Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adrian asked them the way to Woodbrook , then came back and told me that there was a ruined castle behind the shop . |
| 2 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 3 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 4 | In return for all this , Sir George handed them the deeds to Maran Hill , still unmortaged ; and he assigned his heavily mortgaged lands around Stockton . |
| 5 | As I handed them the keys to their new home it was like unlocking the door to their future happiness . ’ |
| 6 | The landlord showed me the way to the railway station and off I went . |
| 7 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 8 | Wemmick , Mr Jaggers ' clerk , showed me the way to Mr Pocket 's rooms . |
| 9 | ‘ Tante grazie , Benito , ’ Lucenzo muttered to the boatman , who handed him the keys to the ignition . |
| 10 | ‘ When Data General showed us the changeover to the AV4100 , it took an hour , ’ says Geoffrey Holmes , a former publisher of ACCOUNTANCY who has been helping to re-implement the system . |
| 11 | The police have told how the youths who had abducted James asked those who challenged them the way to Walton Hall police station . |
| 12 | He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning . |
| 13 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 14 | Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave . |
| 15 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 16 | This gave them the key to predicting both the location and approximate intensity of the earthquakes , with a delay of between 7 and 11 hours from the prediction to the event . |
| 17 | ‘ When I last had the pleasure of meeting your honour , I gave you the answer to that one . |
| 18 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 19 | As the man at reception gave her the key to her room with a knowing look , Kelly reflected that she had n't felt so guilty since her teenage party days . |
| 20 | In the morning after their breakfast coffee , he stood silently and balefully near her until she gave him the fare to Dublin . |
| 21 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 22 | Opren , a drug for treating arthritis , received a product licence — which gave it the right to be marketed in the UK — in March 1980 from the then minister . |
| 23 | Donald , alas , had been dead for thirty years when Hilary Spurling published her admirable biography Ivy when Young and gave us the answers to our questions . |
| 24 | Mrs Sugden meant no harm to anyone , but neither had she the intelligence to be really kind . |
| 25 | They sought no patent ; they ordered him to give information freely to their customers ; and they denied him the reward to which he believed he was entitled under the terms of his contract . |