Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told McKenzie not to post any guards , just lock the doors and pocket the keys . |
| 2 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 3 | The more particular examination of validity in respect of empirical criteria , however , has to do with the evaluation of techniques since it is these which refer abstractions back to actuality . |
| 4 | It was the sharp turn , together with the speed of his driving , which flung Miss Beard over on to Ruth , and her sharp squeal as it happened which brought Ruth back to reality . |
| 5 | It is that which binds man indissolubly to Truth . |
| 6 | And Aunt Margaret did the same , quite often , after she shooed Melanie off to bed early . |
| 7 | I 'd only met Mrs Tuckett twice , once when she drove Billy down to university at the start of a term and once when she turned up to see him get his degree . |
| 8 | " Where do you go when you take people out to lunch from the office ? " |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't we take Harry out to dinner at the club ? |
| 10 | Their house was lit by oil lamps downstairs , and we carried candles up to bed . |
| 11 | I saw him taking Laura out to dinner yesterday evening . |
| 12 | they looked odds on to score everytime they touched the ball … but United somehow managed to hold out |
| 13 | There 's a spell on him to bring Undry back to Undersea . ’ |
| 14 | They pushed hir on to hir back . |
| 15 | Admitting that it was ‘ impossible to ignore the fact ’ that the defendant was ‘ in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely to have to try ’ and was acknowledged to be ‘ a man of high ideals and of noble and even saintly life ’ , he took Gandhi gravely to task for his failure to anticipate that violence would be the ‘ inevitable consequence ’ of his acts . |
| 16 | A very unsubtle reminder of her aggression this morning and it brought Maggie back to life . |
| 17 | It looked odds on to go to extra holes but unfortunate for Michael he three putted , Colm got down in two won 1up . |
| 18 | He brings Abraham down to earth with a bump , by giving us a subtle piece of comedy in which he features as something of a country bumpkin and gets , to use unsubtle language for a moment , ‘ right done ’ ! |
| 19 | That 's what headed Charley back to earth . ’ |