Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following day it gained me entrance to the main gate of the embassy . |
| 2 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 3 | As an Englishman I express my subordination to the political authority under which I live by paying a certain fraction of my money income to the appropriate official . |
| 4 | With this in mind , I sent my plans to the Special Air Service Regiment , reputedly the best collective authority in Britain on desert survival , and asked them to comment . |
| 5 | I had lost my heart to the little , golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns . |
| 6 | The gentleman who saved me suggested I tell my story to the French authorities . |
| 7 | ‘ I put my views to the Chief Secretary , ’ he said calmly , ‘ before he left for London . |
| 8 | He would fight my case to the bitter end , he vowed . |
| 9 | In his desire to make sure that I do justice to the Masai cosmic vision , the professor overestimates my attachment to the logical . |
| 10 | However , David Chadwick , a member of the Liberal Democrats group on the council , said : ‘ All my requests to the chief executive of the council for financial details about this company have been turned down . |
| 11 | Finally I handed my vote to the presiding officer who put my vote into the ballot box himself . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll change the number plates from my car to the other one , ’ he said . |
| 13 | As so often occurs in these situations , I had become blind to the obvious — that is , until my pondering over the implications of Miss Kenton 's letter finally opened my eyes to the simple truth : that these small errors of recent months have derived from nothing more sinister than a faulty staff plan . |
| 14 | I had better go now and pay my respects to the petty bourgeoisie . |
| 15 | I felt like kissing the dinghy , and I 'm not sure that I did n't put my lips to the rough friendly fabric of her snub nose . |
| 16 | My thanks also are due to Miss Mary Burkett and her staff at Abbot Hall , from whom I have had help and co-operation since the start of the survey in 1975 ; to Mr B. C. Jones and Miss S. J. MacPherson , County Archivists , of the County Records Office , who have given generous help and advice ; ; to Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby , whose book first aroused my interest in the stocking trade ; to my fellow members of the Lancashire and Lakes Guild of Spinners , Weavers and Dyers for encouragement and support ; to my granddaughter , Anne Allen , who took the photographs , ( except where otherwise stated ) ; to my daughter , Jan Hare , who typed the manuscript ; to my friends , Penelope Porter , Kathryn Allen and Mary Sutherland , who gave technical advice , reviewed text and read proofs ; Elizabeth Edwards and Kathleen Drummond for advice and information , and above all my thanks to the many kind people who live where there are galleries , and who have put up with my enquiries with such patience and kindness . |
| 17 | I am distraught to learn of the demise of your mother and shut my ears to the ugly rumour that you had her put to death so that you could take up ballet-dancing . |
| 18 | I walk into my dining room at 9.26 this morning , just to say my goodbyes to the little lady . |
| 19 | I closed the book hastily and sat thinking , trying to apply my discovery to the murderous maze I found myself lost in . |
| 20 | Leapor often understands friendship as a spiritual comfort : accordingly , she advises women to pursue friendship , rather than beauty , since death is in sight : ‘ To smooth my Passage to the silent Gloom , / And give a Tear to grace the mournful Tomb ’ [ ML , 1 , 8 ] . |
| 21 | It was n't until lunchtime that my boss drew my attention to the strange ‘ hairband ’ I was wearing . |
| 22 | So while the Apostate 's squaring the circle with the last of Gittel 's breed , I turn my attention to the nearest branch of the familial tree of old Shmuel ben Issachar . |
| 23 | Encouraged by the finding of this tiny coin , I turned my attention to the second side of the pond and began the same operation along its full length . |
| 24 | It was not however , until I arrived in the country , and found myself surrounded by objects as strange as if I had been transported to another planet , that I conceived the idea of devoting a portion of my attention to the mammalian class of its extraordinary fauna . ’ |
| 25 | Only after a time did I force my attention to the other problem — Gharr 's demand for the phetam in return for Mala . |
| 26 | Unfortunately I had not realised that a stern rope had already been passed to the ship and an indignant shout from my crew on the after deck drew my attention to the long nylon rope which was now snaking dangerously round the bollards as we drew away . |
| 27 | I was going to tell my joke to the nice German but he had started talking to someone else . |
| 28 | I will give half my belongings to the poor , and if I have cheated anyone , I will pay him back four times as much ’ , that Jesus exclaims , ‘ Salvation has come to this house today … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Since my ascendancy to the hallowed ranks of Snavely winners , my opinions in all matters have been sought most eagerly . |
| 30 | Perhaps my allegiance to the latter may in part be conditioned by the fact that grew up in its company , in which case I should similarly prefer Fritz Reiner 's 78s of the Shostakovich Sixth ( Columbia , 6/37 ) , which I also bought as a schoolboy . |