Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right across the village , men and women stooped over , black forms against a world of white , shovelling great heaps of snow and tumbling them to the ground in frothy white cascades . |
| 2 | However , encouraging them to the extent that they can be relied upon to keep roses clean is hardly practical . |
| 3 | After fulling , the cloth was well rinsed and , now reduced from 35″ to 27″ in width , was taken to the tenter ground to be stretched to shape by fastening hooks in the selvedge and attaching them to the tenter frames . |
| 4 | Mr R. Batson , Hyssington for preparing the plans and submitting them to the Local Authority for planning permission . |
| 5 | But the scream seemed to go on and on , rooting them to the spot . |
| 6 | Printers began the errata business very early , for a 1478 edition of Juvenal lists mistakes on two leaves , the printer attributing them to the carelessness of a workman . |
| 7 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 8 | Bringing them to the brink of consummation and then forcing them to retreat either because of an interruption or because one or both of the lovers suffer from doubt or shame is an appropriate Silhouette device . |
| 9 | The faithful in Scotland called Elgin Cathedral ‘ The Lanthorn of the North ’ , drawing them to the peace and Christian power of the place , and its light still shines through the ruined windows and stone crosses : moss , whether on old garden walls , or as here , in ancient grounds , encourages reflection . |
| 10 | However , drawing them to the attention of the group is likely to lead to instant denial . |
| 11 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 12 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 13 | so the whole fucking tent shuffle 's round , he said , you remember you are part of the British army , if you disobey orders you will be brought up on charges , by the left quick march , and he 's fucking walking them to the sea |
| 14 | They 're keeping me to the contract … wanting their pound o ’ flesh . |
| 15 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 16 | She left the kitchen to dress while they lamented their miserable exis-tences , and more often than not , she came back from driving them to the bus stop to throw their breakfasts in the garbage . |
| 17 | At home many people have a personal medication routine such as taking medications orally ; inhaling them from a nasal spray ; applying them to the skin ; putting medicated drops or ointment into the eye ; injecting them from a syringe ; inserting them in the form of a suppository into the rectum or in the form of a pessary into the vagina . |
| 18 | So you know what this is a measure of it 's not a measure of anything it does n't mean that one group 's done better than the others it just means that 's the way it 's been measured the work that they 've done has been measured by another group which is n't good or bad it 's just hopefully picking out the important criteria and applying them to the work that we 've done and the notes we 've produced and the way we 've marked other people 's . |
| 19 | The trouble was this : although the native dispenser had applied Dr Dunstaple 's treatments on numerous occasions under his direction , he was overcome by stage-fright at the prospect of applying them to the Doctor Sahib himself . |
| 20 | The principles can be demonstrated by applying them to the design of a stepped shaft where a maximum stress concentration factor has been specified . |
| 21 | Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night . |
| 22 | ‘ Jared , ’ said his wife in the motor returning them to the embassy , ‘ was that necessary , or wise ? ’ |
| 23 | The ecological significance of these precipitation figures in terms of soil moisture may be judged by relating them to the amount of moisture lost through evaporation and transpiration over a given period . |
| 24 | Many of the great fortunes in this country are still in the hands of the landed aristocracy who tend to be preoccupied with maintaining their great estates and country houses , no doubt feeling that opening them to the public is in itself a form of patronage . |
| 25 | Farmers and landowners are being offered annual payments of up to £300 per hectare for conserving and re-creating traditional English habitats and opening them to the public . |
| 26 | THE Uranus-Neptune contact is aimed at changing your personal horizons in the sense of opening you to the idea that life can be different — and so can you . |
| 27 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 28 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 29 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 30 | In a flash , Mait backhanded Ace across the jaw , knocking her to the ground . |