Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also , in more recent years , the series — like " At Home " , in which I talked to a different subject each week in his or her domestic setting . |
| 2 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |
| 3 | After trying every aquatic shop in the area , I decided to write directly to the manager of Trilcot and within a week I was able to collect an excellent piece of wood which they sent to a nearby store . |
| 4 | Cuthbertson became noted for his glass-plate frictional electrical machines ; a technology which he took with him from London but which he developed to a high state of perfection in Holland . |
| 5 | Nehmad maintained a high profile throughout the session , keeping his eye firmly on the currency board and bidding on a number of other lots including Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva 's ‘ La Ville Fermee ’ ( lot 320a , est. £60,000–80,000 ) which he lost to a French dealer for £62,000 . |
| 6 | Six years ago , the drawer ( said Mr Jansen ) happened to contain DM40,000-50,000 ( $15,000-32,000 ) of his own money , which he gave to a Christian Democratic aide as a thank-you for tipping off the Social Democrats about a dirty-tricks campaign against them . |
| 7 | George whipped the trousers off the table and placed them on a hanger which he attached to a wooden creel . |
| 8 | There are several such comments in the sermon which he preached to a national council apparently in 1008 , and which became the law codes V and VI Æthelred . |
| 9 | We were on the verge of an affair , but the moment he met you everything came to a dead stop . |
| 10 | The Dragoons were in the district and to hide from them he retired to a small cave on the banks of the Lugar River , close to its junction with the Dippel Burn . |
| 11 | ‘ Revolution is not something fixed in ideology , nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade . |
| 12 | Mrs Barnes , returned to her cottage , amazingly kept her silence for twelve years , only revealing what she knew to a local magistrate , Anthony Bridges in 1587 . |
| 13 | We used to picnic below Michel 's tower , it was shut up — they told us it belonged to a French man of letters — it 's more sheltered than the villa . |