Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 2 | We 're moving you to a safe house in Wapping . |
| 3 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
| 4 | Makes a change to be giving it to a real postman . |
| 5 | I 'm taking you to the Jolly Farmers . |
| 6 | ‘ Will you be taking them to the maximum security wing , sir ? ’ |
| 7 | Now they are taking her to the High Court . |
| 8 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 9 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 10 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 11 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 12 | If you are under 60 but your husband has reached 65 and is retired , he may be able to claim a dependency addition of £32.55 for you , provided he pays it to you or is maintaining you to an equivalent amount . |
| 13 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 14 | There are two ways to make an application protocol-independent : the first is to re-write it , incorporating MPTN , the second is to connect it to a separate gateway that will do the conversion . |
| 15 | Peter Wood 's brief is to guide us to an acceptable quality management system that genuinely reflects our practices . |
| 16 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 17 | In such a case the judge is not abusing his powers ; he is exercising them to the best of his ability albeit some other court thinks he was mistaken . |
| 18 | two , even though you 're both working you ca n't guarantee that both will continue to work , it 's taking it to a real , a realistic level |
| 19 | The second is to present them to the three million visitors each year in ‘ an educative and enjoyable way ’ . |
| 20 | If they do anything which affects anybody , your only recourse is to take them to a High Court for a judicial review . ’ |
| 21 | It is to teach our young people about Him , it is to bring them to a conscious faith in Him so that in the heart and life of the Church , they can proclaim and witness to the faith of the ages , that Jesus is truly God and truly man , the Lord and saviour of us all . ’ |
| 22 | Coughlin says North 's only constructive contribution to Waite 's Lebanon mission had been to introduce him to an undercover agent working in Lebanon for British and American intelligence . |
| 23 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 24 | In those circumstances the only option open to a government , determined to return Rover to the private sector , was to sell it to a British company which was not involved in the car industry . |
| 25 | His aim was to reconvert them to a Unitarian Christianity devoid of superstition . |
| 26 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 27 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 28 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 29 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 30 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |