Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of Alan Charlton , he has these six very fine grey panels , by very fine I just mean they are handsomely proportioned , they are very carefully coloured to a very precise , not just colour but also weight of colour and brightness and so on , but the way they 're shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition , and this is part of it 's stupidity , is , well I got the feeling it was intended to kill them to stone dead by putting them next to something very loud , very elaborate , very expressionist , a vast canvass by a very good painter by Mutter . |
| 2 | Perhaps she had intended to restore it to working order but with increasing age had n't been able to summon the energy or enthusiasm to cope with the disturbance . |
| 3 | She certainly would n't want to drive them to London . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've come to find out what you 've done with Kirsty — and when you intend returning her to Lomond View . ’ |
| 5 | To understand this point one has to ask how the family has been internally regulated , given that law has claimed no hortatory function over family behaviour and has limited itself to dispute-resolution when things go wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ Since the board has elected as a matter of practice not to give reasons , and has given none to Mr. Cunningham , it has been bound by its own logic not to attempt to justify for the benefit of the court the figure awarded . |
| 7 | I 've got this feeling that she has given it to Sophie |
| 8 | And and er say send something to William George , or something involving the magistrates cos he was chairman of the of the er of the er |
| 9 | The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has committed itself to reforms that will speed up the approval of drugs and reduce development costs . |
| 10 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 11 | And whatever it was , Slorne now tried to communicate it to Creggan . |
| 12 | His address to army officers clearly underlined the split between the army and Prime minister Nawaz Sharif 's civilian government which has confined itself to condemnation of the large scale bombing of Iraq . |
| 13 | If a court has sentenced somebody to prison for an excessive length of time , there is already a sentencing council — the Court of Appeal , which can reduce the sentence . |
| 14 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 15 | I think , I think that last erm break in has done it to death has n't it ? |
| 16 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an offduty police Inspector David Cammish and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 17 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an off-duty police inspector , David Cammish , and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 18 | An election candidate has made it to Number 10 — in the pop charts with Evapor-8 . |
| 19 | The author displays a perfect mastery of his subject ; his legendary library has helped him to single out a wealth of comparable material , and his practical knowledge of specific features of construction and style extends to such details as , for example , Riesener 's handmade steel screws . |
| 20 | Our questionnaire is designed to help you to sharp-focus on your own ‘ natural nature ’ . |
| 21 | UNO 's acceptance of US campaign fund donations and Mrs Chamorro 's appointment of the former contra director , Afredo Cesar , as her adviser , has opened her to charges of collaborating with the US . |
| 22 | UNO 's acceptance of US campaign fund donations and Mrs Chamorro 's appointment of the former contra director , Afredo Cesar , as her adviser , has opened her to charges of collaborating with the US . |
| 23 | Margaret Farley , who founded the bookshop in 1989 , has sold it to Susan Taylor and Michael Abrahams . |
| 24 | Psychology has dissected him to death . |
| 25 | The awful truth of Penny 's childhood and young womanhood is that the abuse never ended — and someone with the right counselling skills has to help her to unburden herself . |
| 26 | Likewise in archaeology AMS has enabled us to date samples as minute as individual seeds , which can tell us a great deal about the origins of agriculture and the domestication of cereals . |
| 27 | Critics say that Televisa 's near-monopoly of television has enabled it to blacklist artists who deal with its rivals . |
| 28 | Firstly , you must accept the weather because you will need to use it to advantage , particularly in crosswinds and on downwind holes . |
| 29 | Ken took Apricot with him on gigs for a time and quite enjoyed it , but found getting her to school and organizing her clothes and meals onerous . |
| 30 | We are excited as a group in knowing God has called us to India but we realise how much we need Him in order for us to be effective . |