Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 2 | In all but one , the salesman went to great lengths to explain the engine and its features to my husband and to sell a car to me on the basis of its sleek lines or attractive upholstery . |
| 3 | ‘ Evil ’ , she wrote , ‘ does get into bricks , tragedy into mortar , ’ It is new light to me on the properties of bricks and mortar . |
| 4 | Mr Mr Donson , yes , oh that 's right , we posed a question to you on the elephant analogy . |
| 5 | As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time . |
| 6 | Some see it and have sound explanations , like one Magar lady in rural west central Nepal who gave a ten-minute lecture to me on the problems of the transference of fertility from forest to arable land , and changing uses of crop residues with increasing population pressure , that would have stood up well in a graduate seminar . |
| 7 | That is why the couple whisper and point to me on the bridge . |
| 8 | I think that Harold himself always had a feeling , despite the nine years between us , that my succession would not make enough difference between his regime and the next , and he mentioned this argument to me on the 17th . |
| 9 | He never troubled me again — in fact , he even used to say good morning to me on the way to school . |
| 10 | She 'd got through a call to him on the radio-phone that Kaptan was safe . |
| 11 | I took him to about twenty houses and had made love to him on the splintery boards of about half of them before he decided that this was not a suitable town for his mother to live in — too quiet , too far from London — and the estate agent , whose car had been left standing in leafy side-streets for too many unprofitable hours , gave me a week 's wages and said he thought another job might suit me better . |
| 12 | After a while he took off her cardigan and his jersey and then the rest of their clothes , and made love to her on the folk-weave bedspread of her university bed . |
| 13 | Her mind slid over this problem and rejected it , her thoughts returning to memories of Johnny as he had been when he had attempted to make love to her on the previous night . |
| 14 | She was flicked back against him , clamped closer with one powerful arm , and as he looked down at her , hard and intent , he made brief , rhythmic movements , flexing chest and thigh muscles to make her slide down his body , her heart hammering … he was practically making love to her on the dance-floor . |
| 15 | ‘ And when I kissed you it rushed through me , waves of it ; I could barely restrain myself , thought I was going to make love to you on the spot . |
| 16 | He felt like nursery food after the pummelling he 'd had during the meeting and that was the nearest thing to it on the menu . |
| 17 | He tendered a dry , crisp hand to her on the doorstep and inclined his head in farewell . |
| 18 | Do you remember saying goodbye to him on the wharf with Tim 's tiny topi sitting on top of his head to amuse you ? |