Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's worse , it seems to have blinded him to the facts of Liverpool history . |
| 2 | The weight in his heart seemed to have tethered him to the pavement , and he had to force himself to turn away , and some seconds after she had disappeared through the doorway . |
| 3 | In reality Goldie is a shrewd operator who is proud to have made it to the top on her own merits . |
| 4 | Our discussions of last week seem to have lead us to the Railway Tavern at 12–12:30 . |
| 5 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 6 | In relation to the third charge , it was likewise clear that the bank could never have been said ‘ to have left it to the husband to obtain the signature of the wife ’ on the charge documents . |
| 7 | ‘ The guides claimed to have taken us to the edge of the Sahara but when I looked on a map it was the Atlas mountains , the bastards . ’ |