Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative explanation for price rises , for example , has been to relate them to the amount of money in circulation or the bullion value of the coinage . |
| 2 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 3 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 4 | So we 're testing , those priorities are still holding for us that but we 're applying them to the localities . |
| 5 | They 're keeping me to the contract … wanting their pound o ’ flesh . |
| 6 | You 're pushing me to the limit , ’ she whispered , cringing into the brocade settle and holding her drink in front of her defensively . |
| 7 | In the ground attack side we 're comparing it to the jaguar that it 'll replace , the harrier G R seven and also the tornado G R four and then in the multi-role arena for air defence , air superiority and attack we 're comparing our aircraft against the French Raphall the American F eighteen E which is the the future variant of the F eighteen , the F fifteen E , the multi-role but primarily air to surface machine and also the F sixteen C. Those are the ones we 're currently looking at . |
| 8 | If you 're leaving it to the experts , tell your hairdresser EVERYTHING about your hair such as : |
| 9 | She 'd been wearing it to the office that morning and put on an overall for the art class in the afternoon . |
| 10 | ‘ Then how do you know you are to give it to the Sheikh Osman ? ’ |
| 11 | Washington seems content to let the United Nations disband the Contras , but Mr Pickering and other US officials have been linking it to the disbanding of the FMLN , without explicitly making it a condition for Washington 's cooperation . |
| 12 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
| 13 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |
| 14 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't stand it — I 'm taking them — I 'm giving them to the dogs … . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No , I 'm taking her to the doctor 's . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't forget , I 'm taking you to the Stadt Berlin . |
| 18 | I 'm taking you to the bank , ’ he muttered in her ear , his voice reverberating through her body . |
| 19 | I 'm taking you to the Jolly Farmers . |
| 20 | Having come this far , and having made the effort to come first , I reflected only briefly as the Commandant in front of me , with his four gold bars on his shoulders , signed a piece of paper and said , ‘ I 'm posting you to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Will you be taking them to the maximum security wing , sir ? ’ |
| 23 | I am taking you to the house of Robert Asshe , in Holborn . |
| 24 | ‘ I am taking you to the dressing-room where the ladies are gathered , they would be your best customers , I do n't doubt . ’ |
| 25 | Now they are taking her to the High Court . |
| 26 | Those educationalists who deny children these opportunities are confining them to the ghetto , to a restricted discourse which will close to them access not only to the professions but also to leadership in national politics . |
| 27 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 28 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 29 | If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’ |
| 30 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |