Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Therefore , it 's rather ironic that one of the clubs who pipped them for promotion to Division I , West of Scotland , reckon the very reason they are going up is down to their New Zealand lock , Gordon McPherson .
2 ‘ We all have to think of ourselves from time to time , do n't we ? ’
3 I am yours from night to day , from day to night . ’
4 A win by Richmond , relegated last April , at Roundhay will assure them of promotion to League Two .
5 Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power .
6 If today I confirm Newton 's theory by dropping a stone to the ground , I contribute nothing of value to science .
7 Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon .
8 Alfred had plenty of advice to hand on how to play a cop — his 55-year-old wife Jill Gascoine made her name as Inspector Maggie Forbes in hit series The Gentle Touch .
9 As the main photo shows , the Japanese are getting serious about plastic slopes , with plenty of attention to landscaping and good uplift .
10 He had stripped naked , running his shorts halfway up the ankle-chain to keep them dry , and sponged himself from head to foot , scouring his skin with the sponge to try to keep clean .
11 Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature
12 He examined himself from head to foot , assessing without vanity the beauty that had once given him an honest pleasure , and he marked without fear the changes that moved in upon him now daily .
13 He spat the stuff from his lips , then began the long difficult scramble up the hillside , hauling himself from tree to tree by clinging to the network of roots growing above ground .
14 Backwards , raising himself from step to step on his backside .
15 There are calm , spaciousness and perfectly balanced pictures within the overall design which from time to time acquire a more athletic quality , particularly in Monotones H ( i.e. two boys and a girl ) .
16 The Zuwaya maintained an image of statelessness and an identity as free persons which from time to time became an active force in their politics .
17 This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism .
18 The fire had formed a bed of glowing ash , a core on which from time to time they threw a branch .
19 Their in-built Tory majority , which from time to time ( ie , during a Labour government ) plainly puts them at odds with the nation , tends to be exaggerated .
20 By democratic regimes we mean those in which from time to time the people is given the illusion of being sovereign , while true effective sovereignty lies in other , perhaps irresponsible and secret , forces …
21 The persistence of such complaints , which from time to time were endorsed by local persons not connected with the woollen trade , suggests that these " oppressions " were widespread and long-lasting .
22 Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 )
23 This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance .
24 Putting this another way , what is the mechanism whereby we " create … the patterns of … linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time [ we wish ] to be identified " ?
25 But he might well have added a word of recognition for the conductor who from beginning to end helped bring out Björling 's superb best : Nils Grevillius ( 1893–1970 ) .
26 The successful introduction of a rationalised and acceptable meaning to the word ‘ god ‘ would destroy the dominance of those people , often of superior intelligence , who from time to time have come to power in nearly all civilisations , by exploiting the fear of the unknown among their fellows .
27 So the best source from which to obtain your ferrets has to be someone deeply committed to the animals , someone who keeps his own working and breeding stock and who from time to time may have a surplus .
28 It seems clear that there is a distinction between the one who is a prophet and those who from time to time prophesy .
29 It 's he who from time to time begins talks with the observation that a referee 's parentage is often questioned .
30 The ultimate finishing touch has to be the ‘ champagne ’ shower unit that sprinkles you from top to toe with specially aerated bubbly water .
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