Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been slowly starving us to death , ’ they said . |
| 2 | They are perhaps owe something to the tabloid newspapers and colour supplements , as these have emerged in the post-war years , with their high illustrative content and minimal text . |
| 3 | ‘ We are not taking you to an uncivilised place , Jenna , ’ he murmured . |
| 4 | But once we do so , once we see that by calling God ‘ transcendent ’ we are not banishing Him to some distant celestial isle from which to look down on us , then it becomes easier and not harder to understand His presence . |
| 5 | Opposition forwards are not committing themselves to the ruck or maul . |
| 6 | We are not confining ourselves to small-animal work . |
| 7 | You are not to show it to him ! ’ |
| 8 | Right you 're just explaining it to me ? |
| 9 | I 'd like to do that , but you 're just giving one to the Conservatives . |
| 10 | You 're not taking it to my house ! |
| 11 | ‘ We 're not asking him to . |
| 12 | You 're not asking me to and there therefore therefore |
| 13 | Oh sorry Carrie , I hope we 're not putting you to too much trouble are we here ? |
| 14 | such as this year 's figures you know they 're not paying you to somebody over the phone and expect to remember of course they ca n't so I 've got the detail that I need to keep looking at , and there about that 's about it . |
| 15 | Most of my comment will be related to the methodology of selection of the site of any new settlement , and not to the question of need which we 're now addressing ourselves to . |
| 16 | I think it will a long way , but you 're quite to draw it to us , and to ask us to set out on that road . |
| 17 | Please do n't think you 're doing your horse a favour in cold weather by shutting his top door , because you 're actually subjecting him to all sorts of health hazards . |
| 18 | ‘ People are always comparing us to Bogshed ’ , slurs Carl in the band van after the third encore and the obligatory dressing room conversation with two fully grown men with Baldrick haircuts , plastic carrier bags , tatty combat jackets , thick lensed NHS glasses and lots and lots of badges . |
| 19 | By asserting it , however , we are also committing ourselves to a general conditional proposition of a standard kind . |
| 20 | She said and I 'm not leaving her to you see ! |
| 21 | Oh well I I 'm not expecting it to be a , a miracle . |
| 22 | I 'm not attaching it to you this time at all |
| 23 | I 'm not forcing them to be anything because we have other bands and artists who we can force and push to success . |
| 24 | well I , well that 's why I 'm not putting it to the vote |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to , ’ he said coldly . |
| 26 | I 'm not asking you to . |
| 27 | It costs thirteen shillings instead of twelve-and-six for the standard brands , so I 'm not giving it to heathens who spoil its flavour with ice . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm not giving it to you out of charity , I 'm giving it as a present to my son . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not doing anything to you , ’ he breathed into her ear , ‘ we 're doing it to each other . ’ |
| 30 | You , I 'm not doing anything to you and I 'll flatten you if you do that again ! |