justify the fol. statement on bonding

"when an atom with a filled valence shell and 1 or more lone pairs is bonded to an atom with an incomplete valence shell or a valence shell that can become incomplete by electron shifts , there is a tendency for the lone pairs to be partially transferred from filled to the unfilled shell"
I cannot really make out what this statement means
can anyone explain with an eg. ..............?

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