Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking through an interpreter , Mr Usta said : ‘ As far as I can figure it out , one day before the operation the cheque was given by Dr Crockett , it was changed and the money given to me that night . ’ |
| 2 | It may be possible to delete this provision if the Purchaser can be satisfied that it has had all the Business 's contracts disclosed to it one way or another . |
| 3 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 4 | The girl flashed one brief look in Hotspur 's direction , and for an instant the glitter of her eyes seemed to him hunted and wild . |
| 5 | The words seemed to him grudging , almost a small treachery . |
| 6 | Lydia thought that the harm done to us all on being born was irreversible but held her tongue . |
| 7 | The quality of their companionship seemed to me palpable in that coloured eight-by-five . |
| 8 | Bonanza boasted to me that with his organisation he 'd be sure and locate Connie himself within that time . |
| 9 | Even here , the test of imminence discussed in Moss v. McLachlan suggest that there must be a clear and present danger that the conduct in which he is engaging will give rise to a breach of the peace , and it is demonstrable that the constable has no reasonable alternative course of action open to him other than to ask the speaker to desist , as by , for example , calling for assistance . |
| 10 | This submission appears to us unsound on several grounds . |
| 11 | My grateful thanks go to them all . |
| 12 | He was the only father you 've ever known , so it is n't a crime to refer to him that way ! |
| 13 | My kids write to me all the time . ’ |
| 14 | Until recently loudspeakers had to he large to be effective . |
| 15 | Superintendent said to me one day , ‘ You do n't like this fellow very well . ’ |
| 16 | ( Princes ) do not have the right to say that they find the books dedicated to them atrocious or that the music which they play for them scorches their ears … |
| 17 | I think it takes you forty five minutes to listen to it all back again . |
| 18 | In fact , you know I 'm consciously now not to become a Welsh accent because if I 've got the Welsh accent added to it all it 'll be horrendous ! |
| 19 | Soon after I arrived , with the parish church nearly full ( it seats about 250 ) , Hartmut took a team of twelve out from the church to form a new congregation in a disused Brethren hall given to us free of charge . |
| 20 | Leys refers to them both , but only applies one to the Kenyan situation , that of the creation of state posts to absorb the unemployed surplus population formed by changing relations of production . |
| 21 | You want your parents to come to you first and they want you to come to see them . |
| 22 | The guard shouted to him three times but he took no notice at all . |
| 23 | So he 's got his nose to him like that and he says two so Robert Lindsay says to him free ! |
| 24 | Is the list going to have a new name from Northern Ireland added to it this season ? |
| 25 | 6.1 As respects all information as is directly or indirectly communicated to it by another Party ( hereinafter called the supplying Party ) under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Project ( including technical information or otherwise relating in any manner to the business or affairs of such other Party ) the recipient Party hereby undertakes to the supplying Party that it will until five years after Completion or abandonment of the Project treat the same as ( and use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the same be kept ) confidential and will not disclose the same to any other person without prior written consent of such other Party in each case except to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in or for the purposes of the exercise of the rights and licences granted to it pursuant to this Agreement . |
| 26 | I think yes er we have to accept that er the use classes order would allow that erm , but what we would anticipate is that in terms of I five , the local planning authority would be would allocate specific sites related to I five . |
| 27 | But that we become committed to it as the way to save the country and the peace appears to me full of dangers . ’ |
| 28 | ( 1 ) The defendants were the plaintiff 's agents for the sale of Caliban and as such owed him contractual and fiduciary duties to disclose to him all material matters concerning the sale so that he would be able to make an informed judgment as to what price to accept for Caliban. ( 2 ) The defendants were also under a fiduciary duty not to put themselves in a position where their duties to the plaintiff were in conflict with their own interests or those of any other of their clients . |
| 29 | When Disllokey nods to me this morning it is with a distant seriousness , as if he is already bracing himself to lose his identity in the harshly impersonal world across the water . |
| 30 | As some of Mr. Gould 's descriptions appeared to me brief , I have enlarged them , but have always endeavoured to retain his specific character ; so that , by this means , I trust I shall not throw any obscurity on what he considers the essential character in each case ; but at the same time , I hope , that these additional remarks may render the work more complete . |