Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [pron] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the big face was brought down to hers and the words came between small misshapen teeth : ‘ Do we understand each other now ? |
| 2 | His hands slid down to hers and an expression of such intense emotion burned in his eyes that Isabel glanced away , suddenly shy and uncertain . |
| 3 | To the courts , to the magistrates , remember that man , the judge , it 's all down to him and the jury , it 's not down to the police . |
| 4 | But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine . |
| 5 | ‘ By the hour I was getting reports coming through to me that the princess wanted to leave the Royal Family . |
| 6 | Later , the knowledge filtered through to me that the two ruffians — escaped prisoners like myself , without a doubt — had attacked me solely on account of my fire . |
| 7 | She had driven over to him after the metamorphosis had been completed to her satisfaction — not just the punk hair-do , short spiky , crimson-dyed and outrageous — and the make-up , orange domino mask and a curve of ochre on the cheeks — but clothes , too , tight , tarty , as far removed from the Victorian image as possible . |
| 8 | It is up to them and a lot of the time they will do anything to get you inside . |
| 9 | Then it was up to us and the dogs to stalk a heed and chase them in the right direction . |
| 10 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 11 | It is up to you whether the interest is credited to your HICA or your Current Account . |
| 12 | ‘ When somebody is going through a crisis they are opening up to you and a deep bond does develop , more perhaps than you would have with a doctor . |
| 13 | As Goffman puts it ( 1981 : 128 ) , " A change in footing implies a change in the alignment we take up to ourselves and the others present as expressed in the way we manage the production or reception of an utterance . |
| 14 | The world does not wake up to it until a TV report captures the popular imagination at the end of the year . |
| 15 | When my right hon. Friend visits the county palatine , will he hold a meeting with tenants and perhaps point out to them that a standard rate of 35p in the pound , which was described as preposterous by the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , was the rate levied by the last Labour Government ? |
| 16 | I do help if I can , but I also point out to them that the help is to members of the ( and I send them details and a membership application form — but this rarely has any effect ; I do n't even get an acknowledgment as a rule ) . |
| 17 | Then about four days later it was pointed out to me that a real earthquake actually hit Germany last week , and she was n't being poetic at all , and I actually felt cheated of the wave of emotion I had felt towards her . |
| 18 | Of course , if you have even a distant eye on a whole series of books featuring one detective ( and the late Margery Allingham once pointed out to me that the advantage of this is that half your potential readers want to read you and half want to read about your sleuth ) , then you are likely to land in difficulties if you hit on , say , a Victorian governess who happens to deal in the course of her scholastic career with as many as twenty or thirty " orrible murders . |
| 19 | There 's , they pointed out to me that the two thousand percent increase in prescription charges |
| 20 | And , I certainly have taken steps to make sure that I do n't get a wasps nest , but in that particular area again , because he begged to point out to me where the wasp was getting access to , a little tiny space above my bedroom window , and that has now been sealed , so hopefully the wasps another year will find a home somewhere else that is n't quite so close to my open bedroom window . |
| 21 | The power of attorney would specifically state that no cheques could be made out to me or the firm . |
| 22 | But on the picket line Bob Busby had pointed out to her that the Shadow Scheme was official University business and that she would be strike-breaking if she kept her appointment . |
| 23 | Sylvia found it strange that her mother had never connected the incident with her daughter 's later distress at being in closed-in places , but I pointed out to her that the awareness of the link between early incidents and later emotional problems was a comparatively recent phenomenon . |
| 24 | The Birmingham Money Advice Centre pointed out to us that the sort of people who use this type of weekly credit would otherwise often be unable to get credit at all , and stressed the danger of making business difficult for lenders who might be relatively expensive but the only available credit resource for some people . |
| 25 | Hide and let them pass , ’ it all came flooding back to him as the flames leapt around him . |
| 26 | Then fitzAlan turned back to her and the serious , searching expression in those piercing light eyes banished reason of any description . |
| 27 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
| 28 | But I have to put back to you that the onus then falls on you and head 's of departments to ensure that that space is used properly . |
| 29 | ‘ I see now why you said I could give it back to you when the time was right . ’ |
| 30 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |