Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carolyn commented on them , and for once incurred Bryony 's pleased attention , as she explained how a friend had made them for her to an ancient design , and that unlike any shoes you could buy , they were made to last a lifetime , were completely healthy and natural , and did not threaten to deform the foot or posture in any way . |
| 2 | Gossip put nothing of himself to the test but his patience . |
| 3 | It must have occurred to you that Dawn is probably very jealous — in particular of the fact that he took you with him to the zoo . ’ |
| 4 | It would be pointless it would be messy it would be inelegant and it would create the problem of the relations between the two , you 'd have to have transformations to get you from one to the other . |
| 5 | He gazed from the one of them to the other in anguish . |
| 6 | Always bring something with you to a supervision : ideas which you have written down , an outline of an essay , a text you want to talk about , or a plan of action . |
| 7 | At this point the poet ‘ takes off ’ and in a moment of vision tells us that Man 's ‘ greatness ’ is derived from early childhood experiences — provided that we have contributed something from ourselves to the bare impressions . |
| 8 | On the first Monday , everyone from MY to the physiotherapists and even the dentist came to see . |
| 9 | Without a word , he took the staff I 'd been using , drove it into the ground with his sledge hammer , secured it with guy ropes and tied a washing line for me from it to the Land Rover . |
| 10 | She may be commonplace or dazzling , and can transform herself from one to the other by miraculous means . |
| 11 | It had an iron gate almost indistinguishable from the railings , and he preceded her through it to the front door which was centrally placed between tall windows , with a bow window above it belonging to the bedroom they would be sharing . |
| 12 | He pulled her with him to a more secure place , but there was n't a chance of speaking even if she 'd had breath or invention . |
| 13 | He was breaking her on his wheel of fire , forcing her with him to a high-point of surrender , then casting her away as if her touch were a contamination . |
| 14 | The first is to find a timber merchant or cabinet maker who is prepared to machine it for you to the pattern you want — likely to be expensive . |
| 15 | They took it with them to the ‘ Royal ’ and called on Bessie . |
| 16 | It was previously thought that the tiny plants leached carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in creating their skeletons , taking it with them to the sea bed when they died . |
| 17 | And the court was told that the victim 's ear could have been saved — but he failed to take it with him to the hospital . |
| 18 | Once you 've found a style you like , it always helps to take a picture of it with you to the salon . |
| 19 | It 's no use just thinking that you have a wood frame at home — take it with you to the framer 's so you can match the actual colour of the wood . |
| 20 | If you are cutting from a severed stem , take it with you to the stock to be budded , or if you are taking a number of buds , get the stem into a deep can of water at once and use it as soon as possible . |
| 21 | , look at the sentence below , will the management charges greatly increase , the answers no because time has shown the management charges rise at a rate below the level of inflation I suggest it to you to the ordinary person , they would think that the management charges there meant the costs that are listed above see |
| 22 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 23 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 24 | What has happened is that something latent within us has been stirred to new life , and that scent , or whatever , has been the symbolic object for us , leading us beyond itself to a personal memory . |