Example sentences of "[vb base] something to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything . |
| 2 | They add something to the countryside and they do n't sting . |
| 3 | They are perhaps owe something to the tabloid newspapers and colour supplements , as these have emerged in the post-war years , with their high illustrative content and minimal text . |
| 4 | It is possible that the character and appearance of Stephen Maturin owe something to the friendship between Captain M. in Marryat 's The King 's Own and the surgeon MacAllen , a dedicated amateur naturalist who used the ships on which he served as convenient repositories for live and dead specimens from their ports of call . |
| 5 | No doubt , repeated election victories under the leadership of Mr Hawke owe something to the disunity of Right-wing forces in Australia , but the fresh emphases in Labour thinking are also very significant . |
| 6 | At the end of the day , you ca n't be one hundred percent , but I 'm , I , I think it 's a good idea , that we actually pass something to the people , pending Trevor being happy . |
| 7 | Others offer something to the ants in return for protection . |