Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
| 2 | But on the following day he had shaved the red stubble from his chin , was wearing a cleaner shirt , and was once more beginning to adopt a stern and over-bearing expression The Magistrate continued to give the orders which regulated the defence of the enclave , but in a subdued tone , as if referring them to the final authority of the Collector , should he wish to exercise it . |
| 3 | Letting Gomez loose , Trent heaved a loop of his neck rope in and tied it to the fishing-line , leaving enough slack so that the strain was off Gomez 's legs . |
| 4 | John , two years ago we invited you to and introduced you to the Chamber of Commons , among other places , as a modern trade union leader . |
| 5 | If it appears healthy , simply let it go , or if it needs attention , try to direct it into a clean dustbin , tie the lid on and take it to the vet . |
| 6 | And meanwhile Garbett was still spreading doubt on whether to send him to the see of London was the best way for the Church to use the best scholar on its bench of bishops . |