Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat up , naked and at ease , handing the swiftly discarded T-shirt to her from the floor , watching while she scrambled self-consciously into her clothes with an expression that Robyn did n't dare to read . |
| 2 | Sometimes , they built shrines round sacred trees , apparently providing access to them by means of double doors and safeguarding them by means of wooden fences or stone walls . |
| 3 | Is the role of the media then only to present information to us with objectivity and factually ? |
| 4 | There is some reason to believe them , despite the first instinct to be sceptical , since they already have access to plenty of mind-bending substances , from alcohol and tobacco to diet pills . |
| 5 | Another problem is that if you 're trying to deal with other manufacturers in the way that we do , where we have this extremely close relationship and they are very reliant on our forward forecasts of volume , they feel if you have your own manufacturing plant that you would always give preference to it in bad times and the other suppliers would be the people to suffer if sales declined . |
| 6 | ‘ But has n't Mr Hardiman ever mentioned Rosie to you at all ? |
| 7 | She was flicked back against him , clamped closer with one powerful arm , and as he looked down at her , hard and intent , he made brief , rhythmic movements , flexing chest and thigh muscles to make her slide down his body , her heart hammering … he was practically making love to her on the dance-floor . |
| 8 | Every sojourner in Fort William simply must pay a visit to Glen Nevis , even giving preference to it over the train journey to Mallaig if time is limited . |
| 9 | How can you even mention experience to someone like me ? |
| 10 | The looms had been replaced with lathes , which responded to urgent and sometimes panic requests to anything from shell casings to aircraft , gun or radio parts . |
| 11 | I have reason to believe that you have relevant information about the affairs of the persons under investigation , and I therefore require you to answer questions or otherwise furnish information to me with respect to matters relevant to the investigation at Elm House , 10–16 , Elm Street , London , WC1X 0BJ on Thursday 13 June 1991 at 10 a.m . |
| 12 | Very commonly , though , the road hierarchy is incomplete or elements of it are inappropriate , most frequently when major distributors are lined with housing There are thus disbenefits for residents on heavily trafficked streets to which through traffic is diverted . |
| 13 | Through the Princes ' Trust in the month we actually give grants to something like twenty people , just to get them off the street , because there was nowhere else they could turn to . |
| 14 | The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above . |