Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 31 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 32 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 33 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |
| 34 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 35 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 36 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 37 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 39 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 40 | ‘ I am to take you to the count . |
| 41 | " You are to take me to the King , " he said . |
| 42 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 43 | The quickest comparison is to liken it to the replacement branches mentioned above , shoot ( a ) in Fig. 5 , for example . |
| 44 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 45 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 46 | Romans 8:29 tells us that God 's goal in our relationship with him is to conform us to the image of his Son . |
| 47 | Something is pushing them to the side of their own lives . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Lieutenant Lapointe is escorting me to the opera on Wednesday , ’ she announced defiantly . |
| 49 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 50 | ‘ The only thing to do is return them to the Romanians . ’ |
| 51 | He 's reporting you to the Chief Constable . ’ |
| 52 | The problem is getting it to the surface , and in rural areas the best way is by handpump . |
| 53 | What we 're going to do is take you to the nearest place you can get a bus . |
| 54 | Everyone is being extra nice to me and , best of all , Pa is taking me to the yard tomorrow . |
| 55 | In such a case the judge is not abusing his powers ; he is exercising them to the best of his ability albeit some other court thinks he was mistaken . |
| 56 | and for a treat he 's taking her to the , er nostalgic weekend at |
| 57 | ‘ She 's taking me to the Tower of London . |
| 58 | ‘ It 's taking me to the pin of my collar to keep up in the matter of sheer technical knowledge . |
| 59 | He 's the young man who 's taking me to the concert and I have n't known him long enough to be late . |
| 60 | ‘ Mr Foggerty 's taking us to the baths after school , he said . ’ |