Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had ever favoured Em — there were no two ways about it — and Em had been quite wrong to post herself to Norfolk in the first place . |
| 2 | This rarity — for a woman to have so much power and influence — caused some to compare her to Elizabeth . |
| 3 | MORAL panic is one of the more enduring items on the domestic cultural menu and in a month of fatal stabbings , horrific child murder and economic gloom , society seems once again all too willing to frighten itself to death . |
| 4 | Initially what we should all do is go back and look at those draft guidelines for the registration of nursing homes and be prepared to pull them to pieces , not so much for what they are saying but for what they are not saying and ought to be saying in order to be relevant . |
| 5 | But she could find a job and a furnished flat , and then she 'd be free , free to give herself to Nicolo as his lover … |
| 6 | If your interception angle is over 30° , then be prepared to reduce it to 30° ( plus drift ) , when the QDMs indicate that you are 10° to 15° off track . |
| 7 | Assuming that Professor Vessey is willing to allow us to film , the arrangements will be as follows . |
| 8 | Julian Bailey , despite failing to qualify his Lotus 102B at Phoenix , is understood to be prepared to commit himself to Lotus for the entire season — if Martin Donnelly is n't fit enough to race — backed by a personal investment of up to £75,000 , earned during two years with the Group C Nissan team . |
| 9 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 10 | Keep receipts for things you buy abroad and be prepared to show them to customs . |
| 11 | The jury will be ‘ death qualified ’ ( in the case of Alabama capital law ) : all jurors have to believe in capital punishment , and be prepared to sentence someone to death . |
| 12 | We find it difficult to know how to obtain samples of families with recent baptisms , so we enlist the help of some local clergy who are interested , and we find that it seems simpler to restrict ourselves to baptism within the Anglican Church , since other baptisms in nonconformist churches and chapels suggest that the parents are of some definite religious following . |
| 13 | If it was agreeable with Ellie , he would be delighted to escort her to dinner and the opera on Saturday . |
| 14 | A car is picking me up at 1.30 to take me to Thames T.V. to be made up as a Chinese coolie . |
| 15 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 16 | He wants everyone to know that the Welsh selectors were right to prefer him to Colin Stephens for the game against Scotland . |
| 17 | The assembly passed it to presbyteries and they in turn passed it on through their billets to ministers who in turn were supposed to pass it to sessions and it was supposed to be discussed at session level and turned down to ordinary congregations . |
| 18 | I was glad to send her to Lowood . |
| 19 | I 'm not likely to take anyone to court . ’ |
| 20 | TELEVISION 'S merciless eye does footballers few favours and perhaps it is unfair to take them to task too readily for their occasional excesses . |
| 21 | Constanza shelved it by promising to take him to Rome after the war for some slap-up ceremony ; meanwhile they made do before a registrar . |
| 22 | At this rate we 'll be lucky to make it to Makassar before the next monsoon ! " |
| 23 | Their numbers are comparatively small , most receive cautions and they are less likely to make it to court . |
| 24 | It would of course be possible to give them to clarinets and bassoons ( let us hope that no one would wish to use an oboe for the top note of the chords — it would be terribly nasal and obtrusive here , on its bottom notes ) , but the low-placed clarinets would sound rather hollow and ‘ woody ’ for the rich effect we have in mind . |
| 25 | AIDS is , and if the gays do not respect self control , then the rest of us will be entitled to ask whether , having acquired human rights , they are unwilling to extend them to others . |
| 26 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 27 | In fact , it 's quite useful to expose him to people from outside the Unit , within reason . |
| 28 | ‘ Could have had a sudden shock , ’ snorted Naseby , forgetting which side he was on , and unwilling to concede anything to Auguste . |
| 29 | It might not be too late to invite him to dinner , If he 's got nothing else planned . |
| 30 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |