Example sentences of "[noun] to [pers pn] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 2 | In all but one , the salesman went to great lengths to explain the engine and its features to my husband and to sell a car to me on the basis of its sleek lines or attractive upholstery . |
| 3 | ‘ Evil ’ , she wrote , ‘ does get into bricks , tragedy into mortar , ’ It is new light to me on the properties of bricks and mortar . |
| 4 | At times , he could n't drink in the same bar as his new white team-mates but there were no barriers to him on the cricket field . |
| 5 | Mr Mr Donson , yes , oh that 's right , we posed a question to you on the elephant analogy . |
| 6 | The Convento de San Esteban is a magnificent plateresque sixteenth-century edifice on the Plaza Santo Domingo , approached by a small arched bridge which provides an impressive forefront to that immense carved façade , with the arcaded convent standing at right angles to it on the right . |
| 7 | Some see it and have sound explanations , like one Magar lady in rural west central Nepal who gave a ten-minute lecture to me on the problems of the transference of fertility from forest to arable land , and changing uses of crop residues with increasing population pressure , that would have stood up well in a graduate seminar . |
| 8 | That is why the couple whisper and point to me on the bridge . |
| 9 | He never troubled me again — in fact , he even used to say good morning to me on the way to school . |
| 10 | The results of those studies were published on 25 September , and on the same day I announced the start of a three-month public consultation period during which interested parties could make written representations to me on the contents of the reports produced by Hydrotechnica . |
| 11 | Dragging the pad towards him he found a clean page and wrote : Dear Harsnet , I know you never answer my letters or return my calls , and I know that you handed over your notes to me on the understanding that I could do what I liked with them and not bother you , but I have to say that while there is much in them that I admire , as I will always admire much in you , no matter what , there is also much in them that seems to me to be puerile and , to put it mildly , bigoted . |
| 12 | She 'd got through a call to him on the radio-phone that Kaptan was safe . |
| 13 | She was flicked back against him , clamped closer with one powerful arm , and as he looked down at her , hard and intent , he made brief , rhythmic movements , flexing chest and thigh muscles to make her slide down his body , her heart hammering … he was practically making love to her on the dance-floor . |
| 14 | ‘ And when I kissed you it rushed through me , waves of it ; I could barely restrain myself , thought I was going to make love to you on the spot . |
| 15 | He felt like nursery food after the pummelling he 'd had during the meeting and that was the nearest thing to it on the menu . |
| 16 | He tendered a dry , crisp hand to her on the doorstep and inclined his head in farewell . |
| 17 | Do you remember saying goodbye to him on the wharf with Tim 's tiny topi sitting on top of his head to amuse you ? |
| 18 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |