Example sentences of "to [noun] [unc] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Pamela 's disappointment she say that it was still the same red paperback . |
| 2 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 3 | To Duane 's unease she becomes immediate confidant to his sharp-tongued wife — and he 's soon convinced that his inadequacies and foibles are chief topics of discussion . |
| 4 | Well I think that Amy did n't go to Lucy 's party I think |
| 5 | I think if you did n't go to Lucy 's party I do n't think . |
| 6 | But to Dustin 's credit he recognised it as a role in which he could immediately dissociate himself from the whole ‘ image ’ concept of acting , as well as prove that , ‘ I was a character actor , not just this nebbish kid that Nichols found . |
| 7 | Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting . |
| 8 | Ana had no trouble with her mount ; to Maggie 's surprise she seemed to be an expert horsewoman and Mitch too seemed to take to the activity like a veteran . |
| 9 | When Cecilia looked back to Tina 's childhood it was always that particular day when Ernest Jarvis had hanged himself that she remembered . |
| 10 | Referring to Bangemann 's speech he said : ‘ Spot on Martin . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , quite … ’ said the Matron , and to Alida 's ears it was a firm interruption . |
| 12 | To Curtis 's ears it sounded uncannily like the faint clapping of a ghostly audience . |
| 13 | On the bus to Alan 's flat she held the flowers carefully in her lap , then lifted them to sniff their faint fragrance . |
| 14 | The houses were neat and not unpleasing in design , though to Winnie 's eyes they appeared to be built far too close together , and the low wire fences gave no privacy . |
| 15 | To Isobel 's surprise he went beetroot red , flushing from the collar of his shirt to the roots of his now receding hair . |
| 16 | To Teesdale 's surprise it was the number of the prison . |
| 17 | All the way out to Keller 's house they kept up a ceaseless flow of questions about the Channings and the bruises on my head . |
| 18 | The morning she had slammed out of the house and walked through the blitzed London streets to Goddy 's office she had been out of her mind ; shell-shocked , or something . |
| 19 | He sold Grove Chance , then in foal for the first time , to his neighbour Percy Thomas , but when she died shortly after giving birth to Norton 's Coin he bought back the foal . |
| 20 | To Julia 's eye she seemed to wear no powder or lipstick , but then she hardly needed any . |
| 21 | And er I had a letter back on the Friday from Stuart to say er according to Mr 's description it was very interesting and could I possibly meet him at Station on the Saturday morning . |
| 22 | In Noah 's day , if you go back to Noah 's day it was exactly the same now , is n't that what Jesus said justice in the days of Noah , so it will be in there somewhere , they were eating and drinking and marrying and doing all the things that you , you know , you and I do today is n't it ? |
| 23 | With reference to Genette 's definition they are exceptional in that their object texts are not only other ‘ noble ’ works of literature but quotations from scholars , product labels , radio broadcasts , advertisements , propaganda slogans , and various other ‘ public texts ’ or textual objets trouvés . |
| 24 | When he went to open the door to Ballater 's knock he greeted him without enthusiasm , annoyed by the interruption . |
| 25 | The traffic began to move again at that point , though , and to Jessamy 's relief he had to give his attention to the road ahead . |
| 26 | True to Bonnie 's prediction it began snowing that night . |
| 27 | Much to Oliver 's annoyance they turned out to be rather good at it . |
| 28 | Over to Mary 's quarters he went , while Alice remained locked in her apartment for fear of the plague of adders which her husband assured her infested the grounds . |
| 29 | Freddie was quiet for a few moments , then to Billy 's surprise he nodded . |
| 30 | The trap had been beautifully set , and he 'd only avoided it because thanks to Bartocci 's machinations he 'd already fallen into another one . |