Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 2 | An electronic system 's been introduced to alert them to any emergency . |
| 3 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 4 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 5 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 6 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 7 | They took their toys to The Priory Church of England School and sold them to each other to help the starving in Somalia . |
| 8 | Beside him , the Substitute burst into delighted laughter and said , ‘ Maestrangelo , introduce me to this man ! ’ |
| 9 | I 've given them to that solicitor that |
| 10 | They do n't refuse male customers , they simply sub contract them to another firm . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ We can have DSS men drive to deliver claims forms to hippie itinerants contributing nothing to this country . |
| 12 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 13 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 14 | I was dead happy there and then , all of a sudden , they came one day and just moved me to another home . |
| 15 | The famous ‘ secrecy ’ of the Messiah in St Mark 's Gospel , for instance ( 'See thou say nothing to any man' ) , does not really fit into either of Lewis 's categories of raving lunatic or self-proclaimed Divinity . |
| 16 | To illustrate this point , I have given an example of a pattern for a knitted rectangle here in all three types of pattern notation , so that you will be able to relate them to each other . |
| 17 | In terms of Weber 's call for adequacy both at the level of meaning and at the causal level , there is argument at both levels , which , of course , much complicates questions of how to relate them to each other . |
| 18 | Consider the rule that , when being with one person and meeting another , one should introduce them to each other . |
| 19 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 20 | He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation . |
| 21 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 22 | I think she felt awkward , because she quickly helped me to more raspberry-fool . |
| 23 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 24 | As the name implies they do not harden permanently but will soften repeatedly if one subjects them to some temperature between about 100° and 150°C . |
| 25 | These five steps are a counsel of perfection , but most surveys can include them to some degree . |
| 26 | Of course we knew we were going to marry , we promised ourselves to each other when she was only sixteen . |
| 27 | He left the sentence hanging as he helped himself to more rum . |
| 28 | He helped himself to another brandy and waved the bottle before Herr Nordern 's eyes . |
| 29 | The Brigadier seemed to be thinking furiously as he helped himself to another glass of port . |
| 30 | Today when the four younger boys left for school , Jack helped himself to another cup of tea . |