Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun prp] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So says Christ to the church in Philadelphia .
2 But it was not enough to commend Stanley to the City of Worcester Conservative and Unionist Association .
3 Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates .
4 Bayezid II was won over by Mueyyedzade 's arguments and not only appointed Kemalpasazade to the Taslik medrese but also charged him with writing a history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish to serve as a companion piece to that being written in Persian by Idris Bitlisi
5 Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire .
6 Yet another partnership prospered beyond 100 , the third in succession , and Sohail eventually cut Salisbury to the pavilion boundary to reach 203 after 5½ hours in the middle .
7 From a position , parked a few yards down the road from the Stones ' house , Bodie watched as Anne Hanvey finally delivered Nick to the house .
8 At one stage no less a person than Bobby Kennedy , soon to accompany Josie to the grave , had offered to help Roth gain his freedom .
9 No I suppose she felt pretty awful about not inviting Amy to the party .
10 Would you hold on a moment I 'll just get Margaret to the phone cos she really deals with the bookings hold on a second !
11 It seemed that she was not impressed for , having completed her examination , she turned ostentatiously away to follow Anthony to the table where the wine stood .
12 Indeed , it was SGI 's proposed acquisition of MIPS that finally lead CDC to the altar .
13 Rick always sends Elsa to the aeroplane with her husband , no matter how many times you watch Casablanca . ’
14 The communiqué also committed Germany to the creation of " conditions favourable to lower global interest rates " .
15 FitzAlan dismounted and reached up to lift Isabel to the ground .
16 He lowered the horse 's left foreleg and came back to lift Isabel to the ground .
17 ‘ Apparently the man often took Igor to the moor for fresh air and exercise . ’
18 John Major 's taking a break from the hard grind of political life here to sell Britain to the Japanese .
19 K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse .
20 He even introduced Andrew to the woman he would marry .
21 You would n't get McQuaid to the house without whiskey . ’
22 He successfully invaded Sudan to the south in 1820 , making it effectively a colony , and in some eyes even a part of Egypt .
23 THE traded-options market in London could be about to play Lithuania to the stock exchange 's Russia .
24 ‘ Sure , ’ Laidlaw said then followed Jenkins to the door .
25 Law had indeed brought Asquith to the point of conceding all that could be hoped for from Ulster 's resistance , but he was unable to seize the fruits .
26 But the larger questions of how to anchor Germany to the West or watch it turn towards Central Europe , went unanswered .
27 There was general agreement that , although he never led Surrey to the title , their placings of second , third , fourth , third and second between 1921 and 1925 were little short of miraculous given the glorious lopsidedness of the team — brilliant batting ( led by Hobbs ) totally unmatched by workaday bowling .
28 Mesmerised by the scene he had witnessed , and agonised by the scene he had just had with Mrs Figgis-Hewett , when he saw her costume and vainly attempted to dissuade her , Auguste recalled his prime duty and reluctantly despatched Alfred to the dining room to prepare for the serving of wines at the Prince 's table .
29 ‘ We will definitely put Paul to the test , ’ Mabbutt said .
30 Dornford Lane itself has an extension which actually by-passes Woodstock to the east and joins the main road to Oxford ( A 34 ) further south at Begbroke .
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