Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [prep] [noun prp] the " in BNC.

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1 One technological improvement is a little better-documented : water-mills proliferated , with references to them in Charles the Bald 's charters , for instance , becoming increasingly frequent as the reign went on .
2 She was also asked to send a list of delegates by fax to me at Barkers the day of the meeting so that these two items could be a further appendix .
3 She poured out the coffee and presented it to me like John the Baptist 's head .
4 To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day .
5 But he chose to do so by exploiting the lieutenancy offered to him by Philip the Fair in 1295 , rather than by rebellion against the crown .
6 Legend has it that the ‘ eyes ’ or ‘ spectacles ’ on the rear of the Cobra 's hood were given to it by Guatama the Buddha as protection against the attacks of Garuda the Eagle , arch enemy of the Cobras .
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