Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | George does n't want Wright to become a burden to the team . |
| 2 | AS BOSS of ICI , the besieged British chemicals giant , Sir Denys Henderson has a lot to be worried about . |
| 3 | In 1913 , Lenin commissioned Stalin to draft a reply to the Austro-Marxists . |
| 4 | After one terrible shelling early in the battle when human entrails were to be seen dangling in the branches of a tree and a ‘ torso , without head , without arms , without legs , stuck to the trunk of a tree , flattened and opened , ’ Dubrulle recalls ‘ how I implored God to put an end to these indignities . |
| 5 | Passing Peter to take a cup to Daniel , she tried to catch his eye , to give him a little loving glance , but his expression was withdrawn , his eyes and thoughts elsewhere . |
| 6 | He did not want Irina to become a problem to him , now that he was becoming at least welcome , even necessary , to Marcus . |
| 7 | This prompted Marshall to add a note to his trade card : ‘ There are several Persons who pretend to have the Approbation of the ROYAL SOCIETY ; but none has , or ever had it , but myself ; as my letter can testifie . ’ |
| 8 | Half the Cabinet or more , the rumour went , had rebelled and demanded Chamberlain give an ultimatum to the Germans , whether or not the French joined in . |
| 9 | He could hear Carolyn reading a story to Annie , the words coming clear at certain points then fading back to a murmur . |
| 10 | The panel has asked MTS to send a correction to its shareholders . |
| 11 | In Berlin , Bismarck pretended to believe that the internal instability affecting France presented a danger to the peace of Europe , remarking to the British Ambassador that : ‘ If the present Constitutional Government in France had been three years instead of three months in existence , there would be some chance for its duration and the maintenance of peace . ’ |
| 12 | I immediately thought it over and said , ‘ Go and ask Semenov to issue a visa to your son 's wife , so that she can take the girl to London ’ . |
| 13 | Then , however , in August 1968 , détente stalled as Soviet tanks , emulating the Hungary operation of 1956 , invaded Czechoslovakia to put an end to the liberalising government of Alexander Dubcek . |
| 14 | A target of 201 presented a definite challenge and when Ambrose immediately had Hudson deflecting a catch to first slip second ball and bowled Rushmere off the bottom of the bat in his fourth over , the balance was , if anything , slightly tilted towards the West Indies . |
| 15 | Then , with 13 overs to go to the close , paceman Merv Hughes forced Haynes to edge a catch to wicketkeeper Ian Healy . |
| 16 | John Edmonds , of the General and Municipal Workers , said Smith offered an alternative to Tory ‘ moral vacuum and decline ’ . |
| 17 | But why does Thomas consider a woman to be defective by nature ? |
| 18 | One of the most unusual items is a grandfather clock featuring the figures of Adam and Eve when it chimes Adam passes an apple to Eve . |