Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 2 | I got my mate to caddie for Seve . |
| 3 | I fought my way to school through flowers — |
| 4 | Immediately inside the tangle of bushes Nathaniel Sherman was astonished to find himself face to face with the massive standing bulk of the black seladang bull . |
| 5 | But suppose that he proceeds in the general direction from where he assumed by voice came and suddenly found himself face to face with a stranger who looked very similar to myself . |
| 6 | It was at this point that he found himself face to face with Cinzia Miletti . |
| 7 | Molly had secretly enjoyed her initiation to sex on the night of Yanto 's near drowning , but then she had had to curtail her natural emotions for fear of waking her Father . |
| 8 | He brushed aside the views of the joint chiefs of staff , ascribing their opposition to ignorance of the Far East . |
| 9 | I had , after all , been summoned to meet you face to face in Downing Street the following morning and obviously any difficulties could be sorted out then . |
| 10 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 11 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
| 12 | Expect his team to group around the yellow jersey , lots of nervousness and shoving in the peloton , while adventurous riders test their strength at the front . |
| 13 | He also exhibited seven paintings at the British Institution ( 1841–60 ) and eighty-four ( 1841–69 ) at the Society of British Artists , of which he was elected a member in 1845 , resigning in 1852 in the hope that this would assist his election to associateship of the Royal Academy . |
| 14 | He devoted his life to politics for a twofold purpose : to ensure that the useless slaughter of the First World War was not repeated , and that the survivors of that horrific experience should live in a better world . |
| 15 | Unionist candidates used his letter to Law as an election leaflet to reassure their supporters and to parade his capture to the nation . |
| 16 | JAMAICAN umpire Steve Bucknor changed his attitude to trial by television on the second day of the second cricket Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday . |
| 17 | I found myself face to face with Jack Nopps . |
| 18 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 19 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 20 | Ray Plummer , Cornwall 's treasurer , had expressed fears that ticket sales would be lower than last year , when about 40,000 Cornishmen swelled the attendance to 56,000 , cheering their side to victory over Yorkshire . |
| 21 | Galerie Pels-Leusden turns its attention to painting by the mentally ill with an exhibition of large-format works in coloured pencil by Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern . |
| 22 | A TEENAGE mother who stabbed her daughter to death after giving birth because she was too terrified to seek help , walked free from a court yesterday . |
| 23 | When my right hon. Friend sees the new Irish Prime Minister soon will he tell him that the biggest contribution the Irish Republic can make to peace , stability and reconciliation in Northern Ireland is to renounce its claim to sovereignty over Northern Ireland , as that claim encourages Irish Republican terrorism and gives it legitimacy , as well as being the strongest stumbling block in the way of all-party talks aimed at constitutional progress ? |
| 24 | Recovering Alphameric Plc is seeking to raise another £363,000 to bolster its return to prosperity with a placing of 1.29m shares at 28.25 pence a time via Henderson Crosthwaite Corporate Finance Ltd . |
| 25 | Since her marriage , she had become accustomed to a less competitive and more rural way of life and therefore regarded her return to court as a duty , an onerous duty . |
| 26 | The creative team then set about bringing their idea to life in all the chosen media and putting them together in a fashion which the client will understand . |
| 27 | Both leaders reiterated their commitment to co-operation within the Visegrad Three ( Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland — see p. 38930 ) and to the creation of a regional free-trade zone , and stressed their wish that an independent Slovakia should be included in both . |
| 28 | Earlier , in one of the best speeches by an outgoing party chairman in recent years , Anne McGuire added her voice to chorus of attacks on the SNP 's action . |
| 29 | Certainly they offered a number of impressive portents for 1990 and England are still trying to forget the way Aleinikov , Mikhailichenko and Zavarov reduced their defence to rubble in Frankfurt . |
| 30 | Having celebrated their 5th birthday in style with Beaujolais Nouveau for all clientèle , the Greys salon in have been quietly promoting their commitment to quality with their Customer Service Policy . |