Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 2 | ‘ By the time you 'd ripped my character to shreds , lectured me on my grasping capitalist principles , then forced yourself to be nice to me out of commendable loyalty to your family firm , I was hooked . |
| 3 | and , and now , and now you have ripped my friendship to shreds , |
| 4 | ‘ Are you telling me you have n't posted my letter to Richard ? |
| 5 | The Brighton-based fighter , who stopped Benn in their WBO middleweight title fight in November 1990 , added : I 've nothing to prove by fighting Benn again , so if we do meet I 've got to be given my passport to retirement . ’ |
| 6 | Once again , I 'd given my film to David . |
| 7 | In order to avoid the hot weather my mother had preceded my father to England , escorted as far as Jibuti by an official from the Sudan who was temporarily serving at the Legation . |
| 8 | Any one who is saved , any one who is a Christian , who is a follower of Jesus Christ , who has committed their life to Christ , who has received his forgiveness , and who belongs to him , any one is ready and able to receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | There is the difference for the person who has put their trust in God who has committed their life to Christ and they will go and you and I will go through those storms , and through those tempests , and be knocked around and be , almost swamped by them but the thing is we are not alone Jesus Christ , he is in the boat of your life with you . |
| 10 | But you know , for the person who does not know Jesus Christ as their saviour , for the person who has never committed their life to God listen to what God says for that person . |
| 11 | He had reported their conversation to Adams who had been inordinately pleased . |
| 12 | CIPFA , whose report to the Scottish Office is issued today , has now added its authority to allegations that errors have been made in the calculations . |
| 13 | So far Orlan has confined her interest to artists who painted the human form true to life . |
| 14 | Following the conversation recorded above , this bereaved mother soon committed her life to Christ , was followed by her husband , and shortly afterwards both her parents came to the Lord . |
| 15 | Molly had secretly enjoyed her initiation to sex on the night of Yanto 's near drowning , but then she had had to curtail her natural emotions for fear of waking her Father . |
| 16 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 17 | The selectors feel she has already earned her passage to Barcelona , having last summer finished second in the Europa Cup , ninth in the World Championships , and moved to fifth place in the world all-time 10,000 metres rankings . |
| 18 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 19 | New Derby deal for Cox FOOTBALL : Arthur Cox linked with a return to Newcastle as part of Kevin Keegan 's management team , yesterday committed his future to Derby County when he signed a new long term deal with the club . |
| 20 | Having arrived in Britain as a raw but gifted teenager , Wattana has honed his game to match-play sharpness by three seasons on the professional circuit . |
| 21 | The eponymous retail agent Clive Lewis has also added his voice to Ritblat 's . |
| 22 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 23 | There was a truce between Rose and Gabriel , but none between Shirley and Gabriel because Gaby had discovered it to be Shirley who had leaked her secret to Rose . |
| 24 | The WBC has given its belt to Britain 's Lennox Lewis because of Bowe 's refusal to defend against Lewis within a prescribed time . |
| 25 | It had given its support to League sanctions against Italy , putting this view forward to its international contacts in the " Left Bureau . |
| 26 | The most obvious choice for a nosode was Tuberculinum given its relationship to Phosphorus and the continued desire for cold milk . |
| 27 | A Sir John Mohun fought in the Black Prince 's wing at Creçy and was a knight of the Garter , and the fourth Baron Mohun was killed in a duel in Hyde Park in 1712 , the family having in the meantime given its name to Hammoon in Dorset , Mohuns Ottery and Tormoham in Devon , and Grange Mohun in County Kildare . |
| 28 | The American opossum has given its name to death-feigning . |
| 29 | What is more , the crucial issue of traffic segregation should have been discussed in Stadtverkehr , given its relevance to cost-effectiveness , design and indeed a whole range of issues connected to the principles of traffic quietening . |
| 30 | Italy announced it had recalled its ambassador to Romania for consultations , as did East Germany , condemning the ‘ brutal action of the Romanian state power against peaceful citizens demonstrating to assert their elementary human rights ’ . |