Example sentences of "[pers pn] to [art] nearest " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will direct you to the nearest telephone which is free of charge . |
| 2 | I 'll have a police chopper waiting at Frankfurt Airport to fly you to the nearest airfield . ’ |
| 3 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 4 | ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative . |
| 5 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 6 | I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station . |
| 7 | ‘ Take me to the nearest train . |
| 8 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
| 9 | If you could just get me to the nearest station — ’ |
| 10 | But by the time he had gathered up her handbag and Lord Woodleigh 's camera , which had come to rest nearby , she was able slowly to make her way with them to the nearest point where the accident could be reported . |
| 11 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 12 | The parents of children found to be suffering from any illness at a fieldworker 's visit were advised to take them to the nearest health facility for diagnosis and treatment . |
| 13 | I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet . |
| 14 | He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there ! |
| 15 | Woolley chased him to the nearest bomb-crater . |
| 16 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 17 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 18 | She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village . |
| 19 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
| 20 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |
| 21 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 22 | Steering her to the nearest free table , he disappeared inside the café , to return almost at once with two brandies . |
| 23 | Travis was by her in two strides , helping her to the nearest chair . |
| 24 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
| 25 | Take it to the nearest station and get the Hell out of here before I change my mind about carting you . |
| 26 | With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog . |
| 27 | Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places . |
| 28 | how high is it to the nearest metre . |
| 29 | I measure sixty paces along the wall and then walk away from it to the nearest tree . |
| 30 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |