Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
| 2 | I hated making love to women I did n't even like . |
| 3 | I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters . |
| 4 | In particular , I needed to gain access to teachers ' appointments panels within the school where it would be possible to observe appointments procedures , collect documentary materials such as copies of application forms ? curriculum vitaes ? references and job descriptions and follow up my investigation by interviewing candidates who had applied for posts after their interview had taken place . |
| 5 | In fact I went to wave goodbye to grandma . |
| 6 | But now I had come face to face with her four days after she stood before the House of Commons and declared that there were too many hospital beds in London , and that as a result , St Bartholomew 's Hospital , along with numerous others great and small , would have to close , merge or become emasculated . |
| 7 | In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 . |
| 8 | Mr Robin Cook MP , objected to Lord Diplock 's suitability on the ground that he had been chairman of the Security Commission since 1971 , and had not formerly indicated any understanding of the concern for civil liberties and privacy which had given rise to public and press anxiety about the procedures of the security services . |
| 9 | The frigate , an SKR 815 under the command of Ukrainian Sergei Nastenko and manned by a crew which had sworn loyalty to Ukraine in January , left Donuzla on the Crimean peninsula without permission on July 21 and hoisted the Ukrainian flag . |
| 10 | Aylwin had been leader of the Christian Democratic Party in 1973 , when it had joined in calling on the military to intervene , but he now acknowledged that all political forces which had preferred confrontation to dialogue at that time , were responsible for creating the conditions in which human rights violations eventually took place . |
| 11 | Among the organizations which had put pen to paper were the Farmers Union of Wales , the Somerset Community Health Council and the regional Youth Hostels Association . |
| 12 | A LORRY driver who helped take aid to refugees in Croatia was yesterday named Britain 's Top Dad . |
| 13 | Twice she tried to get water to Midnight . |
| 14 | She remembered how helplessly she 'd given way to Jake 's madness on Starr Hills . |
| 15 | Every time she imagined coming face to face with him her stomach knotted . |
| 16 | Mrs Bottomley would not be drawn on whether it was a public inquiry , but told BBC Radio 4 's PM programme that all who wished to give evidence to Sir Cecil would be able to do so . |
| 17 | ( They would marry two years later , some months after she had given birth to twin boys . |
| 18 | She had given tea to Phil . |
| 19 | But today was Monday , the first and the worst day , getting used to the maverick wind , going as slow as possible up to the corner where she had to say goodbye to Izzy and face it all alone . |
| 20 | Following article in the last issue on ‘ returning to work ’ felt that there was another side to the coin and felt she had to put pen to paper to balance out various viewpoints . |
| 21 | In the first two years of office she had to give way to Cabinet pressure on pay rises for MPs , the scale of public spending cuts in November 1981 , gas prices , the Rhodesian settlement , the compromise on the EEC budget ( faced with the implicit resignation of Lord Carrington , who had negotiated it , if she did not accept ) and , while Mr Prior was at Employment , action against trade union immunities and the closed shop . |
| 22 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 23 | At work , given that , despite her de glamorisation , she had had cause to cold-shoulder one Lothario from Purchasing and another from Sales who had been fresh beyond what she thought acceptable , she was quite contented with her lot . |
| 24 | The memory of the terrible moment she had come face to face with Salt rolled over her . |
| 25 | This , after all , was the man who had made love to Elise , made an impact strong enough to perhaps contribute to Elise 's death . |
| 26 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 27 | Who had given information to Brückner 's wife ? |
| 28 | All CSD staff based in the UK were invited , together with representatives of other JM locations and Divisions who had provided support to CSD in its endeavours . |
| 29 | He readily granted licences for enfeoffment to uses , and although Chancery officials made some effort to track down unlicensed or fraudulent uses , such cases ‘ form a very small minority of all those tenants in chief who had conveyed land to uses ’ . |
| 30 | Najibullah attempted to flee the country , but was prevented from reaching Kabul airport by troops under the command of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostam , an Uzbek militia leader previously deployed by the government against Pashtun mujaheddin groups , who had switched alliance to Masud . |