Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] to [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People got used to it in the war but now … well , time will soften the blow . |
| 2 | Northamptonshire TEC says bluntly : ’ It became clear to us in the early summer that we would not be fulfilling our Youth Training guarantee . ’ |
| 3 | As she committed her life once more to God 's service at the conclusion of one of the big meetings an old retired officer who had been specially invited knelt next to her at the mercy seat . |
| 4 | As a small boy I recall a very old gamekeeper ( at least , he seemed old to me at the time ) talking of gypsies having tame stoats in captivity . |
| 5 | so I 've shared a room with erm this chap Tom who was er he had been in the First World War and er though he seemed old to me at the time , I suppose he was probably in his thirties and erm he joined the Home Guard and erm lived , because he was bombed out where he lived in he moved out to Coptock had accommodation out there and er he was in the unit at Coptock and so that used to take up quite a bit of his time and other erm members of staff were , of course also had fire watching and erm various civil defence activities , quite apart from the work on the A R P shifts . |
| 6 | We must conclude that this uniquely valid account of King Lear only became available to us with the theory of cognitive metaphor and the publication of Freeman 's paper . |
| 7 | In accordance with powers made available to it under the new Constitution enacted in July 1991 [ see p. 38332 ] , the government issued a decree on April 23 placing the entire country under a state of emergency for four days to combat a serious energy shortage . |
| 8 | I began work this morning , together with my Secretary , Mr S Summerchild , and a clerical assistant , Mrs L Padmore , in the premises made available to us by the Government Commission . |
| 9 | Captured on film by Nasa and made available to you by the combined efforts of Spaceprints and Armagh Planetarium , these videos are indispensable to anyone interested in space exploration . |
| 10 | The press officer , Barbara Bloomfield , complained at a meeting of the Greens ' council in January 1990 that if she wanted to step out of the office she had to get a volunteer to take her place , possibly an overseas student who knew next to nothing about the press or the party . |
| 11 | The men who sat or lay near to him on the floor had watched with a curiosity that a man who was held in the Transit gaol at Pot'ma should concern himself with such a small matter as the pin-sharp biting of the louse . |
| 12 | He would pass Syl 's house on the way , since it stood close to ours on the same side of the private road , behind hedges of cypress and box , flanked by lawns garnished with birch and all manner of ornamental trees . |
| 13 | I walked back into the lounge and said , ‘ You clever girl ’ to Sally and sat close to her on the wide sofa . |
| 14 | Miss Butler said : ‘ He stood next to me in the lift and did not look at all shifty . |
| 15 | Her excitement , as she sat next to him on the narrow dirty furry seat of the bus , was almost too much for her . |
| 16 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 17 | She sat next to me in the front while Walt occupied the back seat . |
| 18 | mum sat next to you in the front , this , she sat you two on top of the |
| 19 | The old man sat next to us on the mastaba , a low adobe platform which ran round the walls of the front room of his house . |