Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is understood therefore , that , as part of the pupil 's exploration of aspects of religion and morality , he/she will have access to these five main elements of the Mysteries of the Faith , and the opportunity to relate them to the particular issue/topic being explored . |
| 2 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 3 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 4 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 5 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 6 | An emerald green leather footstool stands demurely by the fire ; a fakir 's brass sideboard from northern India gleams dimly against a wall ; two porcelain skunks chase one another across the landing ; a unique collapsible divan-cum-four-seater sofa edged in cadmium velvet welcomes you to the front room ; a vast oil portrait of a nineteenth-century munitions tycoon , casts a genial glow over the hall . |
| 7 | He made no attempt to present her to the other man , however , apparently so deep in thought that he seemed to have forgotten her very existence . |
| 8 | He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there ! |
| 9 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 10 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 11 | He urged people not to let the short-term problems of recession blind them to the long-term truth . |
| 12 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 13 | The texts of Roman law bring us to the intriguing conclusion that by late classical times the only person who acquired property under trust and with it an unassailable title was the bona fide purchaser for value without notice . |
| 14 | So the sent me to the er eye infirmary and of course the eye infirmary sent me to the blind school . |
| 15 | Surkov signed the bill for our teas , and it was time to board the coach to take us to the late-afternoon theatrical performance . |
| 16 | The Ego is our internal saboteur , our own worst enemy , which con fines us to the dark cellars of our mind . |
| 17 | And it was seldom his tunes failed to draw the odd penny from a shopkeeper 's pocket or , indeed , a bottle from the publican to sustain him to the next village . |
| 18 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 19 | Desire shook her to the very foundations of her being . |
| 20 | His service in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War took him to the Middle East , and there he was able to develop his interest in military architecture through the study of the citadel at Damascus , and the siege of the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers . |
| 21 | Additional accommodation and travel expenses incurred as a consequence of accident or mechanical failure involving the motor vehicle in which you are travelling or failure of public transport services resulting in failure to deliver you to the International departure/return port or airport in time . |
| 22 | He wondered how he had found sufficient courage to ask her to the Edwardian Ball , and then remembered that it was her air of calm dignity which had made him anxious to take her to impress his parents . |
| 23 | 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’ |
| 24 | Centrally organised arrangements are sometimes not appropriate and that point brings me to the hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Stephen ) . |
| 25 | He paused and said , his glasses catching the glint of the moon , ‘ Naturally , if you come to your senses and stop hero-worshipping him , then there will be no need to introduce you to the empty-headed young pup . ’ |
| 26 | RIGHT Dogs may be less enthusiastic to perform where they are on the leash but this gives you the opportunity to guide them to the appropriate spot . |
| 27 | The haul up the corrie takes you to the first peak , Tom na Gruagaich , from where you must drop down and follow the ridge to the summit of Beinn Alligin , and although that 's where we packed it in , the walk could continue along a stunning ridge to cross the famous horns of Alligin , two pointy crags that stand like gateposts over a terrifying gully . |
| 28 | The festival days , the sacred plays and dance , the processions which move jangling through the villages at night quicken us to the hidden rhythms by which the island lives . |
| 29 | The deal caused sufficient outcry to force Greiner to refer it to the anti-corruption Commission . |
| 30 | Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade . |