Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I became allergic to Durex so I went back on the Pill , a different one . |
| 2 | He was transferred to London , I got married to Stephen , and we lost touch . ’ |
| 3 | I you we I got used to Wendy 's . |
| 4 | Although I was tempted to think that such a short time would make no difference , I knew that when I got near to Kano , if I got that far , every minute would count . |
| 5 | When I recounted this to Jean-Claude , he said that innocent peasants regarded frequent bathing as some sort of health precaution , associated with the depravity of the city . |
| 6 | This I found impossible to date . |
| 7 | As a parting pleasantry , I reported this to Mrs Brown , our Cardington Road billetor . |
| 8 | When I reported this to Control , Donleavy told me to warn Hurley , who told me to mind my own business . |
| 9 | I mentioned this to Miss Stetson . |
| 10 | When I described this to M. Bellin , the secretary at the consulate , he told me of having seen an ostrich trying to rape a donkey . |
| 11 | Most if not all the cases we get in Easton , I 'd honest to God say the victim was asking for it.PC . |
| 12 | As I came nearer to Lilliput , I saw the King and all his lords and ladies standing on the beach . |
| 13 | I confess that more than once I came near to tears , eyes as misted as the beautiful stage setting of Günther Schneider-Siemssen . |
| 14 | When I put this to Charlie he almost choked with laughter . |
| 15 | How could I do this to Lalage . |
| 16 | What if something like this you know if I give this to Arthur and John and say er they just joined I give them this , this personal development plan , who should it put pressure on should do , yeah cos you should be going up to them and saying well I 'm supposed to have done you know X Y Y and they go ah yeah , and then they go up with these excuses yeah . |
| 17 | I sit and read and I 'm tightening up like this and I like that to sort of |
| 18 | I get used to being whatever |
| 19 | Mind , I get bored to tears with doing this every damn day ! |
| 20 | Funny thing , I felt close to Connie , yet I 'd never laid eyes on her . |
| 21 | I felt close to tears to think he doubted my word . |
| 22 | But the fact remains that , while other people were shivering and in obvious discomfort , I felt impervious to cold . |
| 23 | DEEP in the frozen wastes of Canada I felt near to tears as I watched a fluffy baby seal gaze adoringly into its mother 's eyes . |
| 24 | I went first to Sheikha Grandmother to make my good morning , then greeted all the others in turn . |
| 25 | On the eve of polling day I listened appalled to Mr Hurd , on Newsnight , saying amen to Bryan Gould 's guff about creating ‘ a fairer society ’ . |
| 26 | Owen made his on a December day in Washington at the Jefferson Memorial , a grim day , when he had discovered that his father was dying : ‘ And I do n't know whether many of you know , but around the ceiling , engraved in the marble , is a statement that was made once … and I guess I took that to heart . ’ |
| 27 | I took six to Ireland one year . |
| 28 | ‘ I said that to Daddy yesterday . ’ |
| 29 | The scene of the Sufi scholar in his room was straight out of a detail from the Anvar-i Suhayli — or indeed any of the illuminated Mughal manuscript books — and I said this to Dr Jaffery . |
| 30 | Well I prefer that to Victoria Wood ! |