Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 2 | In the different sense of the priest ‘ representing ’ the people to God in worship the role is more that of an intermediary or go-between — a role more akin to that of a Member of Parliament who understands the needs of his constituents and represents them to the Government in Parliament . |
| 3 | As these animals roam around their home ground , any unaccustomed mark alerts them to the passage of a stranger . |
| 4 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |
| 5 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 6 | To undertake strategic research , which takes the new ideas coming out of basic research and develops them to the point where the possibility of commercial application can be identified . |
| 7 | At this stage , he was firmly opposed to federation ; ‘ Federation is harmful because it sanctions segregation and alienation , elevates them to a principle , to a law . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That it is Joan de Warenne rather than the lady Anne who accompanies you to the Tower , must be a close-kept secret , ’ Elizabeth Woodville told him , her mind working rapidly . |
| 9 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 10 | The first phase of the research compares the way that expertise is learned in the normal way , with the way that a ‘ knowledge engineer ’ elicits an expert 's knowledge and transfers it to a computer programme . |
| 11 | We do not have to specify what it is we want to any analyst who in turn specifies it to a programmer who then writes a program . |
| 12 | When two businesses are both buying from and selling to one another the outstanding accounts between them can be offset and the net balance paid by whoever owes it to the other . |
| 13 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |
| 14 | If a doctor offers a risky and as yet scientifically unproved treatment the GMC surely owes it to the public either to stop the doctor offering that treatment ( outside scientifically valid trials ) or to stop the doctor practising at all . |
| 15 | The Labour party owes it to the House and the country to tell us freely , frankly and openly where it stands . |
| 16 | But Poulantzas argues that the attribution of the power to manipulate to the ruling class elevates it to the status of a subject — an agent who does things — and thereby reintroduces the idea of collective intensions which cry out for individualist explanation . |
| 17 | If it does catch it , it knocks it to the ground and then grabs its throat in its strong jaws , killing it by suffocation . |
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| 19 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 20 | It has been six weeks , almost , but the friendly hot flush fills me to the top of my head and it is beautiful . |
| 21 | The case manager passes the reports to the lawyer who completes them and passes them to a supervisor . |
| 22 | A Section 226 policy limits you to a maximum of 27.5 per cent of your earnings . |
| 23 | The lion immediately jumps on him and forces him to the ground . |
| 24 | She runs away but it bears down and casts her to the ground . |
| 25 | Cos that allows him to the cost ? |
| 26 | In this phase , the shipper 's freight forwarder prepares the text of the bill of lading and submits it to the carrier for calculation of freight , and for stamping or notation . |
| 27 | Troy logs the information for research purposes , then retransmits it to an inventory distribution centre , where more computers decide what restocking is needed at Auburn Hills . |
| 28 | The old , old fashion — Death ! ( 4 ) Oh thank GOD , all who see it , for that older fashion yet , of immortality ! ( 5 ) And look upon us , angels of young children , with regards not quite estranged , when the swift river bears us to the ocean ! ( 6 ) At such points Dickens has a way of enlarging his theme beyond the narrative pretext , addressing his readers directly as sharers of a common human lot with himself and his characters . |
| 29 | As you come back from Brouage towards St Jean-d'Angely — on the D18 via the canalside village of Pont-l'Abbe-d'Arnoult , with a lovely Romanesque church faade — a sign at the junction of the D122 points you to the chateau whose improbably perfect lake and gardens stare at you from posters throughout the region : La Roche Courbon . |
| 30 | It had begun to rain : the kind of damp , penetrating drizzle that chills you to the bone . |