Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 Turakina certainly knew — her words to him the previous afternoon had simply been a test of his resistance — and if she had knowledge of it , then so had Suragai .
2 ‘ It was a condition of her gift to you the ten thousand pounds ’ capital to start KITS . ’
3 Despite their unfaithfulness to him the people chosen by God continued to dream of deliverance , and their songs spoke of an anointed one who would champion his people in the lists and free them from oppression and enemy occupation .
4 He must have read her note to me the other day , because this is just a truncated version of it .
5 Pike was curled up into a ball , like a hedgehog , clutching his wig to him the way a kid might hold on to its teddy before going to sleep .
6 We continued unimpeded until I saw ahead of me the drawing-room where I had interviewed Mountbatten , and sitting on one of the sofas with his back to us the unmistakable profile and balding head of Prince Charles .
7 In his address to them the Holy Father stressed that the era of Missionaries has not ended .
8 I would now ask Her Royal Highness as our President to mark this very special award by unveiling our ensign to you the members of the R Y A at this A G M.
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