Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking through an interpreter , Mr Usta said : ‘ As far as I can figure it out , one day before the operation the cheque was given by Dr Crockett , it was changed and the money given to me that night . ’ |
| 2 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 3 | Lydia thought that the harm done to us all on being born was irreversible but held her tongue . |
| 4 | The quality of their companionship seemed to me palpable in that coloured eight-by-five . |
| 5 | Bonanza boasted to me that with his organisation he 'd be sure and locate Connie himself within that time . |
| 6 | Even here , the test of imminence discussed in Moss v. McLachlan suggest that there must be a clear and present danger that the conduct in which he is engaging will give rise to a breach of the peace , and it is demonstrable that the constable has no reasonable alternative course of action open to him other than to ask the speaker to desist , as by , for example , calling for assistance . |
| 7 | This submission appears to us unsound on several grounds . |
| 8 | He was the only father you 've ever known , so it is n't a crime to refer to him that way ! |
| 9 | Superintendent said to me one day , ‘ You do n't like this fellow very well . ’ |
| 10 | In fact , you know I 'm consciously now not to become a Welsh accent because if I 've got the Welsh accent added to it all it 'll be horrendous ! |
| 11 | Soon after I arrived , with the parish church nearly full ( it seats about 250 ) , Hartmut took a team of twelve out from the church to form a new congregation in a disused Brethren hall given to us free of charge . |
| 12 | The guard shouted to him three times but he took no notice at all . |
| 13 | But that we become committed to it as the way to save the country and the peace appears to me full of dangers . ’ |
| 14 | Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there . |
| 15 | And er we used to get the work come to us all jumble up in waggons , and throw it onto a bench and then of course you 'd got to pick the top before you could turn it . |
| 16 | Miss O'Keeffe 's work suggests to me that kind of passionate mysticism that clouds the seeing eye with visions false to it , like some sweet drug . |
| 17 | Even though Common had returned to the team for the last month of the previous season and kept them up when relegation seemed inevitable , the club chairman offered him a free transfer providing he did n't claim the £250 benefit money promised to him earlier . |
| 18 | She shivered , her right hand moving restlessly towards the gold chain with its rectangular pendant which lay on the exposed skin of her neck above the scooped-out neckline of her dress : Rune 's parting gift given to her that dull morning when , after having insisted on collecting her from her hotel , he had driven her to the airport at Kastrup . |
| 19 | What gives you the right to talk to me this way ? |
| 20 | What she was doing seemed to her all utterly natural . |
| 21 | Alternatively , the vendor may require the purchaser to assign to it all rights against third parties but the purchaser will wish to restrict the vendor 's ability to commence proceeding against customers as this may affect the goodwill of the business ; ( h ) to limit some of the warranties to the best of the vendor 's knowledge , information and belief . |
| 22 | American intervention seems to me certain " . |
| 23 | The Secretary-General spoke to him earlier today and he agreed that C.W. should be in charge . ’ |
| 24 | I have a little announcement to make to you all . |
| 25 | before of silk attached to us all , |
| 26 | ‘ Now is your opportunity to put to me any questions you have on the detailed implications for the people of the World of the Council 's decisions . ’ |
| 27 | In the event of any Related company ceasing to be so related then ( unless the requisite rights are duly assigned to it by such Party by agreement ) each Party undertakes on request to grant to it continuing rights of a similar nature on fair and reasonable terms . |
| 28 | We would n't get the chance to listen to it all . |
| 29 | My wish for you is that in your travels you will discover in yourself a truer meaning of life , and will one day return to us enriched and mature from your experiences . |
| 30 | But as a first-half Merson free kick ricocheted to him eight yards from goal he miscued . |