Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not like to talk about such things to strangers . |
| 2 | It is probably impossible to recapture with any approach to accuracy or completeness the atmosphere of a past age but , happily , in the 1930s a former member of the Edenderry congregation left an account of what it was like to grow up in that distant time . |
| 3 | A conventional multiplier to apply in such case to expenses continuing for life would be 16 . |
| 4 | We come now to vote on this addendum to deliverance n number four and , since it is in print , we do n't need to ask the clerk to read it out for us , so therefore as , ask those who wish to vote for this addendum would you please stand . |
| 5 | The enormous contribution made throughout history — particularly in the arts — to society by homosexuals should surely make for a more tolerant and sympathetic understanding than to refer with such scorn to Wilde 's ‘ abnormal and filthy practises ’ . |
| 6 | And so his words , ‘ Bless those who persecute you ; bless and do not curse ’ sound like a counsel of perfection only if we fail to realise the process of transformation which is needed to enable us realistically to respond in this way to aggression from others . |
| 7 | It is of interest to refer in this context to Beckett 's ( undated ) empirical work on the adoption practices of Torres Strait Islanders where adoption has traditionally been open . |
| 8 | It is convenient to refer at this point to section 83 of the Act , which makes provision for an indemnity to be given to those suffering loss by reason of the rectification of the register and , in certain circumstances , to those suffering loss where rectification is refused . |
| 9 | Maureen Timmins plans to sell some of Hamilton 's paintings to raise money for his retrial and to pay for another trip to America . |
| 10 | Marguerite began to laugh at this challenge to Alain , and he fixed Jenna with derisive eyes . |
| 11 | All strikers had to resort to some extent to borrowing , credit , casual work and other ways and means of managing . |
| 12 | Now she wants to move to another town to work , but her employers wo n't let her — they simply refuse to hand over her records . |