Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to the nearest [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station . |
| 2 | They will direct you to the nearest telephone which is free of charge . |
| 3 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 4 | Erm , may I just say , that you may recall , that at the nineteen eighty-eight A G M , we agreed that they 'd be no smoking here , er , and I hope that er er , can be adhered to , er , and finally er , I have a fairly full agenda , and the officials have have sort of er , measured it to the nearest minute . |
| 5 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 6 | With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog . |
| 7 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 8 | Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places . |
| 9 | I 'll have a police chopper waiting at Frankfurt Airport to fly you to the nearest airfield . ’ |
| 10 | I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet . |
| 11 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
| 12 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 13 | Travis was by her in two strides , helping her to the nearest chair . |
| 14 | If you could just get me to the nearest station — ’ |
| 15 | She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village . |
| 16 | Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there . |
| 17 | ‘ Take me to the nearest train . |
| 18 | The parents of children found to be suffering from any illness at a fieldworker 's visit were advised to take them to the nearest health facility for diagnosis and treatment . |
| 19 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative . |
| 21 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 22 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
| 23 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |
| 24 | Take it to the nearest station and get the Hell out of here before I change my mind about carting you . |
| 25 | Woolley chased him to the nearest bomb-crater . |
| 26 | You are going to need to buy some bathroom scales if you have n't got any , or if the ones you have got are n't accurate , because each day you are going to weight yourself to the nearest pound ( 0.5kg ) . |