Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] this to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As a parting pleasantry , I reported this to Mrs Brown , our Cardington Road billetor . |
| 3 | When I reported this to Control , Donleavy told me to warn Hurley , who told me to mind my own business . |
| 4 | I mentioned this to Miss Stetson . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When I put this to Charlie he almost choked with laughter . |
| 7 | How could I do this to Lalage . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Declan , Will you send this to Sgt Wilko ? |
| 11 | From white leather to white mink … she wore this to switchBletchley 's Christmas lights on . |
| 12 | ’ You mean you did this to Fred . ’ |
| 13 | She did this to Marianne Prommeger , a tall Austrian , in her first fight to earn a decision . |
| 14 | Do you know when you take this to school your teacher will listen to it |
| 15 | No — you take this to France tomorrow . |
| 16 | How can we relate this to learning English . |
| 17 | When we put this to MacDonald , he claimed that since Dr Mykura 's departure AMS has made ‘ significant ’ advances . |
| 18 | When we brought this to Lowe 's attention they said they were working on the problem . |
| 19 | Most frequently we do this to people we are close to , and to people with whom we think we 've got a lot in common . |
| 20 | How could they do this to Clare , who loved to play games ? |
| 21 | They showed this to Auntie Lou and she gave them a frame so that they could hang it in their bedroom , but they did n't look at it much . |
| 22 | Let me put this to Geoffrey Hoskin , Professor Hoskin we 've heard of a people ruled by Tsars and then by , is there going to be any thing but anarchy now ? |
| 23 | When he took his BA at Oxford Wren 's forename was Percy ; during his years in the IES he changed this to Percival , and it was only when he became an author that he added Christopher . |
| 24 | He mentioned this to Gurder . |
| 25 | He says this to Eddie , who does n't exactly deny the lawyer 's gut feeling . |
| 26 | He told this to Dr Schäfer , the Intendant or general director of the theatre at Stuttgart , who published it after John 's death , spelling the hypothetical name differently on various occasions . |
| 27 | He handed this to Quentin . |
| 28 | He put this to Gina but she was not very sympathetic . |
| 29 | The handbills bear the slogan , ‘ He did this to Mary Lou , Betty Jo , Crissie Leigh , Rachael-Rose and the United States of America . ’ |