Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | happens , and somebody has to sort out why it happened and who did it to them things like that . |
2 | As Whitehall began to treat directly with nationalists , doling out to them bits of ‘ responsibility ’ as DOs were wont to do with their native authorities , the mystique of the boma began to wither away : in the DO 's apotheosis lay paradoxically the seeds of his decline . |
3 | The key to them lies in the title of the second series — Christian Behaviour . |
4 | The links are not logical , but associative , and the clue to them lies in the already noted ambivalence of the word character . |
5 | Loyal service was recognised when Charles arranged for the commemoration at St-Denis of two particularly close fideles , extending to them benefits until then made available only to the king 's blood-relatives . |
6 | And er they are attracted to them type of building . |
7 | In other species , she stays beside the nest and when the young hatch , brings food to them day after day . |
8 | Yeah you 're not tied to them dates at all . |
9 | Conversely , those whom he is supposed to desire , and always in specified ways , namely women , he is discouraged from identifying with : that would equal effeminacy ; so in relation to them desire for precludes identification with . |
10 | If you would like to contact anyone whose letter appears on this page , write to them care of Melanie Garrett , In Touch , Parents , Victory House , Leicester Place , London WC2H 7BP . |
11 | With some , this view does not cohere with their other beliefs , and one can not attribute to them belief in any coherent justification of their acceptance of an obligation to obey . |
12 | Ministers are responsible to Parliament through the convention of individual ministerial responsibility which assigns to them control of their departments , for which they are answerable to Parliament . |
13 | It it 's more than that it 's it 's making lads and lasses aware of what the schemes are , I mean nobody 's ever said to them reaction to some of these schemes |
14 | He was married to Hester and had a son and three daughters , leaving to them property in Durham when he died in England in 1666 . |
15 | In affording to them immunity from suit if they have acted in good faith in compliance with a legal or moral duty or in protection of a legitimate interest the law must take them as it finds them . |
16 | He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . |
17 | If members of a conquering nation called upon the nation they had conquered and continued to hold down to forget their specific nationality and position , to ‘ sink national differences ’ and so forth , that was not internationalism , it was nothing else but preaching to them submission to the yoke , and attempting to justify and perpetuate the domination of the conqueror under the cloak of internationalism . |
18 | erm , yes so if we went to them sort of fairly soon we 'd |
19 | Languages generally have developed systems of address — what you call a person when you talk to them face to face — which reflect the salient social distinctions of the culture ( kin versus nonkin , intimate versus nonintimate , higher/lower status , to mention some very common ones ) . |
20 | And I 'll show you two or three things on on this contract which will if you presented to them face to face during the during the discussions they would they would use it as an excuse to say , You did n't tell me that I do n't want to do it . |
21 | Of course , Mrs Hilali may get the chance to explain to them face to face what 's happened , because if she 's broken Turkish law she could be deported . |
22 | Choice pears masked with chocolate sauce and cream , beautiful fresh peaches smothered in raspberry purée and set around with vanilla ice seem to me offences to nature , let alone to art or basic principles . |
23 | There were cited to me Thackwell v. Barclays Bank Plc. [ 1986 ] 1 All E.R. |
24 | Shaun confessed to me loads of times that he wanted to leave the band because it was n't a good living and he did n't enjoy it that much . |
25 | He came to me time after time , as useless as a surcharged phonograph — drunk on Byron , Shelley , or Keats . |
26 | These and other similar resonances seemed to me hand-fashioned for Johnson 's interest — but time and again , no comment . |
27 | All of that to me smacks of a lack of appreciation of the need to understand a business thoroughly , where you 're going to be involved in making major decisions . |
28 | Most effects to me sound like oil on top of water . |
29 | I 'm sure you 'd have related it to me drop by drop . |
30 | Through a local human rights group , to whom copies of appeals had been sent , he got hold of photocopies of all the letters from around the world that had been written on his behalf . |