Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Eva took to it like a duck to water . |
| 32 | The King was glad enough to have Kyrenia delivered to him through fire and through illness : it spared lives , no doubt , in the end . |
| 33 | Pauline Singleton wrote to me regarding her success on the Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 34 | He added : ‘ Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh said to me after the European Championship in Sweden , ‘ You 'll be surprised how you feel — it took me two years to feel they were my players . ’ |
| 35 | That 's what it is Martin , confirmation really of what er Mick said to you in that interview , Steve , Tommy two , three but playing at central defence , Dean 'll be the skipper playing in midfield , Michael at the heart of the defence , Phil in midfield , Paul wears seven but will play up front , er Mark at eight in midfield , wears nine , well that 's a bit of nonsense is n't i in terms of numbering , cos he 's gon na play at left back not at centre forward , Gary is ten , Tony eleven , then on the bench , really good to see David and Rod , Bob 's there as well along with er Paul and that 's er possibly a a first chance for the youngster there , and Michael who has been bloodied already but er a little bit of experience in and er the youngsters , and as I say again it 's really good to see and in the number and er I 'm still practising and I shall give you the Pisa team when you return to the er rather sodden Lane with the spectators all huddled towards the back of the stands to get er extra protection from the er rain that 's being swept a on to the stands and er has obliterated the markings on the pitch . |
| 36 | ‘ My wife does n't want you hanging around her like a pet dog , ’ Nahum said to him after the service one Sunday morning . |
| 37 | Royston Marley comes to us from Ross Chicken Ltd . |
| 38 | He resented the assertion of Aquitainian authority coming hard on the heels of the Grandmont meeting and when Count William turned to him for help he responded by raiding the Vexin to draw Henry back north . |
| 39 | ‘ Has Philippe talked to her about Gebrec 's disappearance ? ’ |
| 40 | When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece . |
| 41 | Fernando turned to her from the fridge where he was taking out a bottle of wine . |
| 42 | Mr goes to her in English then , do n't you ever stop writing Billy on your books ? |
| 43 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 44 | If she had had it in her power to change anything in that one moment , it would be for Matthew to come to her as a friend . |
| 45 | He seemed to her to be too splendid to wash dishes ; even Glyn would not think of it , and Alain seemed to her to be a figure of towering importance , the most masculine man she had ever seen . |
| 46 | Donald Crubach played to him by the hour . |
| 47 | Alyce Faye chats to me about Cynthia , John and Connie Booth 's daughter . |
| 48 | The banks ' role in the economy is thus crucial , and this was underlined when Chancellor Kohl turned to them for help in rebuilding East Germany . |
| 49 | Faye turned to her on a suppressed sigh . |
| 50 | Jackson turned to me with pleading in his voice . |
| 51 | Worse , I could see clearly the image of Mala clinging to him within the circle of the powerful golden arm . |
| 52 | Before she left for Moscow , Semenyaka talked to me about the British public 's fond picture of Russians as a nation of artists , who dance because they need to . |
| 53 | Patterson listened to me in silence , then said , ‘ I just do n't believe it , ’ a couple of times to himself . |
| 54 | She might even , he suggested , as they went to the stairs , benefit from a quiet winter with her sister to help and think what joy lay ahead with Oreste brought to her at last . |
| 55 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 56 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 57 | Julia listened to it with professional interest , expecting the usual Nazi defence of obedience to superior orders . |
| 58 | I thought that , and I 'm not an expert in but I thought this was a penetrating critique and all goes well for how the department is handling in a very difficult starting situation , a most important matter but there is Mr spoke to me about this paper and er I think we will have to hear what Mr had to say , I do n't know who 's going to report that . |
| 59 | She was n't at all surprised , though , when Stephen spoke to her after a long telephone conversation with Robert Leyton , later that evening . |
| 60 | As the secretary of the ISS wrote to her in November 1943 : |