Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefly , I should like to respond to the Secretary of State and to express my thanks to my hon. Friends who have contributed positively to improving the Bill . |
| 2 | But at the same time , I can not escape the feeling that Mr Farraday is not satisfied with my responses to his various banterings . |
| 3 | It was clearly a delicate matter , with Eliot 's wife in a mental hospital , and Day Lewis wrote to Haywood , " I hope you feel my reference to his private tragedy is passable … " |
| 4 | Thank you for drawing my attention to your proposed exhibition , I did indeed receive your telephone message , but other pressures prevented me from responding to it before you had also handed in your portfolio . |
| 5 | that being said , I will reserve my right to my own opinions about ‘ gangsta ’ rap . |
| 6 | So off she went , while I got on with transferring my mini-weapons to my own costume . |
| 7 | I will never ever leave my players to their own devices . |
| 8 | I will never ever leave my players to their own devices . |
| 9 | In my report to you last year I attempted to answer the question ‘ What is Wood Group 's culture and the secret of our success ? ’ |
| 10 | I made clear in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) the importance that we attach to manufacturing and the success , which was acknowledged by the CBI , in bringing about the resurgence and renaissance in manufacturing . |
| 11 | ‘ I prefer my cynicism to your self-deceiving optimism . ’ |
| 12 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
| 13 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 14 | If I can get this equity investment , I 'm on my way to my next hotel . |
| 15 | I am delighted to send my congratulations to my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 16 | Transferring my gun to my left hand , I reach over and turn off the grill . |
| 17 | The people I like best of all are those who write to me several times as this gives me ‘ feed-back ’ on whether my solution to their original problem was correct , or the information I provided useful . |
| 18 | and I do prefer to work on the er on a personal recommendations or referrals basis because that actually allows me to , to devote most of my time to my current clients without having to go out cold calling and looking for people . |
| 19 | My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out ! |
| 20 | Here ( around 11′30″ ) a melancholy chorale is decorated daintily by the woodwind before a bald interruption , the first of several ; then the melody resumes its course to its gentle conclusion . |
| 21 | A hundred years of missionary effort had failed utterly ; its only effect had been to confirm the Abyssinians in their attachment to their ancient faith and to sow in them the seeds of xenophobia . |
| 22 | The statue stood in Argyle Street , near Glasgow Cross , until the early years of this century , at which time the volume of traffic in the city centre necessitated its removal to its present position in Cathedral Square . |
| 23 | Julia was touched by the number of people who congratulated her on her recovery as she made her way with her cushion to her allotted seat at the end of the press benches , and gave several brief accounts of her illness to people who asked . |
| 24 | It simply had n't occurred to him that her resistance to their becoming lovers might be rooted in the fact that they simply did n't love each other . |
| 25 | Her resistance to his physical charm melted into a surge of longing and desire . |
| 26 | Coached by her father , John , she was runner up in her first tournament [ the Grampian Closed ] , and this was the start of her rise to her present position as number one in Scotland . |
| 27 | When appropriate , it is gently suggested to the organisers that they should themselves donate an agreed percentage of their takings to my chosen charity for the year . |
| 28 | Gipsies must move towards us , become part of the community , contributing their skills to our daily lives as we offer our knowledge to them . |
| 29 | She let the strand slide through her fingers to its full length and lay playing it between them . |
| 30 | Tracy Chapman , for example , certainly owes her fame and a lot of her money to her brief appearance at it . |