | He had stood quietly swaying himself on his heels , an almost derisive expression in the curl of his lips as he smoked a cigarette , his very silence provoking her to further abuse . |
| 8 | Recently , the society offered to give its building to New York City in exchange for a revision of status entitling it to city-provided operating funds . |
| 9 | Klein , who denied the reports linking him to Colombian drug dealers , was committed for trial on June 1 , 1990 , charged with illegally exporting Israeli military expertise . |