Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She always was a bit ‘ igh and mighty for the likes of us , but I did ‘ ear mention that Kitty had been to see her at London University . ’ |
| 2 | I think the police should have been to see her within hours and not waited four years to see her . ’ |
| 3 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 4 | Robert said he 'd been to see you in Brno recently ; hope it was a good weekend . |
| 5 | Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research . |
| 6 | ‘ My orders , little friar , are that you are to accompany me into Cheapside to a tavern called the Bear and Ragged Staff . |
| 7 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 8 | Perhaps er er another way of looking at this would be to see it in terms of rightist deviations and leftist deviations and one might see erm the er the moderate policies er of thirty seven to forty nine i in a sense as being erm a rightist deviation , one might see forty six forty seven as being leftist deviations and the left is seeking to overcome rightist deviations , the right seeking to overcome leftist deviations and you 've got some kind of oscillation between the two . |
| 9 | However , a more practical way of looking at D dorian would be to compare it to D major . |
| 10 | If you do not know what documents you have and how they relate to one another , your priority should be to put them in order rather than to transfer them to an electronic system . |
| 11 | The ‘ aim should be to use them for purposes compatible with the Green Belt as set out in Circular 14/84 which can include institutional uses ’ . |
| 12 | If your debtor has money and no legitimate excuse for not paying what he owes you , the only solution may be to take him to court . |
| 13 | Perhaps the thing to do would be to translate it into French and back again . |
| 14 | The best method would be to attach it to cardboard or hardboard . |
| 15 | Around him the usual Massgoers , Benedicta included , watched fascinated as Athelstan urged the soul to go out to meet his Christ , whilst he , Athelstan , priest of that church , summoned God 's army to meet this unfortunate man 's soul ; they were to lead it into Paradise and ensure it did not fall into the hands of Satan . |
| 16 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 17 | Whether an OCL waybill would be subject to Hague or Hague-Visby rules if it were to incorporate them by reference , and whether if applied , these rules would exclude inconsistent contractual clauses seems to vary from statute to statute . |
| 18 | In the following car were the Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma who were to accompany us to London . |
| 19 | This may seem a minor disagreement , but if you were to question me about Panofsky , I would have to say that the disagreement was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 20 | The intention being to keep them at Georgia Griffiths house … even though she made no real profit from the deal . |
| 21 | Some of you er may take it amiss if I were to describe you as veterans but my by contrast , this is my first annual public meeting and not just as chairman . |
| 22 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 23 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 24 | Burghley Park became his study and there he formulated his religious ideas which were to alienate him from society for the rest of his life . |
| 25 | Probably written in the winter of 1857 , those two words were to propel him into prominence and , ultimately , the White House as newspapers across the country broadcast his speech ( est. $300,000–500,000 ; £196,000–327,000 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Master Shallot , ’ she called in her beautiful French voice , ‘ my husband says you are to join us in France . ’ |
| 27 | One way of understanding the world is to see it in terms of the relationships within and between a set of interrelated systems , as described in the opening paragraph of this chapter . |
| 28 | A fun solution is to treat them to finger food . |
| 29 | The greatest good we can do to people is to treat them with compassion , courtesy and respect . |
| 30 | Nowadays , the practice is to pass it through rollers without the outer bran layer , which is then added to the flour at a later stage . |