Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [pers pn] [prep] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He referred to the Bible that had been presented to him by the people of Memel St on July 10 at the opening of their march . |
| 2 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 3 | Life in Russia is hard ( and since we deliberately chose to stay in a cheap non-western hotel we experienced some of the hardships first hand ) but I shall never forget the generosity and overwhelming hospitality shown to us by the people of Bastaisk church . |
| 4 | Despite recognising the power of the advertising world , Jo does feel that there is some possibility for girls to pick and choose between what is offered to them by the media , and how they want to look themselves . |
| 5 | In a similar way the Desert Fathers , whose ascetical practices frequently seem to pass into the range of farce , are regarded at least with affection and more often with deep admiration , partly of course because of the delightful anecdotery that has collected around them , and is known to us through the works of writers like Helen Waddell . |
| 6 | As a works convenor , I work along twenty shop stewards , and I can tell this Congress that the message that they 've given to me from the people from the people that have elected them , is that they 're sick and tired of the perpetual bleating of the T U C about how they have to abide by the laws , when the only laws that are there are the laws that are bringing this movement down . |
| 7 | The back door was barred to her by the people she would have to pass in the kitchen . |
| 8 | If that sum is paid to the beneficiary he will be entitled to a tax credit of £32.50 , ie the £25 credit which must be paid to him plus the £7.50 additional rate . |