Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been rather grateful to him at the time . |
| 2 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |
| 3 | She was terribly grateful to him at the moment and it would n't require any effort on his part . |
| 4 | Denise Alexander said : ‘ People throughout the North of England have been fantastically generous to us in the past year . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What was it he had that made him mean so much to you in the war ? ’ asked Greg . |
| 6 | Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and not sure about Friday evening and er she said then she 'll have trouble getting the money over that 's out of them , why the redundancy because been there over two year , so I presume redundancy or holidays or both so Sue said to her well if they were so good to you in the past , but that ai n't the point is it ? |
| 7 | No , no , the red 's not terribly helpful to you at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ Tell Lady Franklin , ’ Gould instructed his wife in a letter to Hobart , ‘ I have her little page with me , he is a most interesting little fellow , throws the spear and waddy with the utmost dexterity and [ is ] extremely useful to me in the bush , an eye like a hawk discovers birds nests & eggs in a most astonishing manner . ’ |
| 9 | But the world of chapter 26 is not only familiar to us from the preceding chapters of Genesis . |
| 10 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 11 | Daily Express : I am much obliged to you for the precis of Mr Bonar Law 's speech last night . |
| 12 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 13 | Theda decided , so relieved that she barely took in the poor quality of his attire , thinking only that the delay must have been made more acceptable to him by a lengthy sojourn in the tap-room . |
| 14 | The truth of this statement will become even more apparent to you around the 14th — and really the best thing to do over the next couple of weeks is to keep your plans flexible and your options open and let others live with their consciences — if they can , that is ! |
| 15 | As I look out of my window — the scene is as interesting to me as a Canaletto — I see the clouds suddenly begin to rise o at high speed , like a milkshake being drawn up a straw , the top layers , the fluffy stuff , going last . |
| 16 | Just how petty , greedy and self-interested others really are will be made perfectly clear to you during the next few days and your reaction to them may well be to decide to turn off the charm and the money supply forthwith . |
| 17 | We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way . |
| 18 | Will it all seem as quaint to them as the age of steam and the stovepipe hat now seems to us ? |
| 19 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |
| 20 | ‘ Now those very first notes of Act 3 are just as important to me as the big aria . |
| 21 | ‘ You said he was as important to you as a desk or a wardrobe ! ’ |
| 22 | I feel we will 've achieved significant progress if we have turned , I did n't know you worked in the United Kingdom , into it 's good to know that the rights and needs of children are just as important to you in the United Kingdom as they are overseas . |
| 23 | The route to the door of the sanctum was as familiar to him as the limbs he 'd lost . |
| 24 | He could n't remember her name ; her face was as familiar to him as the frontage of the village shop or outline of the church tower ; he had always been hopeless at names . |
| 25 | Madeleine had no intention of agreeing to this suggestion and , throughout the long journey back in the car , she remained as close to him as the gear lever allowed , and whenever an opportunity presented itself , leant over and kissed his cheek . |
| 26 | If it were as close to us as the Orion Nebula , it would cast shadows . |
| 27 | At that stage in my life I could n't take any kind of failure , and so this latter model of womanhood was as unacceptable to me as the former . |
| 28 | Baldersdale was en fête , or as near to it as the dale ever came , when Guardsman George Fawcett arrived back somewhat unexpectedly , from the war . |
| 29 | The benefits will be very substantial and I believe this initiative could be as significant to us in the future as was SRS when it was introduced all those years ago . |
| 30 | He was particularly grateful to him for the ‘ extraordinary kindness ’ he had shown his wife , Bowyer 's niece Blanche Highgate , near whom he was buried in St Dunstan in the West . |