Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
2 | In addition , publicity was making benefit claimants aware of the impending changes and advising them to go to their CAB . |
3 | After giving instructions about his place of burial , he required them to go to his study and take out three great hampers of books and burn them , ‘ Inasmuch as all the comedies , tragedies , pastorals , etc. , heroical poems , love hymns and the like are full of idolatry and especially tend to the overthrow of the Christian religion . ’ |
4 | She would have liked them to go to his regimental museum and I still feel that would be one of the best homes for them . |
5 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
6 | She wanted me to go to her rooms in Bloomsbury that night , to talk things over . |
7 | Just before she died , she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room . |
8 | Suffer me to go to my infamy ! ’ |
9 | ‘ Madam my mother , pray permit me to go to my brother , ’ the prince pleaded , still at his mother 's elbow as she moved away . |
10 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
11 | This gentleman wants me to go to his house and meet his son . |
12 | ‘ Excuse me , Hsiao Chi , but my master asked me to see to your every wish . ’ |
13 | Unitarian tendencies were found amongst some Quakers in both England and Ireland in these years and the Liverpool abolitionist William Rathbone 's sympathetic treatment of them led to his disownment by the Friends and the passage of his family to Unitarianism . |
14 | He is currently working on a series of photographs of buskers — he simply approaches them in the street and asks them to come to his studio . |
15 | Of course , you can not hope to provide them with everything they need , but you must try to provide something to encourage them to come to your microhabitat . |
16 | I think perhaps we 'll ask them to come to our next meeting , or the meeting after that . |
17 | ‘ I suppose this is the real reason why you wanted me to come to your party ? ’ she asked . |
18 | ‘ You know as well as I do that you want me to come to your room so you can make love to me ! ’ |
19 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
20 | It simply asked me to come to his office tomorrow afternoon at half-past two . ’ |
21 | ‘ We must destroy the hole and prevent them returning to our universe , ’ the Doctor said . |
22 | This Sunday is observed as World Day of Prayer for Vocations , I commend to your attention the materials from the National Vocations Office and ask that you bring out the theme of vocations in your celebration of the liturgy of this Sunday of Easter . |
23 | I believe these checks and balances built up over many years are essential to the maintenance of true democracy in this country and I commend to Your Lordships Amendments five , eight and eleven for those reasons . |
24 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
25 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
26 | I should like to conclude by making to you , our shareholders , the three crucial points I made to our staff on assuming the role of Group Chief Executive . |
27 | I repeat to my hon. Friend that , while there is cause for concern about the large spectacular frauds that have been uncovered , the Government have done more than any other with the Financial Services Act 1986 , the Banking Act 1987 , the Building Societies Act 1986 and amendments to the Companies Acts to regulate the City of London . |
28 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
29 | I mean to our organization . |
30 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |