Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My next call was to a local Somerset newspaper , where I spoke to a gentleman about the subject of the Chalice Well cover . |
| 2 | I had to go below ground to an office where I spoke to a policeman . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 4 | The computer printed report should be annotated to indicate those problems which are outstanding for more than five days or which led to a Change Request . |
| 5 | He found her where she clung to a rope that was curled up in a corner of the iron ship and picked her up and carried her through a secret tunnel down through the floor of the ship , down through the underwater creatures , deep into the earth beneath the swirling sea . |
| 6 | He believes ‘ That all individuals should be considered to be good , worthwhile and honest until he or she proves to the contrary ’ , It is a sentiment that still today remains his guiding light , and he would add that ‘ All things are possible through God ’ . |
| 7 | Otherwise a seller 's spouse may be asked to sign the contract to demonstrate that he or she submits to the sale : the spouse will then be estopped from subsequently seeking to frustrate it . |
| 8 | and or she went to the door |
| 9 | The person is implicitly saying that he or she subscribes to the network of rules of the discipline in question . |
| 10 | But as there must always be some kind of observer-effect in patterns revealed in this analytic way , the position of the observer , and the preconceptions that he or she brings to the act of observing , must be accounted for at every phase of the research . |
| 11 | Of more relevance here are the criticisms of those who argue that Reagan , in reality , fell far short of his declared policy purposes , or who point to the thinness of his legislative record in the remaining three years of his first term . |
| 12 | Her girlfriend , Josephine , does not take to the water , so Kelly and I go in alone with Simone , treading in unison till the chill is mellowed , and swim to the deep end where we cling to the buoy and discuss other people . |
| 13 | There are also of course anaphoric usages of there ( cf. ( 40 ) above ) , and this explains why there is no necessary pragmatic anomaly in : ( 74 ) We 're there where there refers to the place we previously mentioned as our goal ( Fillmore , 1971b : 226 ) . |
| 14 | The Capricorn will often find him or herself attracted to a partner born under the sign of Virgo , as both signs are complementary to each other . |
| 15 | It was self-service , and guests carried their food on little plastic trays to mucky tables , where they ate to the accompaniment of strident pop music . |
| 16 | What is more , the old iron trucks with their armour plating are still lying rusting beside the old Kubri road just where they came to a halt in 1948 , the wheels stripped of their tyres but their iron bullet shields still intact . |
| 17 | It took the three of them over an hour to reach the bottom of the slope , where they came to a halt . |
| 18 | When there is tension in the neck and spine , particularly where they connect to the brain at the base of the skull , blood flow is impeded . |
| 19 | Most mortgagees have required specific consent from such persons to the taking of a charge by the mortgagee over the property or where they consent to a transfer of the property subject to the mortgage , coupled with confirmation from such persons that their rights are postponed to those of the mortgagee under its mortgage . |
| 20 | In general there seems to be a tendency for structural rock surfaces to be stripped where they approximate to the profile of the wavecut bench . |
| 21 | As with the basket , divers are recovered from the water to the surface , where they transfer to the decompression chamber . |
| 22 | If you have applied to vote by proxy and your application is allowed the registration officer will issue your proxy with a ‘ proxy paper ’ which entitles him or her to go to the polling station and vote for you . |
| 23 | Sherlock Holmes leaves England for New York City where he comes to the aid of his long-time love , the famous stage actress Irene Adler . |
| 24 | The blast took the oriental in the right shoulder , knocked him off his feet and hurled him clear across the room , where he crashed to a stop with his head and shoulders propped against the far wall . |
| 25 | He has a non-vocational Oxbridge degree but has been thoroughly trained in the operations of the family business and is a shrewd and capable manager with some 32 years of practical experience ( plus 5 years in the army , where he rose to the rank of major ) . |
| 26 | These obligations should be owed only if the firm owes the putative customer fiduciary duties , for example where it sells to a brokerage client back-to-back with its own trade in the market , or advises him ; perhaps also if the firm is a market maker or holds itself out as a dealer ( since that is providing a service ) . |
| 27 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 28 | Under s37 a local authority may be directed to investigate a child 's circumstances in any family proceedings where it appears to the court that a care or supervision order may be appropriate . |
| 29 | Under Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , where it appears to the Attorney General that the sentencing of a person in the Crown Court has been unduly lenient he may refer the case to the Court of Appeal , with leave , for the sentence to be reviewed . |
| 30 | Such an Order may be used where it appears to the authority to be expedient in the interests of proper planning of their area , including the interests of amenity , regard being had to the development plan and to any other material considerations . |