Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 2 | I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile . |
| 3 | The thrust of the privatisation campaigns has been to persuade individuals to subscribe for shares , not to hold on to them once the issue is over . |
| 4 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 5 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 6 | And Melanie had spied on them through a keyhole , and would never get closer to them than the keyhole in the door behind which they lived . |
| 7 | In fact , the individual migrants who participate in this urban migration manage to generate income which is more attractive to them than the income they would have earned by remaining in the rural areas . |
| 8 | Clause 25 allows employees to challenge the terms and conditions of a collective agreement the employer applies to them where the agreement appears to contravene the principles of equal treatment . |
| 9 | Although none of these were put into effect , they illustrate the vulnerability of clerical resources in men 's minds , and the potential danger to them if the Church did not have powerful support . |
| 10 | The right code can only be issued to them if the tax inspector knows about their National Insurance pension ; so it is very important for your parents to let the Tax Office know in advance if they are going to receive a National Insurance retirement pension . |
| 11 | Traditionally the practice has been to abandon old pits when it became uneconomic to go deeper , but to return to them when the price for clay improved or when a technical innovation made extraction cheaper . |
| 12 | How much money would be available to them when the probate of the estate had been completed ? |
| 13 | Slowly , she walked towards him , struggling to quell the alarm bells that were ringing inside her head , and she should have listened to them because the minute she was inside the room Damian closed the door behind him and double-locked it . |
| 14 | Some time before his entrance , campesinos had rushed and squabbled like geese when another confession box was opened , but now they stood or sat in silence holding their children to them as the liturgy was gone through . |
| 15 | I do n't really understand why so many galleries seem to be closed to women , but it does n't make any difference to me whether an artist is male or female . |
| 16 | ‘ It made no difference to me whether the boat belonged to him . |
| 17 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 18 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 19 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 20 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 21 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 22 | Of course , I 'm an old lady now and sometimes , you know , the past seems more real to me than the present . " |
| 23 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 24 | Certainly colour is still of more importance to me than the picture in many cases . |
| 25 | Then I got my time and felt even better — the time was more important to me than the medal . |
| 26 | ‘ My virginity is more important to me than an hour or two of easily forgotten pleasure , ’ she broke in . |
| 27 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 28 | She was little more to me than an embodiment of kindness . |
| 29 | Mum had been civil to me since the soap episode but something had gone between us . |
| 30 | Well , to me if a child has got a by all means encourage along but you should n't push them into anything cos later on in life they get a bloody complex about everything you know if they |