Example sentences of "and [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Within a mere three weeks the Smolensk Party authorities also required all uezd executive committees to collate , check , and comment to them on the minutes of every single peasant meeting on mutual aid . |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend the Minister bear it in mind that many of the frauds that have come to the attention of our regulating authorities were first discovered and reported to them by the American SEC ? |
| 3 | The issue is even more complicated in the world of sound recording , because we can not pick up a record and listen to it in the same way that we can pick up a book and read it . |
| 4 | As far as I was concerned it was a nightmare , and merged in my memory with actually being evacuated ; the kids going down to Ladywell station in a crocodile on one side of the road , clutching oranges and bars of chocolate , and the mothers on the other , weeping and wailing and shouting to us across the street , lots of dwarfs and lots of Snow Whites . |
| 5 | We need biblical ways of practising the presence of God and to listen to him in the power of his Spirit . |
| 6 | Rather than spend too long on developing a perfect composition , I settled for a core arrangement of objects that looked good together and added to it as the drawing and colouring progressed . |
| 7 | and told to us in the days before he died |
| 8 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |
| 9 | I attach a copy of a standard contract which I would be grateful if you could sign and return to me with the invoice for your fee . |
| 10 | Labour candidate Frank Cook told Mr Fowler to recognise the difficulties of thousands of pensioners and families in the constituency living below the poverty line , and to apologise to them for the agony 13 years of Tory rule has caused them . |
| 11 | Both Mr Megrahi and Mr Fhima told me they would be happy to meet Scottish or American investigators and talk to them about the case . ’ |
| 12 | Greet the wise one , and talk to them of the fears that you wish to overcome . |
| 13 | For she would carry on with her chores and talk to them at the same time . |
| 14 | ‘ You can at least decide and call to me through the door , whatever you are busy with . ’ |
| 15 | He pushed aside the pan and went to her by the sink , wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 16 | The fly , which has settled on my forehead and reads to me from the Sixth Book of the Aeneid , is the same fly which buzzes round the head of Virgil in Mantua . |
| 17 | I have sat around tables with senior male television executives and listened to them on the one hand bemoan the lack of good women presenters and on the other make suggestions of possible women candidates so inappropriate as to be laughable . |
| 18 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 19 | It might be suggested that it is only through the presence of the frame that we recognize the work of art for what it is , perceiving it and responding to it in the appropriate way . |
| 20 | In the afternoon Bathsheba called her workers together , and spoke to them in the old hall of the farmhouse . |
| 21 | The children stood on the top step and spoke to him over the half-door . |
| 22 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 23 | Patsy and her sons arrived in the village on Friday evening and spoke to us on the telephone . |
| 24 | Please rave , review and write to me at the address below . |
| 25 | ‘ Stephen 's determined to open a hotel chain and listens to me about the same amount . ’ |
| 26 | Notice is commonly given by a printed form obtainable from law stationers in duplicate ( the duplicate for receipting and return to you by the lessor 's solicitors as evidence that the covenant has been complied with ) . |
| 27 | That evening she asked Martha to stay and talk to her beside the fire after supper . |
| 28 | It was so strange to meet and talk to them in the flesh . |
| 29 | right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office |
| 30 | In between yeah , here 's Alice , he sh here she is she 'll come and talk to you across the world be go be going be going back tomorrow |