Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 2 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 3 | He could quite clearly see through it to the crushed grass on which it lay but , when he gingerly touched a scale that was a mere golden sheen on thin air , it felt solid enough . |
| 4 | The trick is to try and look beyond them to the interviewer and talk as though the two of you are having a personal conversation . |
| 5 | You should take with you to the Bank your birth certificates and I suggest that you take some photocopies so that the Bank can forward these to the insurance company with your proposal form so that your ages can be admitted without further delay . |
| 6 | If I cry , the Monster cries — more piteously , longer , louder — not because it is sad , of course not , never out of sorrow or pity , no , merely because Jimbo has cried and thereby been noticed , for his self These scraps of attention the Monster would take from me to the last smile , the last nod , the last little pat on the head . |
| 7 | I feel their flames go through me to the tower . |
| 8 | I always remember Jessie saying , ‘ Come on twins , let's go over the tap , ’ and we 'd go through it to the tune Sitting On Top Of The World . |
| 9 | ‘ Did she ever go with her to the bar ? ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps tomorrow , before the matinee performance , she would go with him to the news-theatre for a sandwich . |
| 11 | Small boats develop emotions to a fine pitch , and she felt that she would go with him to the end of the world , if his outboard was always going to start like that . |
| 12 | Later on I heard him go with them to the dorm . |
| 13 | ‘ If you do n't like what I 've got to say , then I 'll go with you to the police . |
| 14 | Joan de Warenne , the lady Anne 's half-sister , rather than that young lady herself , will go with you to the Tower — thus will there be a means of communication between us . ’ |
| 15 | She does stand by him to the end however , when it is found that he is innocent , even though he seemed to proclaim his guilt by resigning . |
| 16 | She should come with him to the United Reform Church in Florence and hear messages not of vengeance but of forgiveness . |
| 17 | If we would come with him to the great hall , he would listen to all sides of the argument and then draw his conclusions . |
| 18 | " I 'm sorry you ca n't come with me to the village feast ; I should have been delighted to take you — but then the geese might come to harm . |
| 19 | ‘ But you will not come with me to the Delta ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Could he come with us to the West ? ’ she asks . |
| 21 | We then said goodbye to the kindly fireman and Paul Ingouf said he would come with us to the Harbour where we were to catch the ferry to Portsmouth . |
| 22 | " You can come with us to the Convent of St. Francis near Wild Tor . |
| 23 | I 'll come with you to the flat . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ All right , I 'll come with you to the boutique . |
| 25 | He will talk about us to the cook ! ’ |
| 26 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone less they should fall upon this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight ’ . |
| 27 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone lest they should fall on this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight , keep the rod and staff of Socialism firmly in your hands lest it be upon my back that it should be broken . |