Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was my hair every other day and usually only go to my hairdresser before a party . |
| 2 | His profession would surely mean that he would listen to my request with a sympathetic ear . |
| 3 | appeals to my pride as a failed consumer . |
| 4 | It is possible , for example , to place nine of my readings of SF texts at the nine nodes , according to my judgement as a single reader . |
| 5 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Paul replied stiffly , ‘ but I was planning to take Luce to my hotel for a meal . |
| 6 | ‘ As I have just explained to Mr Leland , I returned to my hotel from a dinner engagement and discovered the flowers I had earlier ordered to be delivered here for Nurse Dungarvan and Nurse Yates had , by some misdirection , been left at my hotel . |
| 7 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 8 | to come to my home for a holiday and a rest … |
| 9 | First we go to my villa for a drink and a siesta . ’ |
| 10 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 11 | And the final item : I move that we all adjourn to my sitting-room for a glass of sherry . ’ |
| 12 | It was as if the energies within my brain and body were reacting to the energies within the crypt and a flowing , pulsing feeling of warmth came over me , somewhat similar to my feeling after a session of Reichian therapy . |
| 13 | She came to my aid in a critical moment . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the best option , really , ’ he explains , putting paid to my chortling with a very level-headed examination of the choices that were available . |
| 15 | During the lead-up to my emergence as a fully-fledged lesbian , I suffered unspeakably as I steered myself through a minefield of heavily internalized Catholic dogma . |
| 16 | ‘ Suddenly , I felt a tickling at my rear end , and all the stories of the candiru came to my mind in a millisecond , and I thought ‘ This is it ! |
| 17 | The night that he said no to my offer of a drink I went home feeling really down . |
| 18 | I held on to my dinner like a man , which disappointed Brown , who clearly thought I was n't . |
| 19 | One of my friends was at Sherborne and speaks very posh — I took him back to my place for a drink one day and my dad was going , ‘ Dennis , listen to Tim , listen — go on , talk , say something ’ and my friend says , ‘ Well I do n't know what to say really , Mr Waterman , ’ and my dad says to me , ‘ Why do n't you talk like that , you could make a fortune . ’ |
| 20 | If not , come back to my place for a drink . |
| 21 | ‘ How about we go to my car for a while ? ’ |
| 22 | Crilly comes to my bedside with a neatly prepared square of foil and a tube , and I suck from it happily . |
| 23 | ( Of course , I use this particular approach to a general question because I have the subject of prison brought to my notice with a vengeance . |
| 24 | It 's been brought to my attention on a number of occasions by reputable bodies such as the stock exchange , that because of the multiplicity of regulations , er because of the complex nature of the legislation concerned and the er er the the comparatively large number of regulatory or supervisory bodies er that there is no er an and because of the fact that there are so many differences and standards and so on , that there is a need for a central enforcement body to bring together whatever evidence is available er so that these matters can be prosecuted , if I use that that general term . |
| 25 | Am I going to sit down comfortably in a studio and be interviewed , or is this guy going to come to my office with a piece of equipment like that , which we will be using later , a ewer , or a Nigra whatever piece of portable equipment they have . |
| 26 | As I had to go back to my office after a big luncheon party , I arrived half way through the collection . |
| 27 | ‘ Would you care to come round to my house for a cup of tea ? |
| 28 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 29 | One day in October 1582 he came to my house with a long face . |
| 30 | In contrast , a categorical imperative bids me , as a rational being , do such and such , whatever my desires may happen to be , because doing so is essential to living up to my status as a rational being . |