Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] to [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 2 | Where a convergent or divergent margin has a significant transform component it is appropriate to refer to it as an oblique-slip margin . |
| 3 | Even the popular teenager who rebels against parental values and goals is likely to return to them by the age of thirty or so . |
| 4 | I therefore feel qualified to write to you about the French electronic machines.l |
| 5 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 6 | Alternatively , we would be happy to talk to you on the telephone if that is more convenient . |
| 7 | So it was , I assume , that he felt immediately able to talk to me in a businesslike and trusting way , and by the end of our meeting , he had left me with the administration of a not inconsiderable sum to meet the costs of a wide range of preparations for his coming residency . |
| 8 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 9 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 10 | Do you want to be able to add to them over the years or is the manufacturer likely to discontinue that particular pattern ? |
| 11 | It is a relief I suppose today , that I am able to speak to you on the basis erm of financial output which is a good deal more favourable than we expected even six months ago . |
| 12 | In view of what happened on the rugby field last week the French are unlikely to speak to us for a decade or so . |
| 13 | British Rail tell us that the Banbury to Paddington train , which was due to arrive at Oxford at three minutes past seven , has been cancelled this evening , but I 've nothing disadvantageous to report to you from the buses . |
| 14 | It must there must be it must be possible to speak to her about the fact that she 's not communicating . |
| 15 | According to Ben , she had waited for him and he had failed her ; never mind that the real fault was not his , or that he had lain at death 's door , or that he had been loath to go to her as a cripple , with nothing to offer but a life of struggle . |
| 16 | And I 've nothing too bad to report to you on the buses or trains . |