Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soldiers loyal to President Gnassingbe Eyadema , who was divested by the national conference in August of all but his ceremonial powers [ see p. 38379 ] , twice stormed the national radio and television station on Oct. 1 , in separate attempts to return him to power . |
| 2 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 3 | It took police 13 years to bring him to justice . |
| 4 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |
| 5 | Mr Towndrow left his mother-in-law , a former pianist , at 4pm having been told it would take two hours to deliver her to Mile End , two miles away . |
| 6 | Loretta and Bridget stood up to join him , bending and stretching their cramped legs to restore them to life . |