Example sentences of "[verb] to [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HERMS captures this associated data and adds to it spatial data generated in the CAD graphics data base . |
| 2 | Under the Housing Act 1980 he was empowered to ‘ do all such things as appear to him necessary or expedient ’ to enable tenants ‘ to exercise the right to buy ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to thee Thedric , ’ she moaned quietly , her lips quivering and her eyes now brimming with tears as the good Lewis laid a hand on the pristine-white plaster encasing her upper arm . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , as I 'm always sayin' to me old Dutch , what the eyes do n't see the 'eart do n't grieve about , and a bloke 's got to make a livin' some'ow . |
| 5 | Such processed foods therefore have added to them artificial colours , flavours , flavour enhancers ( usually monosodium glutamate , MSG ) , texturizers , emulsifiers and preservatives — most of which are chemicals of no particular use to the body and many of which may actually be harmful . |
| 6 | In the event of any Related company ceasing to be so related then ( unless the requisite rights are duly assigned to it by such Party by agreement ) each Party undertakes on request to grant to it continuing rights of a similar nature on fair and reasonable terms . |
| 7 | Could it be , as Kimura ( 1977b ) suggests , that : brain regions considered to he important for symbolic-language processes might better be conceived as important for the production of motor sequences which happen to lend themselves readily to communication ? |
| 8 | So when you say to them sorry you do n't get any money because they 're not entitled to it what happens then ? |
| 9 | Well , as I say to me old mate Keef ( cor , strike a light , there 's a crazy geezer an' no mistake ! ) … |
| 10 | Second , the small congregation at St Barnabas ' , of some fifteen , that were to be ‘ moved in on ’ had had to accept radical changes that were presented to them prior to the move for their agreement . |
| 11 | I saw her briefly , and , I did n't even speak to her other than to say hello . |
| 12 | See now , there 's a lot of people who will speak to you friendly out on the street and there 's a lot more of them who 'll speak to you inside their own homes . |
| 13 | Henry VII extended the Crown estates ; Henry VIII added to them monastic lands and developed the subsidy ; Mary restored the value of the customs duties . |
| 14 | ‘ Listen to me careful , lad , ’ he said , between gasps of breath . |
| 15 | Listen to them old-fashioned Syndrums ! |
| 16 | None of them had been the kind of people who could have imagined devotion to a pet animal or according to it funerary rites . |
| 17 | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things , and holy is his name . |
| 18 | So he 's got his nose to him like that and he says two so Robert Lindsay says to him free ! |
| 19 | He 's written to them numerous times and they say what money . |
| 20 | The voice , with its softly intimidating suggestion of Irish burr , came to him strong and confident , as if Doyle 's great bulk loomed over the bed . |
| 21 | Afterwards Mary came to him aghast , ‘ Do change your clothes , darling , I beg you . ’ |
| 22 | The directions that he may give must appear to him necessary ( but not reasonably necessary ) to prevent such disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation , and may specifically include instructions not to enter a particular area . |
| 23 | The grounds upon which the powers to impose conditions may be exercised are very similar to those which are available in relation to processions ; section 14 provides that if the senior police officer believes that a public assembly may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or that the purposes of the persons organising it is to intimidate others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do , he may impose conditions as to the place of the assembly , its maximum duration or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it as may appear to him necessary to prevent the disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation . |
| 24 | It is the fragmented state of these religions that is so tragic , for , whilst the need for a god would appear to he overwhelming , no convincing description of what ‘ god ’ is , or can be , is as yet available for all to accept . |
| 25 | ( Copied from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , A.D. 1808 ) : Sir , According to your request , I send you an account of the facts I have ascertained , respecting a canal I discovered in the year 1803 in the medulla spinalis of the horse , bullock , sheep , hog and dog : and should it appear to you deserving of being laid before the Royal Society , I shall feel myself particularly obliged by having so great an honour conferred upon me . |
| 26 | 6.1 As respects all information as is directly or indirectly communicated to it by another Party ( hereinafter called the supplying Party ) under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Project ( including technical information or otherwise relating in any manner to the business or affairs of such other Party ) the recipient Party hereby undertakes to the supplying Party that it will until five years after Completion or abandonment of the Project treat the same as ( and use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the same be kept ) confidential and will not disclose the same to any other person without prior written consent of such other Party in each case except to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in or for the purposes of the exercise of the rights and licences granted to it pursuant to this Agreement . |
| 27 | ‘ We must hope before you go to Oxford mother will have relented enough at any rate to make writing to you possible . ’ |
| 28 | That seemed to me unnecessary . |
| 29 | The quality of their companionship seemed to me palpable in that coloured eight-by-five . |
| 30 | ‘ It seemed to me necessary to bring the testimony of our solidarity for the courage and determination of Colombia to fight a danger that extends beyond the borders of this country , ’ Mr Mitterrand told President Virgilio Barco . |