Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 2 | THE National Institute of Economic and Social Research , a leading economic think-tank , has added its voice to those urging the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , not to raise taxes in his March Budget . |
| 3 | Like Eugenia , she was someone who had committed her love to another . |
| 4 | He 's let his house to some English people . ’ |
| 5 | Nothing became more important than whether the President had added his approval to this ‘ very strange ’ piece of paper , as Poindexter called it : a memorandum Poindexter said he had never seen before , and which Thompson found him reading the next morning over breakfast . |
| 6 | After making her name in children 's shows like Wacaday and Owl TV , Michaela has broadened her range to such adult fare as ITV 's The Hitman and Her . |
| 7 | The mother had moved her family to another den , and I could n't find it . |
| 8 | It 's the first time a leading drinks company has lent its weight to such a campaign . |
| 9 | Ian , er have we decided whose going to this er |
| 10 | We do n't actually guide visitors around the reserve , rather leave them to their own devices having informed them about what they 're likely to see and drawn their attention to some safety aspects . |
| 11 | She had immediately closed her mind to all thought , not even realising how tightly she had been gripping fitzAlan 's hand . |
| 12 | Being the only military dentist in Nijmegen , he had willingly offered his service to all the assembled nationalities in Heumensoord camp . |
| 13 | One of these gentlemen , Buchanan of Balfunning , who had not yet offered his vote to any candidate , was quite open about his ambitions for , as Ardkinglas remarked , ‘ he declairs … he is ready to vote for me providing ther is any thing done for John Buchanan his son ’ . |
| 14 | In a conversation with the wife of his biographer , Alan Wood , erm who had drawn his attention to some injustice in the world , he said , ‘ But the universe is unjust . ’ |
| 15 | If they need some quick cash they may have sold your father to another group as a long-term investment . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But you would n't want to pay one gang and then find that they 'd sold your father to another , would you ? ’ |
| 17 | In the past they had reported to the tsar every month , but by the end of 1861 newspapers had complicated their task to such an extent that they were reporting daily . |
| 18 | And he has compared her situation to that of Princess Diana in the months before the announcement of the Wales 's separation . |
| 19 | In essence ( although we have rephrased and restructured his argument to some extent ) , Bottoms sees the penal system as suffering both a crisis of legitimacy and a crisis of resources . |
| 20 | Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ? |
| 21 | Now before we move further I 'd like to take this opportunity of expressing on your behalf our thanks to Hugh here for the service that he 's rendered our church to this point in time but particularly as the convenor of the Board of World Mission and Unity . |
| 22 | If I 've set my prompt to that . |
| 23 | IN WITNESS whereof I have set my hand to this deed this in the presence of : |
| 24 | Thus a portion of the Irish text known as the ‘ Salthair na Rann ’ is an eleventh- or twelfth-century copy of the ‘ Book of Adam and Eve ’ , composed in Egypt in the fifth century and not known to have found its way to any other European country . |
| 25 | The strong argument in favour of classifying such offences as attempted rape rather than merely indecent assault has now been recognized by the Law Commission 's draft Criminal Code , and the Court of Appeal has recently found its way to this conclusion by ‘ interpreting ’ the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 . |
| 26 | It seemed strange , to have that old pamphlet by me , that tiny piece of a long-past England that had found its way to this Greek island , these pine trees , this pagan earth . |
| 27 | Before any of this reached the Exchequer Edward was dead and his sister Mary had waived her right to all but the two fifteenths and tenths . |
| 28 | As notified at the nine months , however , General Accident has now withdrawn from non-marine treaty business having significantly reduced its exposure to that section of the London Market earlier in the year . |
| 29 | They were not the cream or they would not have found their way to this worthless place . |
| 30 | Had he restricted his output to such enterprises Baxter would undoubtedly have become very wealthy ; yet he suffered commercially throughout his career because of his perfectionism and over-ambition . |