Example sentences of "[noun] to [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She recalled the housekeeper 's kindness to her the previous evening , when she had led her from her mistress 's chamber and shown her the room that Miss Merchiston had assigned for her use .
2 The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place .
3 That William and Mary Prince and Princesse of Orange bee and bee declared , King and Queen of England France and Ireland and the Dominions there unto belonging to hold the Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdom 's and Dominions to them the said Prince and Princesss during their lives and the life of the Survivor of them and that the Sole and full exercise of the Regall Power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in the Names of the said Prince and Princesse during their Joynt lives And after their deceases the said Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdoms and Dominions to be to the heires of the body of the said Princesse : And for default of such Issue to the Princesse Anne of Denmarke and the heires of her body .
4 yeah — i talk to him the next time i see him ; - ) ( joke ! — well i stayed at the same hotel as the norw. players before our game against england and actually talked to a couple of players … the next time i will have a chat with leeds-fan rekdal ; - ) i will however forward your wishes of luck if/when i write to the supporters club .
5 Pike was curled up into a ball , like a hedgehog , clutching his wig to him the way a kid might hold on to its teddy before going to sleep .
6 Turakina certainly knew — her words to him the previous afternoon had simply been a test of his resistance — and if she had knowledge of it , then so had Suragai .
7 These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her .
8 And Jane , this is Jane to me the other day , throw your kitten off my floor and see if it lands on its feet .
9 Tuan Ti Fo smiled , holding the boy to him a while , conscious yet again of how insubstantial he seemed .
10 Not that that was the end of it — NCR had simply had to open up opportunities for people lower down the ladder to develop , backed up by formal systems of career planning , appraisal and psychometric testing to mine the required resource .
11 No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ?
12 Although it is fun to browse and choose whatever fabric appeals to you the most , there should be some definite planning behind your purchase .
13 If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less .
14 On the other hand , for a patient with severe word-finding difficulties , you may have to label all the normal objects round the home , and ask the patient to say the name of the object and point to it every time he wants something .
15 It is also important that the physiotherapist should explain each part of the rehabilitation process to you the carer , teach you how you can help , and guide both you and the patient through each stage ( and any setbacks ) .
16 ‘ It was a condition of her gift to you the ten thousand pounds ’ capital to start KITS . ’
17 The coroner released the body to him an hour ago .
18 Paying tribute to him a colleague said today : ‘ He was a man of the highest integrity and his death represents a great loss to the Northern Ireland legal system . ’
19 You can you can apply statistics to it a bit but it 's very unlikely the statis st statistics and what really happens will always add up in fact .
20 Having found a food-source in the evening , they will fly straight back to it the following morning , still guiding themselves by the sun even though it is now in the east and not the west .
21 We continued unimpeded until I saw ahead of me the drawing-room where I had interviewed Mountbatten , and sitting on one of the sofas with his back to us the unmistakable profile and balding head of Prince Charles .
22 ‘ Napkins , ’ laughed a young wife to me the following day .
23 He reads a newspaper to him every day , takes him on trains and buses and to the shops .
24 as if something had just occurred to her , Bella turned her head to look at Marie : ‘ Must be a bit of a shock to you an ’ all .
25 I forgot to add a covering note in sending Jenny 's paper to you a day or two ago .
26 You 're no use to me the way you are .
27 Whatever the difference of view held across the House , given that CTCs are funded by public money , will the Secretary of State take urgent steps to give parents whose children are refused admission to them the same right of appeal that is available in respect of all other publicly-funded schools ?
28 The intensity of her response to him a minute ago filled her with self-loathing , but she was afraid too , because suddenly it seemed as if hatred was no longer enough to counter the threat he presented , and yet it was the only answer she possessed .
29 It may just be reflected sunlight , but it has s sickly and unnatural look to it The Castle 's towers are clearly visible in the distance .
30 ‘ If he 'd give a free-kick to us the Blackburn crowd would n't have complained .
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