Example sentences of "[adv] to [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when it came down to it the national government essen sorry the Supreme Court essentially said if the national government wishes to create a national bank in pursuance of legitimate aims of the constitution then it should have the discretion to do so and it should n't be interfered with by a state government . |
| 2 | So to me the most point thing if you 're an interviewee is to find out the duration of the interview . |
| 3 | She knew how to win that competition , too : when he reached through to her the fourth or fifth time , she did what she had often dreamt of doing before : kneeling up against the wall , she guided his hand and put it to her breast . |
| 4 | Shift him when you like but the sooner you get him over to me the better . |
| 5 | Ever to him the greatest mirth , content |
| 6 | My brief visit certainly brought home to me the grim realities that lie behind the many statistics on Third World debt . |
| 7 | Sabine 's eyes narrowed , and he laughed suddenly , his whole face changing , bringing home to her the full force of his considerable attraction . |
| 8 | This incident brought home to him the great contrast between his father 's uprightness and the godlessness of those who sneered at him . |
| 9 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 10 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 11 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 12 | But nevertheless I do want to er , bring home to you the underlying strength of our businesses there 's no question , we 're very wel very well faced for , for an upturn . |
| 13 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 14 | We have to take tough decisions and the sooner we face up to them the better . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Apart from your flashing eyes and passionate temper , ’ he did n't hesitate to remind her , ‘ you came over anything but frigid when you snuggled up to me the other evening ! ’ |
| 16 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |
| 17 | I read this poem to a group of 10- and 11-year-old children , pointing out to them the physical immediacy of phrases like ‘ tummy jiggled ’ , ‘ ears/Were cold ’ and ‘ teeth on edge ’ . |
| 18 | Sometimes she had the oddest feeling that she would have been able to confide in Paul , to pour out to him the whole bloody silly story without causing him to bat so much as an eyelid . |
| 19 | Mary Knelle pointed out to me the green ridges on almost perpendicular fields that showed where potatoes had been grown before 1847 . |
| 20 | I think , I hope we 've pointed out to you the essential differences between what Brian would be looking for as a , as a magazine editor if you like , and what I would be looking for as a , as a news editor . |
| 21 | The first is to spell out to you the precise erm constitutional position of the president and the second , and perhaps more interestingly , is to talk about the notion of presidential power . |
| 22 | Encourage the person to speak-when they stop or get stuck , allow them time to think and repeat back to them the last thing they said to help them find their flow . |
| 23 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 24 | If a choice is still problematic , put the piece of paper in a drawer and come back to it the next day . |
| 25 | people generator was on to me the other day cos we I insisted that it 's got two three phase outlets on . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |
| 27 | We have negotiated a special deal with one of the world 's leading car hire organisations , that enables us to pass on to you the corporate rates and preferential service for car hire that they usually offer only to large companies . |
| 28 | If so , would you kindly forward to him the tiny little package ? |
| 29 | We 've had that 's that 's the observation I was gon na make , that 's er just so happens that that almost the amount that 's gon na be turned round to me the following week that that |
| 30 | Unbeknown to you the real motive is to question you in order to undermine your position . |