Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | that being said , I will reserve my right to my own opinions about ‘ gangsta ’ rap . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I prefer my cynicism to your self-deceiving optimism . ’ |
| 7 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If I can get this equity investment , I 'm on my way to my next hotel . |
| 10 | Transferring my gun to my left hand , I reach over and turn off the grill . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Her resistance to his physical charm melted into a surge of longing and desire . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Tracy Chapman , for example , certainly owes her fame and a lot of her money to her brief appearance at it . |
| 22 | Soon nothing in the world existed but the heat of their bodies and the fiery threads that seemed to connect her skin to her innermost core . |
| 23 | ‘ The sex object , ’ quipped Maria , a sweet clenching sensation assailing her loins as she reflected on the helplessness of her response to his torrid lovemaking , resentment rising a second later because she still lacked any semblance of control over their relationship . |
| 24 | Many Christians experience them whenever they attempt to communicate their faith to their non-Christian friends . |
| 25 | to promote greater accountability of schools by requiring them to report on their practice to their governing bodies and to the LEA ; to promote the improvement of educational practice by requiring schools to undertake a review of their activities . |
| 26 | The humiliation of her position was boundless , and she tried to close her mind to her awful predicament . |
| 27 | Freed , thus , from the weight of the dragon 's will , and safely assured of being able to get home again Maggie turned her mind to her own task and went travelling down into the labyrinth of memory and desire . |
| 28 | She did not weep silently like her mother in a web of hands and hair , but noisily , like a child , with great sobs and huge tears that splashed down on to the brown wool of her skirt to which little bits of hay still clung from the afternoon . |
| 29 | Most students liked the study , stayed with it , perceived its relevance to their future work , and something of its inherent interest . |
| 30 | I hope that you will consider its relevance to your own activities . |