Example sentences of "[adv] to [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless when it comes down to it the Beatles and their Apple Corps bear some responsibility for the ridicule now habitually visited on that kind of language and the culture that spawned it . |
| 2 | Now when it came down to it the national government essen sorry the Supreme Court essentially said if the national government wishes to create a national bank in pursuance of legitimate aims of the constitution then it should have the discretion to do so and it should n't be interfered with by a state government . |
| 3 | So to me the most point thing if you 're an interviewee is to find out the duration of the interview . |
| 4 | She knew how to win that competition , too : when he reached through to her the fourth or fifth time , she did what she had often dreamt of doing before : kneeling up against the wall , she guided his hand and put it to her breast . |
| 5 | Rob Maidment asked me to fax through to you the hotel plan for the shoot from Sunday night next week . |
| 6 | They handed over to him the task of evaluating those reasons . |
| 7 | Shift him when you like but the sooner you get him over to me the better . |
| 8 | Ever to him the greatest mirth , content |
| 9 | Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’ |
| 10 | This touching but morbid In Memoriam served only to bring home to me the realisation of what now seemed inevitable . |
| 11 | Through the AC30 I found it possible to find some pretty convincing old Phantom sounds , ramming home to me the fact that if you can put up with the tuning hassles , a 12-string is still one of the best guitars to use for rhythm . |
| 12 | Borne on the clean sea breeze this strange alien farmyard smell from bird droppings suddenly brought home to me the density of the bird population on shore which had yet to reveal itself . |
| 13 | The exercise brought home to me the need — and indeed the advantage — of establishing within the college a culture or ethos of total institutional responsibility for the quality of what we devise , offer and deliver . |
| 14 | My brief visit certainly brought home to me the grim realities that lie behind the many statistics on Third World debt . |
| 15 | Those photographs brought home to me the abomination of desolation that is Croatia now . |
| 16 | This brought home to me the fact that paying lots of money for an established defender ( central ) is a massive risk . |
| 17 | And it brought home to her the fact that some children can not cope with maths , however hard they try — a realisation she may well be glad of when she fulfils her ambitions to become a fully-fledged teacher . |
| 18 | It did both , but this only drove home to her the grossness and subjectivity of her own temperament . |
| 19 | A fortnight with her parents , he was thinking now , on their many acres of damp earth , must surely bring home to her the advantages of living on Lord Jim . |
| 20 | Sabine 's eyes narrowed , and he laughed suddenly , his whole face changing , bringing home to her the full force of his considerable attraction . |
| 21 | This incident brought home to him the great contrast between his father 's uprightness and the godlessness of those who sneered at him . |
| 22 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 23 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 24 | She wished he could be charged because he thinks it might bring home to him the seriousness of what he has done and scare him enough to stop . |
| 25 | But Denis knew what he meant , and Boxer 's comment brought home to him the fact that even if he were able to blot out its significance he would n't be allowed . |
| 26 | We hope the leaflet we are sending out to our motor policyholders will bring home to them the fact that most cars can be converted both simply and cheaply . ’ |
| 27 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 28 | But nevertheless I do want to er , bring home to you the underlying strength of our businesses there 's no question , we 're very wel very well faced for , for an upturn . |
| 29 | Now that you are completing the preliminary studies and will shortly be embarking on the more complicated part of the syllabus , I feel that , at this stage , it would be of benefit to give you the following lessons in an endeavour to press home to you the importance and value of your continued perseverance . |
| 30 | God has a way on retreats such as this of bringing home to us the challenge of a first-order question : ‘ Do you love me in the way Mary loved me and allowed herself to be used for my mission ? ’ |