Example sentences of "[pers pn] to [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe that was n't strictly true , but at least I was in Yorkshire and a bus would take me to her in three hours . |
| 2 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 3 | Hari pushed past the woman and picked up the boots hugging them to her in a rush of relief . |
| 4 | One witch described them to me in newspaper terms . |
| 5 | He showed them to me in his flat . ’ |
| 6 | It had to be an art that did not separate him from the uncultured poor but was founded in them , gathering them to him in a home of art they could all share , a home that sheltered and consoled ; a warm place . |
| 7 | To make a Covenant , just complete the two forms above and return them to us in the envelope provided . |
| 8 | Otherwise , use two or more cards , attach entry token to the top postcard and send them to us in an envelope . |
| 9 | This system of learning is very different for some students and it might help at the beginning of the academic year to introduce them to it in a more measured way and look at points of pressure during the year and see if they can be released without lowering standards |
| 10 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 11 | As the script for the seduction scene ran , ‘ She withered in his arms as he crushed her to him in a sudden excess of passion . |
| 12 | Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . |
| 13 | Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ? |
| 14 | He put an arm round her and hugged her to him in the familiar , easy fashion she was used to . |
| 15 | She swallowed hard , conscious of his angry face so close to her own , his hands clamping her to him in a vice-like grip . |
| 16 | For an instant he caught her to him in a swift hard embrace and she knew that his desire was not one whit diminished . |
| 17 | It was those very firebrand qualities of ruthless daring , initiative and enterprise which had drawn her to him in the first place . |
| 18 | A large Biblical map of Solomon 's life lay beneath a quotation from the Book of Chronicles chapter 2 verse 16 : ‘ And we will cut wood out of Lebanon , as much as thou shalt need : and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm taking it to her in Paris . ’ |
| 20 | The way he said it , it was as if he was only lending it to her in order to have her bring it back again , but she was forced to agree . |
| 21 | Madeleine 's hands seized the pillow and held it to her in a quick embrace . |
| 22 | On a Formica table it was so patently stupid that they left the shaking and washing and ironing of it to her in contempt . |
| 23 | Admire the Liberty shawl for Aunt Elspeth , and wonder if she might be delighted enough to leave it to me in her will . |
| 24 | Not anything like it would have been if Uncle Bill had left it to me in the first place , because it will pay duty twice . ’ |
| 25 | For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place . ’ |
| 26 | Early after the press conference Fleischmann and Pons advertised the explosion of their palladium block as prima facie evidence for fusion , but a year later Martin Fleischmann presented it to me in a more detached way . |
| 27 | But there was no sense in her giving it to me in full view of everyone . |
| 28 | Why did n't you show it to me in the first place ? |
| 29 | She 'd been very positive about that , not just here in the car , but she had said it to me in the bedroom while I was packing her things and she was still in a mentally uninhibited state . |
| 30 | okay , explain it to me in terms of , try and ex say if you were explaining it to someone who sort of was n't very technical . |