Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the best thing was gaining a pen-pal who writes to me in Chinese . |
| 2 | During her three days working in the Toronto Skydome she made friends with an athlete who now writes to her in Chinese . |
| 3 | Mrs Billy Bond writes to us from Forest Row , East Sussex to say that most knitting machine shops are run by friendly and helpful people but Knitmates is outstanding . |
| 4 | Whatever happens to them at school , children must not be bored . |
| 5 | One of the questions asked , ‘ What do you believe happens to you after death ? ’ |
| 6 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |
| 7 | ‘ Call yourself Mamur Zapt and you ca n't do anything when the woman you claim you love pleads to you for justice ? ’ |
| 8 | Just because a thing appears to us at present to be illogical does not , of necessity , disprove its validity . |
| 9 | Section 4(1) ( c ) provides : ( c ) ( i ) that the only supply of the product to another by the person proceeded against was otherwise than in the course of a business of that person 's ; and ( c ) ( ii ) that section 2(2) above does not apply to that person or applies to him by virtue of things done otherwise than with a view to profit … |
| 10 | One such difference is largely a matter of emphasis but it seems to me of significance . |
| 11 | The construction of section 82(1) that I have suggested seems to me to mesh with and to explain the scheme of indemnity contained in section 83 . |
| 12 | Which seems to me to impact on the same thing . |
| 13 | It seems to me in conclusion important Right a wee bit of background will help the assembly understand my being here . |
| 14 | Usually they are quite capable of doing this for themselves , but if your elderly parent turns to you for advice on financial matters your main aims should be : I. To make sure that she is receiving all the State benefits and pensions to which she may be entitled . |
| 15 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 16 | The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 17 | The drafter may try to protect his/her client in the battle of the forms by including an appropriate provision in the terms such as : The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 18 | Two major problems had to be solved ; Bethe refers to them as Part I and Part 2 . |
| 19 | This young man Aldhelm cries to us for justice . |
| 20 | Mr goes to her in English then , do n't you ever stop writing Billy on your books ? |
| 21 | And you find successive presidents er claiming some special authority that the constitution does n't give them but which they , they believe that er a accrues to them by virtue of they 're being presidents . |
| 22 | Her Spanish is very good , but she speaks to me in English to help me learn it . ’ |
| 23 | Their movement in the oceans speaks to us of freedom , grace and beauty . |
| 24 | As a medium it is supreme among the arts in its ability to portray the real world , hut it is in itself quite artificial , and it speaks to us by way of a pictorial language which first took shape during the early days of the silent cinema . |
| 25 | When a patient comes to me for regression , I do in fact record the session on cassette , giving the tape to the patient at the end of the consultation . |
| 26 | I have a very eccentric aunt who comes to us for Christmas , flying visits . |
| 27 | Sam McAughtry , who first took his seat on this stage back in 1985 , will delight us with his humorous and heartwarming tales of life in the Tiger 's Bay district of North Belfast , while the best-selling author of ‘ To School Through the Fields ’ Alice Taylor , comes to us from County Cork with stories of life as a youngster on an isolated farm in that county in the '40s . |
| 28 | It comes to us by virtue of the ‘ Coriolis Effect ’ created by changes in atmospheric pressure . |
| 29 | ‘ Nobody buys tickets for Box 5 , but the ghost always comes to it on opera nights . ’ |
| 30 | My instant history of Galway comes to you by courtesy of Kenny 's Bookshop . |