Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the present she mostly enjoyed herself , or had so far : ‘ I 've been sad so often yet from day to day I 've enjoyed everything that was going . ’ |
| 2 | And meanwhile we 'll keep going you know and er and do what we have to do which is to make sure that when they get dow when they get round to that table sitting down that well certainly the the quarry men are not gon na be hungry if if you know what I mean I mean they they gon na sit there with full bellies in a sense that they 're not gon na be starved back and I mean th that sounds rather dramatic and a cliched but I mean when you 're living on the bread line and expecting money from week to week I mean that 's what it 's all about is n't it you know and and the food parcel . |
| 3 | Third , she claims to have authorisation from Mephistco to boot me off the assignment . |
| 4 | From wharf to palazzo I have quested , 'countering gallants and monstrosities . |
| 5 | Her only aim in life is to produce more children than me , and to keep Jacob from growing to love me . |
| 6 | Yes chair in , in relation to publicity I mean th there 's one sole objective and that 's in relation to the ballot concerning unison . |
| 7 | In relation to policy I five if I may . |
| 8 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |
| 9 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 10 | He was reaching out from death to hurt me in the same old way , only this time I did n't have to know . |
| 11 | From time to time I have had vivid dreams in which the Majestic has again been open for business , the glass cases full of photographs , lit up , with posters advertising wonderful movies covering the outside walls . |
| 12 | From time to time I took in little details of his face : his small , neat ears round which the moonlight-blond locks curled ; the light golden stubble round his laughing mouth ; the rather dry , sensuous yet slightly cruel lips ; the perfect column of the neck and throat emerging from his open shirt , unbuttoned to give me — was it deliberate ? — a shadowy glimpse of a dark nipple in a hairless chest , the beautifully smooth breast of an ancient god . |
| 13 | Then there would be silence , but from time to time I should receive a ‘ chit ’ from regimental HQ to say that all was well . |
| 14 | FROM time to time I read about the Turin shroud . |
| 15 | From time to time I have encountered mains transformers which have twin 240 volt primary windings . |
| 16 | I give these bibliographical details because from time to time I get asked for them by collectors and booksellers . |
| 17 | And the human frame on to which I had grafted this delusion had definitely left Cliff Top , but despite this , from time to time I would come across what seemed like obscure messages , quirkily encoded , that threatened to upset my peace of mind . |
| 18 | There were lights in the new buildings , and from time to time I heard people shouting and laughing . |
| 19 | From time to time I 'd close my eyes |
| 20 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |
| 21 | From time to time I shall send one or other of them to you with documents to examine , and it would be helpful , I think , if you looked in periodically to study our work in progress . " |
| 22 | From time to time I meet representatives of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce , or of individual chambers of commerce , to discuss industrial and trade policy . |
| 23 | From time to time I read about the views of the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , ( Mr. Dobson ) but I was also interested to read over my cornflakes on Saturday morning the Labour party briefing to the effect that we were not to take the hon. Gentleman too seriously . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but from things he let drop from time to time I think there probably was . |
| 25 | Now to do that effectively I think it 's essential that I get you to participate in what 's happening so from time to time I 'm going to ask you to answer questions , sometimes by writing them down , sometimes by shows of hands erm sometimes by er reacting back erm to the questions that I ask . |
| 26 | from time to time I am having to call on my rusty knowledge of French to make myself understood . |
| 27 | And I say that because from time to time I 've had lessons completely interrupted by kids taking the ball and running with it and I 've just sat there , it 's been brilliant ! |
| 28 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 29 | In looking at routes to permanence I have already indicated that I believe that long-term fostering will be the best route for a number , albeit a diminishing number , of children in care . |