Example sentences of "[conj] to [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his last hours in this world , he found unspeakable comfort in thinking about some verses from Hebrews Ch.12 , ‘ But ye are come unto mount Sion , and unto the city of the living God , the heavenly Jerusalem , and to the innumerable company of angels , to the general assembly and church of the firstborn , which are written in heaven , and to God , the Judge of all , and to the spirits of just men made perfect , and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ’ . |
| 2 | Terry still made extravagant gestures of devotion to Sarah but to Joe the situation seemed much as it was when he was last at home . |
| 3 | But to Harriet the grandeur and studied comfort were somehow artificial , the atmosphere more reminiscent of a luxury hotel than a home . |
| 4 | But to Eliot the power lay in the letter rather than in the spirit — hence his famous remark that ‘ the spirit killeth while the letter giveth life ’ — and all his memorable lines of verse exemplified that . |
| 5 | But to Kylie the incident was just a re-run of thousands she had lived through before . |