Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting one foot after the other in a style I have developed during cross-country runs organized by Cranborne School , I allowed my head to sort of loll forward and my legs to patter after it , leaving the middle bit of me completely free for inflation and deflation . |
| 2 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 3 | So she learns to give all her stories happy endings and take her troubles to bed with her — after she has cooked , cleaned , washed and ironed and prepared for another day . |
| 4 | If , however , we do apply anthropological and linguistic perspectives to this recent work on the consequences of literacy , as I claim we must despite its claim to protection from them , then that work in fact turns out to be as biased as that of the earlier phases . |
| 5 | It takes away , no doubt , the right of the solicitor to bring an action directly the work is done , but it does not take away his right to payment for it , which is the cause of action . |
| 6 | The Dalriadic Scots and the Britons , probably of Strathclyde , whom Ecgfrith had almost certainly driven into alliance with the Picts in 685 through his claims to supremacy over them ( see above , p. 100 ) , regained their independence , and the Picts threw off the overlordship of the northern Anglian king and recaptured territory formerly held by the Angles ( HE IV , 26 ) . |
| 7 | Well , ’ Kuhlmann removed his cigar to gesture with it . |
| 8 | Because , let's face it , if we 're all one economy it is n't a level playing field if one country is inviting in erm companies er You know , transnationals , the lot , on the promise it 's cheaper to get our workers to work for you , you do n't have to pay out for this . |
| 9 | Do not give in and take your puppy to bed with you ; rather , invest in some cotton wool for your ears ! |
| 10 | And we 've stopped waving to the 9.15 , and sending our love to Father by it . ’ |