Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the tunes mentioned so far were , so to speak , rescued from the hands of ‘ folk ’ song collectors and those of ‘ refined ’ parlour performers ; Corvan 's texts articulate them to the needs of his class , at a particular moment in its history . |
| 2 | Yet for all its traditions the Indianapolis 500 is , again like America itself , on the cutting edge of technology , combining the latest advances in engineering and the car racer 's desire to apply them to the maximum . |
| 3 | Olazabal 's finish hauled him to the top of the European order of merit . |
| 4 | Montag 's wife reports him to the Brigade and he is forced to flee , making his way to a place outside the city described by Clarisse , where a group of people have gathered together to memorise books , keeping the words immortal . |
| 5 | A physiotherapist from Dawn 's area accompanied her to the centre on occasion to observe the specialist care she received . |
| 6 | The spontaneity of metaphoric innovation in the speech of the professor 's children leads her to the revelation that words once thought of as ‘ the bare bones of language ’ are actually alive with flesh . |
| 7 | Week 1 The Church 's Liturgy introduces us to the prophet Isaiah whose words echo throughout Advent , calling us joyfully to live in God 's presence . |
| 8 | Another half-hour 's walk brings us to the site of a village which has disappeared altogether — the deserted village of Holyoak , now remembered by the solitary farmstead of Holyoaks Lodge . |
| 9 | They found their parents waiting for them at the top of a wide terrace of marble steps , and the governor 's aide-de-camp conducted them to the reception through a series of lofty , marble-floored chambers forty feet high . |
| 10 | The test came back positive and Fiona 's doctor referred her to the top London expert in toxoplasma . |
| 11 | Rain 's memory guided her to the cafe where she had sat with Cobalt . |
| 12 | Stuart Downing , editor of the club 's fanzine Fly Me To The Moon , was at Filbert Street , and said : ‘ It was his first goal and it was natural he wanted to celebrate . |
| 13 | A key part of the prince 's trip took him to the logistics base Camp Redoubt , set up on a tortuous mountain pass between Vitez in central Bosnia and Tomislavgrad near the Croatian border . |
| 14 | She said , come along hold my hand as well and er , I 'll tell my son tha that , that er Mr 's son took me to the door . |
| 15 | Tiare 's mother gave it to the mission . ‘ |
| 16 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 17 | Both men looked at her , and the expression on Dr Neil 's face struck her to the heart . |
| 18 | Cronenberg 's diagnosis sends him to the underground of the breed ; a secret tribe of shape changers and weirdos persecuted by the naturals . |
| 19 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 20 | Two hours ' climbing brought us to the narrow ledge from which one entered Antony 's cave through a cleft in the cliff-face . |