Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] to [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Where their profits were associated with service to the Empire , their operations reverted to the nineteenth century ‘ tradition ’ of patriotic capitalism .
2 On CD at present there are discs by Haitink , Järvi and Maxim Shostakovich among others , all of them sonically impressive but not always possessed of the brooding tension which Rostropovich brings to the first movement .
3 Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking .
4 At the same time a platoon from A Company were finishing their week attached to the 1st Battalion the Danish Life Regiment , during which time they were thundering over training areas in the Danish Ml 13 Armoured Personnel Carrier .
5 Their Lordships turn to the first of the orders under appeal , namely the order of Barnett J. refusing to overturn the decision of Judge Cameron not to grant a perpetual stay of the Barclays ( Asia ) prosecution .
6 Firstly the idea that parasites will cooperate with hosts to the extent that their genes pass to the next generation in the same reproductive cells as the genes of the hosts — squeezing through the same bottleneck .
7 A flight of granite steps to his right led to the first floor of one of the buildings and an arrow carried the word , ‘ Office ’ .
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