Example sentences of "[verb] to our [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rubbish tip has been part of the scene since we moved to our market street seven years ago . |
| 2 | It directly contributed to our election defeat . |
| 3 | We are still passionately committed to our work in Africa , where over the past years we 've made 282 grants in 29 countries in support of both long term development and emergency work . |
| 4 | No elector will wish to deny responsibility in respect of , and no elector will wish to avoid payment for , necessary and enlightened progress in Housing , Education and Recreation and especially with regard to the welfare of the large army of children committed to our care … |
| 5 | It adds to our reputation as an island still constricted by an ossified class system . |
| 6 | Fizzy is less than pleased , but I have to admit that she adds to our amusement and wreaks havoc in about equal proportions . |
| 7 | And those which have absolutely no affect on the quality of the service that we provide to our client , but they form Board requirements , legal and other requirements , admin arrangements , local instructions and policy . |
| 8 | This was actively encouraged by Pius XII , who himself was particularly attracted to Our Lady of Fatima — perhaps he found the message of doom congenial . |
| 9 | I agree with Opposition Members that what matters to our electorate is crime in this country . |
| 10 | Tony Palmer 's The Children includes not only a wonderful performance by Kim Novak but a starring role for Ben Kingsley , and parts for Robert Stephens and Britt Ekland , and will doubtless appeal to our Festival audience . |
| 11 | Nevertheless a sheriff officer has the right to come to our home , take possession of items which I have paid for and take me to court . |
| 12 | Is n't she the one you tried to persuade to come to our art class ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ In short , he never intended to come to our Earth . |
| 14 | Although we were only in Standard One , on the day prior to the holiday , Mr. Russ took the trouble to come to our class and explain how the election worked — how a vote was cast , placed in a sealed box , taken to the Council Chamber for counting and how the result was declared . |
| 15 | One of the foreign teachers of English is an Australian girl who is going to come to our department at Lancaster next year . |
| 16 | ‘ You — you mean to tell me that you left the area to come to our aid ? ’ |
| 17 | You can not ignore it , she wished to set out and she did set out to come to our aid . ’ |
| 18 | Amanda Farrar ( got thrown out of three independent schools , so forced to come to our place ) gets Mr Beddowes to simper and smarm to Dinwiddie about her deprived childhood . |
| 19 | I mean , I 'm saying that with tongue in cheek because they 've got to come to our place . |
| 20 | What a keen lad is Frank , leaving the ‘ Pool at 5 am to come to our house and then all the way down there . |
| 21 | Too little attention has been given to pragmatic factors , many of which Donaldson drew to our attention with notions such as human sense as well as her analysis of the contextual factors which operate to hinder the child 's grasp of intended meanings . |
| 22 | He drew to our attention the views of the academic writers in which the point is raised and discussed ; thus in Professor Griew 's book The Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 , 6th ed. ( 1990 ) , p. 186 , para. 10.15 , the author suggests that the use of the word ‘ employment ’ may limit the operation of the subsection to : |
| 23 | So pray write by the very first and send to our friend Alex Colden , postmaster at New York , to go by the first mail from thence which sails every month . |
| 24 | In fact it would be just one less thing to worry about if we could all er screw to our heart 's content . |
| 25 | Then I did ask myself if we would see this place again ; and when Jaffa started to disappear to our starboard , I remember I said to myself : ‘ If this ship could turn round now , I would return to Jaffa . ’ |
| 26 | Paraconductivity effects are strongly dependent on the dimensionality of the system , although for conventional superconductors , three-dimensional fluctuation conductivity has to our knowledge never been observed . |
| 27 | People are bound to ask what is happening to our country … |
| 28 | The whole point of giving talks is to educate young people ; tell them what 's happening to our barn owl populations ; give them some simple biological background ; and talk about training . |
| 29 | I do n't want to listen to any more of the media speculation telling me what 's happening to our union . |
| 30 | DO YOU want to know what 's happening to our countryside , forests , seas and seashores at home and across the world ? |