Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been slowly starving us to death , ’ they said . |
| 2 | Rose shut herself into her office , grimly applying herself to routine . |
| 3 | Finally Ayatollah Khomeini had reclaimed his mantle as the most radical of the Imams by proclaiming a fatwa against Rushdie in February 1989 , effectively condemning him to death . |
| 4 | While the shame of the public defamation felt by the typical Nazi lawyer was allegedly almost enough to drive him to suicide , reactions of astonishment , disbelief , anxiety , and criticism can be read between the lines of the responses from judges and the justice administration , and the most outspoken reaction was that the Führer had been badly misinformed and his ‘ wholly unexpected attack on justice ’ much ‘ discussed and criticized ’ . |
| 5 | In the wild most of the eggs or fry of this type of spawner are eaten , but just enough make it to adulthood to keep the population steady . |
| 6 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 7 | Dis poetry nar put yu to sleep |
| 8 | And Y ? is the reason I can not find a genuinely happy ending to this story ; there seems to be a choice between adding poisonous chemicals and not — both of which apparently lend themselves to doom and disaster for the earth and its creatures , rather than sweetness and happiness ever after . |
| 9 | Essentially it is the ultimate perfection — a hostile critic might say ‘ emasculation ’ — of Netherland polyphony , its florid elements pruned , its dissonances disguised or mollified by preparation and other devices which so lend themselves to codification that ‘ the style of Palestrina ’ has become the ideal model for students of sixteenth-century composition . |
| 10 | Er basically stuffing yourself to excess for two weeks . |
| 11 | You 'd better invite her to lunch . ’ |
| 12 | Possibly because BIS confines itself to activity in the academic , college and research libraries ( where most library instruction takes place ) , and the various committees have set themselves more specific tasks , BIS seems to be a more successful co-operative and co-ordinating agency than LIRT . |
| 13 | This more dynamic model of natural relationships would become an integral part of Darwin 's thinking , but it was not by itself enough to convert him to evolutionism . |
| 14 | She was vaguely conscious of passing through occasional stations but she did n't wake up until a soft shaking of her shoulder gently brought her to life . |
| 15 | The mortgage company had acted with forbearance , only taking them to court as a last resort . |
| 16 | The real mystery about his story is not why two wives refused to make love to him , but how he stopped talking about himself long enough to invite them to bed in the first place . |
| 17 | In a flash of inspiration , they replaced the oil with mashed bananas , which lubricated the engine just long enough to get them to civilisation . |
| 18 | He thinks it 's because of the sausages that people do n't like him enough to ask him to tea ; but it is n't really . |
| 19 | You 'll only frighten her to death . ’ |
| 20 | It will only turn her to stone , I promise you . |
| 21 | TV star Bill Cosby comes second with almost £200 million but even singer Michael Jackson only makes it to No 7 , according to black newspaper The Weekly Journal . |
| 22 | I have long been suspicious of the official line that terminal bonuses are directly attributed to investment surplus and that poor value on death or on policy premium amendment is the price for higher returns if you are lucky enough to make it to retirement . |
| 23 | She had him completely relaxed , and wallowing in her fellation , as she worked patiently to bring him to orgasm . |
| 24 | ‘ Which does rather bring me to flaw number two . |
| 25 | Prosperity eventually drove him to expenditure , acquiring servants and carriages , and building Highfield House , with its billiard-room , library , ornamental gardens , and lodge . |
| 26 | They remained fearful of the opening of any loophole that would more easily expose them to fraud or abuse of the credit they had extended in good faith . |
| 27 | She finally made it to university , after which to my regret I lost touch with her . |
| 28 | Lucky Langdon , who is not normally a cautious person , believes this is unlikely , given the current opinion poll rating , and that the best bet wold be the Conservatives winning the most seats , but without an overall majority — thus returning them to power as a minority government . |
| 29 | I think people should try and help women , not just send them to prison . |
| 30 | if you let him though he 'll , he 'll stay up all night and read to you and things like that , but no , just send him to bed . |