Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasing pressure on the Poles to Germanise themselves , and the corresponding Polish reaction in both compliance and defiance , were all part of the impact of capitalist industrial organisation as it spread from the first comers of Western Europe , to the second rank of industrialising nations — to Germany , Japan and Italy in particular — and through them to their potential empires and marcher territories . |
| 2 | Charity went through them to her new place of employ and smiled with delight . |
| 3 | He had dark glasses on , but I could just see through them to his closed eyes . |
| 4 | In May 1945 Yugoslav partisans had been spreading through Allied-occupied Austria , trying to annexe much of it to their own country . |
| 5 | the old Anti-Slavery Society committee [ was not prompted ] to make a vigorous opposition to the grant of Twenty Millions and one parliamentary leader T. F. Buxton felt so much doubt upon the propriety of turning the attention of the country prominently to it that there was on this subject a want of cordial cooperation with those who wished to make use of it to its full extent . |
| 6 | WHEN Morgan Guaranty Trust moved into new offices in whitefriars earlier this year , it was natural that CCG should move with them to their new staff restaurant , as they already had four years experience of our catering . |
| 7 | When they reached home , Ben walked with her to her front porch . |
| 8 | To get the best out of the situation both sides must try to understand how the other man goes about his work , what his problems are and how you can best communicate with him to your own advantage . |
| 9 | Though not a conspicuously modest chap ( he confirmed that he had taken ‘ an ethos of academic excellence ’ with him to his original chair in Essex ) . |
| 10 | In the second year , most students in the department have the opportunity to learn Portuguese , if they wish , and continue with it to their final year . |
| 11 | These it brings with it to its new life . |
| 12 | Several passes of affection from them to her young ladies brought passes of another kind from Sister to all offenders . |
| 13 | That 's true and , indeed , it was tribute to Mario that though , like all drivers , he always adjusted the world about him to his own advantage , he also got along supremely well within any team . |
| 14 | I sent for him to his private address as soon as I got the news but he has to get up from Winchester . ’ |
| 15 | Underline the need to maximise the short time available to them to their best advantage . |
| 16 | Get angry about this bully , this cheap punk , this yob who reckons that you are a soft option ; this hooligan who scouts the streets for weaker victims , who wants to beat you senseless so that he can brag about it to his beer-swilling pals in the local pub . |
| 17 | We 've got to keep him quiet before he starts talking about us to his new friends . ’ |
| 18 | Many , ranging from large estates to small-holdings in towns , were given by him to his French supporters and to those English whom he could tempt over to settle in northern France . |