Example sentences of "to [pron] [to-vb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But the secular mind looked to them a starved mind , desolate of passion because robbed of faith , and it never occurred to them to doubt that religion possesses and monopolises the spiritual life . |
2 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
3 | If erm things should start to go wrong and the chap on the floor erm was to make any movement or s sudden movement towards either P C or any other piece of equipment in the room which may cause injury or damage to ourselves or himself , it would be down to me to challenge that man er and allow P C to get back behind er the ballistic shield . |
4 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
5 | If , for instance , no one mentions what the pay will be , it is up to you to ask that question and obtain a satisfactory answer . |
6 | We are aware now that you 're operating without a licence and it 's up to you to get that licence here as quickly as possible . |
7 | We are aware now that you 're operating without a license and it 's up to you to get that license here as quickly as possible ! |
8 | It was gratifying to her to see that woman taken down a peg . |