Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hardy Hall and George and Marie cases introduced you to the idea that case studies ought to include a certain amount of financial and statistical data . |
| 2 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 3 | Lifting the spoon from the bowl , Tuan Ti Fo placed it to the boy 's lips , tilting it gently . |
| 4 | On the following morning Miss Stapleton took us to the path through the marsh . |
| 5 | Signor Gismondi followed her to the door . |
| 6 | When the ‘ deception ’ has gone far enough Radio 1 ’ s Simon Mayo introduces her to the crowd and miles the ecstatic applause for the benefit of the listening millions tuned into the national pop radio station taking the Roadshow live . |
| 7 | Of the leading English contenders , Peter Marshall , Chris Walker and Del Harris made it to the last 16 . |
| 8 | No one , in this cast of hundreds , has just a walk-on part : a role in just one Goldwyn film entitles us to the full biography of Frances Farmer , from winning a teenage essay competition to her eventual confinement in an asylum . |
| 9 | According to Smith , the illness was described in the language of the day as a putrid fever with buboes on the face and body , which caused Dr Crawford to compare it to the plague . |
| 10 | All these sights and sounds alone would have fascinated Joseph 's young mind , but the murmured talk of deities and devils beyond his imaginings coming from the grave-faced little mandarin pacing at his side established the walled city of palaces lastingly in his mind as a place of deep mystery and enchantment , and by the time Tran Van Hieu delivered him to the governor 's aide outside the Palace of Perfect Concord he was almost ready to believe he would see a live white tiger curled up contentedly with a blue dragon around the emperor 's feet . |
| 11 | The war was just over , and she was climbing aboard an RAF transport to take her to the demobilisation centre . |
| 12 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 13 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 14 | Mr Duncan took me to the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks . |
| 15 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 16 | Madame Gebrec accompanied them to the car . |
| 17 | Endill ran to the cart as Mr McDoodle brought it to the house . |
| 18 | Mr Utterson led him to the address on Mr Hyde 's visiting card . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , we 've had such a marvellous day , Uncle Albert took us to the Marine Museum and then we went on to collect sea-shells ourselves , he knew where to go for them , we found hundreds ; and we had a lobster picnic . |
| 20 | Mr Wormwood followed her to the front-door and said , ‘ Good of you to come , Miss Hawkes , or is it Miss Harris ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We ran a fun campaign last year , but also made some deadly serious points , ’ said Nigel , co-editor of Boro fanzine Fly Me To The Moon . |
| 22 | When the documents were ready , Mr. Tucker sent them to the Burnham branch , a sub-branch of Slough , to await signature by Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien . |
| 23 | ‘ I asked Sir John to burn it to the ground but Rachel played him like a piece of string around her finger . |
| 24 | Sister Agnesey leads me to the bed on which lies Maria Frantzia , the old man 's wife ; she smiles and we exchange a few words . |
| 25 | Because of their age , they were cosseted more than usual and Mr Smith escorted them to the boat and bought them dinner . |
| 26 | When Mrs Gaskell introduces us to the Bartons ' lodging , we supposedly see it through the eyes of Mrs Barton . |
| 27 | Pahdra Singh called me to the club this morning where he and Reg Pybus and their crony , that stingy git Pugh , the corpse planter , unveiled the new team strip . |
| 28 | To add to Mr Rather 's discomfort , the BBC 's Foreign News Editor , John Simpson , told the Post that he had rejected the same piece of film , narrated by Mr Rather , as false when CBS News offered it to the BBC in August 1987 . |
| 29 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 30 | Even before Saturday Night and Sunday Morning pushed him to the front of young British actors , he 'd turned down post-RADA contracts with Rank and Associated British Pictures Corporation . |