Example sentences of "[pron] to [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very well , convey my congratulations to General Froebe — I 'm sure he 'll be anxious to convey his to me for the sake of protocol . ’ |
| 2 | such as this year 's figures you know they 're not paying you to somebody over the phone and expect to remember of course they ca n't so I 've got the detail that I need to keep looking at , and there about that 's about it . |
| 3 | Erm if anybody is actually interested in could I actually refer you to somebody in the personnel group erm Lynne . |
| 4 | There is also , in the fabric of the study method , the personal communication from you to yourself in the form of notes . |
| 5 | they wo n't send you to anything like The Sun or the Daily Mirror I do n't think |
| 6 | You go into the bedroom , checking the position of the mirrors ; none of them ought to show you to anybody in the bathroom . |
| 7 | The upshot of this little matter was to leave me labelled as ‘ Mr X ’ — a pseudonym invented by Harold Wilson and which has attached itself to me throughout the years , but never offensively . |
| 8 | They were ordinary chaps who deliberately sold themselves short right down to their weedy name , an idea that still attaches itself to anything on the label . |
| 9 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |
| 10 | ‘ Look here , Miss O'Brien , if you 're really serious , why do n't you write a few handbills , saying what ’ Factota Limited' is and explaining its aims , and send one to everyone in the village ? |
| 11 | The chain can be described adequately by specifying the first rectangle and then relating the next one to it by the four statements in Table 11.1 . |
| 12 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 13 | He was in the restaurant kitchen late one night before closing up , knocking back the remains of four glasses of liqueur from a dirty table , when his head suddenly cleared and he heard some lines from the past in a devastating playback in his head : ‘ You 're better off without me ’ — Bella 's voice , coolly justifying herself to him on the telephone . |
| 14 | She accepted it as a convenience , like an improved system of telephones ; she did not dedicate herself to it as the expression of a moral idea of comradeship and equality , the avowal of which could leave nothing the same . |
| 15 | ‘ If it helps , his fiancée has not exactly endeared herself to anyone in the short time that she 's been here . |
| 16 | It had meant nothing to him at the time , but now … |
| 17 | She said nothing to anyone until the very last moment . |
| 18 | It 's no good whispering them to yourself on the top deck of an otherwise empty bus , you 've got to shout them in school halls , fields , front rooms of houses , from your bedroom window … anywhere , really . |
| 19 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
| 20 | When Pc Black had found him in the toilets he said he had temporarily removed his glasses to wipe them , and that a friend who was there had brought them to him at the police station . |
| 21 | It was sent by a sad Manc git using my Id cos he 's too scared to use his own — if anyone wishes to reply to his infantile shite they can send them to him at the following address … |
| 22 | To make a Covenant , just complete the two forms above and return them to us in the envelope provided . |
| 23 | It was a lot easier it was a lot easier when they used to give them to you over the counter . |
| 24 | We can supply them from stock and shall be despatching them to you within the next few days . |
| 25 | ‘ You know everyone , ’ said Brian , indicating Constance , who had beaten them to it into the drawing-room . |
| 26 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 27 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 28 | The lack of even a hint of that attitude in Runcorn , combined with his remarkable equability , endeared him to me from the start . |
| 29 | He reveals him to us through the operas , which ‘ lay at the core of Mozart 's life as a thinking artist ’ and on which Mr Till has worked as a producer . |
| 30 | God will call her to Him on the Day of judgment , asking ‘ Where is the daughter who had pity on her earthly father , the filthy drunkard , and was undismayed by his beastliness ? ’ |