Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , he would only make it grist to his mill . |
| 2 | General Motors has two dealers in Britain — in Kingston and Manchester — and if you want a Syclone they will only lighten your wallet to the tune of £20,000 . |
| 3 | My present feeling is that any one who can not feel the beauty of their melody had better confine his criticism to prose and leave the discussion of verse to those who understand something about it … . |
| 4 | Should you still feel dissatisfied you may personally bring your grievance to the notice of Personnel Management Division or you are free to raise it with your staff association or trade union who may take action on your behalf . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll especially give your love to Jamie , ’ Rachel said with an understanding smile . |
| 6 | Thingol , Luthien 's father , is so enraged that a mortal should dare to woo his daughter that he says he will only give her hand to Beren if he will wrest one of the Silmarils , or enchanted jewels , from the iron crown of the dark lord Margoth . |
| 7 | But er , we 'd we obviously like your agreement to er to this very important er resolution . |
| 8 | Those of us who were privileged to hear Paddy Ladd 's moving account of the struggles and pride of the deaf community at last year 's International Conference in Bristol , England , will long remember his response to a challenge from the floor that many parents regarded the birth of their deaf children as tragedies . |
| 9 | I think I 'd better see you face to face . |
| 10 | If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing . |
| 11 | The Intestacy Rules cover this situation and , broadly , state that a person can only pass their property to their legal husband or wife and blood relations . |
| 12 | ‘ In that case , ’ said his agent , ‘ I think you 'd better change your name to TOILETS ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
| 14 | If he 'll only put his shoulder to the wheel . |
| 15 | The inventor must resist any temptation he might have to publish details of his invention before the first filing date ( the priority date ) , otherwise he could inadvertently add his invention to the state of the art and anticipate his own invention . |
| 16 | The Hon. Gentleman had better address his mind to that difference . |
| 17 | In December 1977 the Headmistress of St Anselm 's School in Canterbury , one of Britain 's leading Roman Catholic Comprehensives , allowed a teacher who was a National Front candidate to continue in her post alter she had promised that her National Front views would not affect her treatment to black pupils . |
| 18 | Men blend their behaviour less than women , but their androgyny and blending do not affect their susceptibility to traditional gender schemas ( Heilbrun 1984 ) . |
| 19 | That does not affect our commitment to safety and it has nothing to do with privatisation . |
| 20 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 21 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 22 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 23 | ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’ |
| 24 | Why not make your visit to the theatre extra special , and spend a night at one of Scarborough 's best hotels ? |
| 25 | In particular , the Scotch whisky industry , with such a splendid export record , does not want its business to be run by politicians , who should only consume the stuff and not organise and manage the businesses . |
| 26 | Similarly , parents of children who have been victims of sexual offences may not want their child to be interrogated and to go through the trauma of reliving the experience in court . |
| 27 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 28 | These rights of control over one 's own possessions are valued rights — we would not want our shirt to be stolen , torn , or dyed by someone else — but this all-embracing idea of ‘ property rights ’ conceals a crucial difference between different forms of property . |
| 29 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 30 | We can not explain our hostility to internal compromise by appeal to principles of either fairness or justice as we have defined those virtues . |