Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1336 , as on earlier occasions , a tax of 20s a sack had been agreed by an assembly of merchants , and in 1338 the merchants agreed to increase it to 40s . |
| 2 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 3 | But according to a report in The Builder , some architects protested against the competition , while P. L. Hardwick wanted to limit it to British architects . |
| 4 | We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder . |
| 5 | Wendy Bell ( Private & Offshore Banking , Edinburgh ) and Judith Stobbie ( Branch Services , Edinburgh ) who were in last year 's winning team failed to make it to this year 's final . |
| 6 | Carrington managed to get him to one side long enough to ask him what the airman had said . |
| 7 | New insulated containers keep the food hot for five hours , far longer than the staff need to send it to neighbouring schools like Uplands Primary in Stroud . |
| 8 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 9 | But her urgency seemed to provoke him to lazy slowness . |
| 10 | Basic salary is based on the expatriate 's home salary with a number of allowances added to adjust it to local living conditions . |