Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 2 | I 've given them to that solicitor that |
| 3 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 4 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 5 | But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is . |
| 6 | Expo fever , Ruth had put it down to as Steve had been bowled over by the exquisite beauty of an air stewardess and , forgetting that the idea of being here was to make European contacts for their agency , had resigned himself to some enjoyable flirting . |
| 7 | Essentially the court is concerned whether the decision-making body has addressed itself to all relevant factors . |
| 8 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 9 | She had resigned herself to that . |
| 10 | Once Edward Morris had been set free , he had recommended her to some of his friends and so trade was looking up . |
| 11 | Once you 've committed yourself to that theme , the route 's discreet wealth unfolds , and its names are movement and texture . |
| 12 | At this stage regional officers had not yet committed themselves to any specific role in the implementation of the new policy . |
| 13 | It was probably natural that the community they set up was so convinced of its own religious ideals that it thought toleration was harmful , but it was also natural that the strong-minded people who had committed themselves to this Atlantic crossing were not able to agree among themselves what was the true religion to which they were so committed . |
| 14 | By this time the manner of Cutter 's death was known throughout ie camp and somehow it appeared disconcertingly trivial for a man " ho had so often exposed himself to such great danger . |
| 15 | And , if so , what had pushed them to such ruthless lengths ? |
| 16 | He 'd said something to this lady and under normal circumstances he would not a she would n't have said anything |
| 17 | Before that , she realised , during the three years she 'd known him , he had never moved her to any great depths of emotion — not the same soaring heights and plummeting depths she 'd known in just a few days with Fen . |
| 18 | I would n't have lent myself to any schemes like that . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've also shown them to some bluegrass musicians , a guitarist and a mandolin player , and they say that they 're really fast once you get used to them . |
| 20 | Rincewind glanced around quickly , in case some leakage of enchantment from the Magician 's Quarter across the river had momentarily transported them to some other place . |
| 21 | I think he has still got them to this day , ’ says his father . |
| 22 | If you do something at speed , it 's really the accumulation of everything that 's gone before that has got you to that point . |
| 23 | ‘ Or they should have sold you to some terrible household where you 'd have been treated like a dog . |
| 24 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 25 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 26 | So all I 'm arguing is that all such a gene for penis envy would have to do would be to promote the reproductive success of the little girls who 've had it to that gene eventually to become established throughout the entire female population , just as the gene for oedipal behaviour , or phallic behaviour , would become selective in males . |
| 27 | and then I could have shown mine to this lady , cos I mean the only difference is is the black and white is n't it ? |
| 28 | Although all epochs have helped themselves to this or that aspect of Mozart , all have over-emphasised the ‘ charm ’ . |
| 29 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 30 | Could I I could from those statistics could n't I tho Or or have n't we sold anything to this year ? |