Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In describing the negotiations for Æthelred 's return from exile in 1014 , this says that the king was informed that no lord was dearer to them than their native lord , if he would govern them more justly ( rihtlicor ) than before , and that he then promised to remedy the things that they all hated . |
| 2 | They must have quality given to them because their varying dimensions can add so much to the design . |
| 3 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 4 | He knows I have extra time off owing to me because my last holiday period was cut short when one of the staff became ill . |
| 5 | I 'm at the age , that er more things come to you than your old age pension book . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've wanted to make love to you since I first set eyes on you . ’ |
| 7 | These will be offered to you when you first register with a doctor or if you have not seen your doctor for some time . |
| 8 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 9 | It was as if he had never raised the possibility that she might become so much more to him than his personal assistant . |
| 10 | Ruth clung to him as her wide eyes drank in the nightmare splendour of the illuminated stalagmites and stalactites . |
| 11 | Most of the anti-Baldwin rebels looked to him as their natural leader , and he was unanxious to alienate their support , which , wherever lie showed signs of excessive caution or loyalty , began to move towards substitutes . |
| 12 | Apart from prisons , Howard 's abiding interest was in the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases and his later visits to hospitals and lazarettos ( port-side institutions where suspect goods and personnel could be quarantined ) were just as important to him as his continuing battle against gaol fever . |
| 13 | Six years ago , her own bewildering awareness of him , the way it had made her feel threatened , must have been obvious to him when his simple presence , a glance in her direction , the sound of his voice , had been enough to unnerve her ; but these days she answered back — and for some reason he was hell-bent on punishing her for what he believed her to be , humiliating her with constant reminders of his contempt . |
| 14 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 15 | Why was it , Sally-Anne thought when she went forward to take it , that this pitiful sum seemed more precious to her than her huge allowance which she could claim any day she wished ? |
| 16 | Moreover , God is bigger to us than our small ideas of him , and more gracious to us than our mean views of who he is . |
| 17 | Moreover , God is bigger to us than our small ideas of him , and more gracious to us than our mean views of who he is . |
| 18 | He is closer to the true core of our being than our own heart throb , nearer to us than our own presence . |