Example sentences of "to [pron] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rumbelows chief Roy Campbell said : ‘ When we make deals we stick to them but the company has changed quite dramatically in the past year .
2 And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ?
3 California 's state bar is considering a proposal that would ban attorneys from having sex with their customers , unless they are married to them or the relationship began before they became clients .
4 My home is a shrine to them and a talking point for my friends , who think I 'm completely nuts .
5 It is up to them and a lot of the time they will do anything to get you inside .
6 White says that there are several Ethiopian graduate students working for higher degrees ; they will not now be able to work with Ethiopian material , he says , and this will be detrimental to them and the development of Ethiopian palaeontology .
7 White says that there are several Ethiopian graduate students working for higher degrees ; they will not now be able to work with Ethiopian material , he says , and this will be detrimental to them and the development of Ethiopian palaeontology .
8 These fumble about in the sand or mud , particles adhere to them and the sea cucumber slowly curls them back into its mouth to suck them clean with its fleshy lips .
9 One reason may be they way the information is presented to them and the way the offer is made .
10 It seems natural to assert that the extent to which managers deviate from owners ' interests will depend upon the degree of scope available to them and the degree to which they are constrained .
11 The browns had a grey tinge to them and the richness of the burr did not seem to properly come out .
12 Many of your listeners will know the Malvern Hills , and had resort to them And the fact that they can come and enjoy them today is through the dedication of board members over a hundred and ten years . ’
13 Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there .
14 Members of Parliament are being asked about such matters as their degree of satisfaction with the quantity and quality of financial information available to them and the extent to which they feel that MPs can and should be closely involved in scrutinising the management of government , together with their ‘ unstructured ’ personal response to the problem of the control of the public administration by the House of Commons .
15 Unbeknown to them and the Fuehrer himself , surveillance staff at Bletchley Park have just cracked all their codes and are intercepting information that 'll help lead the Allies to victory .
16 Whichever happens to your child , you are very important to them and the Department of Social Work needs to keep in close touch with you at all times to try to work out what is best for your child .
17 Will he warn the British people of the damage that could be done to them and the danger to their way of life and democracy ?
18 He got out to speak to them and an argument started which led to a fight .
19 The man you knew was a stranger to me and no amount of insisting will alter that . ’
20 ‘ It will be very special to me and the rest of the lads , ’ he said .
21 If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ?
22 Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch .
23 ‘ Derry City and Roy Coyle have been very fair to me and the knee is no problem now . ’
24 He 's a gud frend to me and the uther yung fellers .
25 It made sense to me and the client to have women selling it .
26 The power of attorney would specifically state that no cheques could be made out to me or the firm .
27 A forensic biologist who ca n't work accurately under pressure is no use to me or the Service and he 'd better get out .
28 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 .
29 By the time the summer was over , the predictions that Syria was about to release all the hostages had come to nothing and the issue was dead again .
30 The other point I 'm trying to say is that we have to insure with a Department of Trade approved insurer , so that should anything , for any reason , ever happen to ourselves or a company , then the insurance company is still responsible for the claims and will meet them .
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