Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 2 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 3 | ‘ I do still pinch myself from time to time to convince myself it is really happening . ’ |
| 4 | So they 'll give them from table to table . |
| 5 | Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power . |
| 6 | For nearly two years , Shanti was reluctant to let me out of her sight , and would follow me from room to room , into the bathroom , wherever it might be . |
| 7 | In reality , it is a social and economic problem which is not fixed to a particular geographical space but which can transfer itself from place to place if it is not tackled at its source . |
| 8 | If all science were as Lendrem portrays it , we could ascertain everything by resort to introspection and examination of our own motives . |
| 9 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
| 10 | Yes and the kids can drop round and see her from time to time . |
| 11 | Considering the recent near-miraculous developments in fibre technology which mean that synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber while they absorb sweat , change colour , fill in your tax returns and remix Michael Jackson singles , polyester and cotton ( at the cutting edge of style in about 1953 ) is an insult to our national game . |
| 12 | Tired of copying files to floppy so you can move them from machine to machine ? |
| 13 | The essential function of the Masai was to provide the perfect opportunity for the British to display what they believed to be their finest characteristics as a ruling race : the ability to understand and to gain the respect of proud traditional peoples , the self-discipline to treat them with courtesy , and the moral authority to guide and control them without resort to brute force . |
| 14 | Coaches would transport them from place to place , their costumes hanging above their heads . |
| 15 | A win by Richmond , relegated last April , at Roundhay will assure them of promotion to League Two . |
| 16 | He can usher you from chaos to comfort in mere moments . |
| 17 | Rossendale Group 's chairperson Kate Conbay-Greenwood said she ‘ realised that this would not be the easiest area of Amnesty 's work to publicise , but that should n't deter us from truing to raise awareness ( of Jehovah 's Witnesses in Greece ) . ’ |
| 18 | This year Gary , of Enderby , Leicestershire , passed his law degree and is now on the last stage of training which will take him from factory to court . |
| 19 | Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall . |
| 20 | But , given that brains , books and computers exist , these new replicators , which I called memes to distinguish them from genes , can propagate themselves from brain to brain , from brain to book , from book to brain , from brain to computer , from computer to computer . |
| 21 | These days , most women 's lives are so varied that no single scent will take us from gym to office , from desk to dinner — let alone dawn till dusk . |
| 22 | Such themes are there if you choose to identify them but they are woven through a tightly-written narrative which will hold you from beginning to end . |
| 23 | Conservative plans would split it from top to bottom in a complex network of charging that pitted patients against doctors , doctors against hospitals , hospitals against charities and charities against patients . |
| 24 | Conservative plans would split it from top to bottom , he said , in a complex network of charging that pitted patients against doctors , doctors against hospitals , hospitals against charities and charities against patients . |
| 25 | Amdega will build it from start to finish or supply the materials only . |
| 26 | Antoinette 's legs and feet twitched under the covers , would suddenly throw themselves from side to side . |
| 27 | I hope he 's one of those blokes that 'll kick her from dog to devil . ’ |
| 28 | but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the |
| 29 | I like to think I know my way round the colour spectrum , but these days the colour red , for example , has been reinterpreted in a ghastly post-modern mish-mash that can encompass anything from blood to Schiaparelli pink via puce and scarlet , preferably all together . |