Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] to [noun sg] on " in BNC.

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1 It is one of those lovely places that lends itself to exploration on foot — especially in and around the old city .
2 It 's alleged that twenty eight year old Andrew Livermore of Northampton , went to the home of Digby Saunderson last August and stabbed him to death on his doorstep .
3 After arriving at the quantity of paper needed ( allowing for wastage ) I would descend to the cellar , bring up the paper , and cut it to size on our huge hand-powered guillotine whilst the two others would be hand-setting the copy handed them by me on a clip , for their guidance .
4 She chuckled , then might pick up the animal by the scruff ( if it were a cavey , or a bird ) , and dash it to death on the ground and spill the guts to read them for herself , then sprinkle blood inside the circle and on her cheeks and brow .
5 It was hard to tell , at the moment , whether it would be moving at or away from him , but Sheikh , a patient and methodical child , looked ready to run after it and beat it to death on the boundary should this prove necessary .
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