Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I say nothing to Anna ; instead I quietly join her family for a meal . |
| 2 | We want to see Grand Met send someone to Darlington to a meeting which would include all the licensees affected by the rent rises and the new leases . ’ |
| 3 | If I send one to grandma , one to you and Amy , and then I 'll write one to grandma Lincolnshire , but I 'll wo n't send it off , it 'll be to expensive wo n't it ? |
| 4 | If I send one to grandma and granddad , if I send one to you then send to . |
| 5 | What , you want something to sort of take off do n't you ? |
| 6 | Ronni saw her say something to Jeff and point . |
| 7 | And and er say send something to William George , or something involving the magistrates cos he was chairman of the of the er of the er |
| 8 | ‘ The American way of doing things is to have an idea and then persuade someone to back it . |
| 9 | They think hard , but as Freddie says , you ca n't just plunge in unilaterally and put everything to rights . |
| 10 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 11 | I owe nothing to Mr. Ingard or Mr. Lennis — I owe a very great deal to Mr. Andrew , and his father . |
| 12 | Tolkien himself insisted that he had not intended one ; and finding one need not be the ultimate necessity for the critic , since after all political messages add nothing to Tom Bombadil , or the Ents , or the Riders of Rohan , or the entrelacements , or most of the things discussed in this chapter and the ones around it . |
| 13 | All right , so we owe everything to Capella . |
| 14 | I do n't know whether I owe one to Madge or not , probably I do . |
| 15 | The early industrialists were not ‘ insensitive to the appeal of the country : the beauty of Cromford and Millers Dale suffered little by the enterprise of Arkwright , and stretches of the Goyt and the Bollin owe something to Oldknow and the Gregs ’ . |
| 16 | ( The asses probably owe something to Koenig 's native Bavaria , where uxorious cows are garlanded and brought up to the Alpine pastures each summer . ) |
| 17 | Give one to Mrs and one to Mrs |
| 18 | I said she might 've sent a full packet give one to Barry , one to Rhys and one to Cerys but there was only two |
| 19 | Performance measures which mean something to policemen are largely irrelevant in an enforcement system directed towards compliance . |
| 20 | that was I mean , that was , there 's a couple you know one to Bridget and one to erm Demelza obviously that we , we phone them up and that 's fair enough , you know but , I was just interested in how one |
| 21 | Take three potatoes of the same variety and place one in a cool dark place , expose one to daylight and one to fluorescent light . |
| 22 | Leave planning your kitchen to Hygrove … and leave nothing to chance . |
| 23 | but they leave nothing to chance they 've even brought their own satellite to plot the weather … |
| 24 | How could one live with someone , love someone to distraction and be blind or , at least , allow oneself to be kept in the dark about so many things ? |
| 25 | ‘ I have a great deal of trust and I leave everything to fate . ’ |
| 26 | Because if you leave anything to chance they 'll blow you out when you get face to face . |
| 27 | She could still see the tableau this morning : her father with tears of pride in his eyes — she knew he would go to the business and bore everyone to death with tales about how his wonderful daughter was going to university . |
| 28 | The position is that when we admit anyone to nursing home care , they can only be admitted if there is a joint assessment partly by a social worker from this department , partly by either the nurse or G P , or consultant , and the , the key element needless to say in that , in terms of need , is very much the health authority input . |
| 29 | About twice a week I go to lunch with a friend , and again about twice a week I have someone to lunch here . |
| 30 | ‘ I — I have somebody to suture — ’ |