Example sentences of "[to-vb] [indef pn] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 2 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 3 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 4 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 5 | This is because the crime of indecent assault requires the defendant to do something to the victim . |
| 6 | The one that he 's done so far was at the end of December and erm he is going to do one to the end of March and that 's going to be a regular thing . |
| 7 | It is easy to see why credo , ‘ I believe ’ , should be a dubious case : belief does seem to leave something to the discretion of a trustee , and there may well be doubt whether a rather tentative expression of belief sufficiently expresses a testator 's intention that a trust should be set up . |
| 8 | Oh well it 's always protection of the family and yet they 're not prepared to put anything to the family . |
| 9 | Have n't had a chance to do anything to the room since . |
| 10 | I seemed to do anything to the car , mind with the water pump I think they check , they have to er adjust the timing . |
| 11 | The fairness of the poll tax was that every adult had to contribute something to the upkeep of the neighbourhood instead of enjoying ( or destroying ) everything for free . |
| 12 | It was so unusual for him to contribute anything to the conversation that Paula glanced at him in surprise . |
| 13 | you 've got to swap one to the left , Shell |
| 14 | Just to try & redress the balance here ; - ) I watched the goals on MOTD and I must say that Speed did appear to wrestle someone to the ground ( def. free kick ) . |
| 15 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 16 | In 1.1 , for example , we showed a sequence of instructions to add one to the operand field of an " add " instruction , so that when executed it referred to successive locations in store . |
| 17 | You will send all your senior managers for the entire week of the event , and dole out shorter visits to deserving underlings , either those with long service records or those who might be able to learn something to the company 's advantage . |
| 18 | During the course of the market process the competitive efforts of a particular producer-entrepreneur may lead him to offer something to the market which no one else is currently producing . |
| 19 | I would not presume to add anything to the Word of God but I have a sneaking suspicion that if Isaiah had been writing in the 1990s he might have added a phrase . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm trying to tell you — well , ask you , to be accurate — to take someone to the cricket match next week . ’ |
| 21 | Jinny had made one attempt to say something to the boy , but Doyle stopped her immediately , catching hold of her chin and jerking her head away . |
| 22 | The servant wishes to say something to the Master . |
| 23 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ It is my policy not to say anything to the press . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |
| 26 | Indeed , many authors expect and require the reader to bring something to the text . |
| 27 | As you know there have been the history of it is , is well known to most commissioners I 'm sure , there have been m there has been more than one attempt in the recent , in the last decade to bring something to the assembly er along these lines . |
| 28 | Then I know it is my duty to score goals and to bring something to the team . |
| 29 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |