Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made one in trusting you enough to open up my heart to you about my ex-fiancé . |
| 2 | With the tenderest of smiles , he proferred my watch to me in an open palm . |
| 3 | ‘ For ten years I was a mason , carving ornaments for God 's holy churches — offering up the fruits of my labour to Him in Heaven who carved Man from Eden 's clay ! |
| 4 | And certainly from my submission to you in the Selby district , I have shown that er the the plan which was enclosed with the written evidence . |
| 5 | That would be my question to you on that one . |
| 6 | She smoked more cigarettes than anybody I was ever to meet , and she cemented my loyalty to her with frequent presents of Airfix model aeroplanes . |
| 7 | ‘ You know that I nearly broke my word to you about drinking just now , McAllister . ’ |
| 8 | After delivering my message to him under a plate on his dinner tray she had gone outside to sit under the tree in the warm evening air . |
| 9 | My love to you in friendship . |
| 10 | As I mentioned in my letter to you of 25 May , our Finance Department can not trace having received your remittance . |
| 11 | I write with regard to your order for the above tape , as I am unable to trace having received a reply to my letter to you of 14 February last . |
| 12 | I refer to my letter to you of 18 May last , in which I explained that the Agreement that you had signed for the above tape had not been signed on behalf of Oxford University Press , and that the duplicate copy which you had retained for your records needed to be returned to us for signature in Oxford before I could despatch your copy of the tape to you . |
| 13 | I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time . |
| 14 | Incidentally , their researchers responded to my report to them by explaining away my reactions as being due to ‘ travel and change of climate , day time , and sleep patterns ’ . |
| 15 | I take off my hat to you for many things — not least for the way you have kept the economy going these ten years . |
| 16 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 18 | If you are in temporary accommodation and do not accept the tenancy , this provision will cease as the council , by making a reasonable offer of permanent accommodation , will have discharged its responsibility to you under the provisions of the Housing Act 1985 , Part III and you will have to make your own arrangements for housing yourself and your family . |
| 19 | It gave him a qualm to realise that a large part of his need to see her again stemmed from her usefulness to him as a go between . |
| 20 | She turned to him , pressing her mouth to his in a long , drugging kiss , while her hands slid tantalisingly over his hips in a blatant invitation . |
| 21 | Her figure , her posture , her attitude to him as a man , all suggested sexual awareness but she had a waspish tongue . |
| 22 | But if she wants to get her own food , or offers her help to you with the family cooking , all this will have to be sorted out very carefully . |
| 23 | Kneeling across him , she joined her body to his with a little gasp until he sat and touched his mouth to hers . |
| 24 | It was by virtue of this act that Edward I demanded its surrender to him in 1284 . |
| 25 | Her father would groan sleepily as she hurried her kiss to him through the smell of cigars on his night 's breath . |
| 26 | She explained her predicament to him in French , occasionally gesturing at the Renault behind her . |
| 27 | The truth acquired a logic and an ordinariness , until in the end her blindness to it in the past became puzzling to comprehend . |
| 28 | She had first given her life to Him as a child , at the mercy seat in the local corps . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's prepared to adapt her life to ours in any way . ’ |
| 30 | If she was served before him at the morning tea-break she offered her cup to him at once , protesting that his need was greater than hers . |