Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each city , town or village lends itself to a collage in some odd way . |
| 2 | Does dew or rain reduce it to a sodden pulpy mass ? |
| 3 | Stars of stage , screen & radio welcome you to the ‘ World of Entertainment ’ . |
| 4 | We had no friends or family to accompany us to the church . |
| 5 | Then , on one wonderful day , it became the key to that magic box where infinity welcomed her to the crystal harmony of the spheres . |
| 6 | As Niki rightly points out , that year proved something to the whole of FI . |
| 7 | Although history dates it to the Golden Age of Magna Graecia , some of the region 's most glorious monuments date from the time of Byzantium and Norman rule . |
| 8 | This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature . |
| 9 | And Miss gives it to the student in n it ? |
| 10 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 11 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 12 | The hills , lakes and coast lend themselves to a variety of outdoor pursuits such as fell walking , mountaineering , pony-trekking , fishing , sailing , canoeing and swimming . |
| 13 | In retirement Leslie launched the Oswestry Festival of Village Choirs , which absorbed him for some years until underfunding brought it to an end . |
| 14 | She often used to say she could n't believe how some people behaved , and the promiscuity and drinking shook her to the core . |
| 15 | French and Ukrainian , mathematics and chemistry bored him to the point of insanity ; only in music and English could he hope to get decent marks . |
| 16 | ‘ As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’ |
| 17 | That means understanding the principles of communication and custom applying them to a campaign , not just throwing hardware at people and showing them the switches . |
| 18 | And that there were tourists is shown by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , published finally in 1813 but mainly written in 1796 : in it Elizabeth Bennet is invited by her aunt and uncle to accompany them to the Lakes , and exclaims : ‘ My dear , dear aunt , what delight ! |
| 19 | An exception is made in this instance because the policeman 's task in maintaining law and order exposes him to a greater risk of attack than other members of the public . |
| 20 | He was a file-grinder by trade , sitting astride a roaring belt-driven stone wheel , breathing in dust for eight hours a day until chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis drove him to an early retirement . |
| 21 | Eventually Lady Laetitia and Tick made it to the minstrels ' gallery . |
| 22 | I well remember the words of an old foreman who said to me , Son , even if you have the talent and ability to take you to the top , there is still no guarantee that you will ever get there , or even half way . |
| 23 | My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind . |
| 24 | His goal and guidence helped them to the Premier League . |
| 25 | They won their obscenity trial but poverty drove them to a caravan beside a Methodist chapel where they lived off skips , meeting other swinging exiles and learning how much people waste . |
| 26 | Phosphatidylethanolamine shifted most of the cholesterol to the vesicular phase while phosphatidylserine moved it to the non-vesicular fraction . |
| 27 | On appeal by the taxpayers , the Appellate Committee having heard the appeal but before judgment referred it to an enlarged Appellate Committee to determine the question whether the existing exclusionary rule relating to the construction of statutes should be relaxed so as to enable Hansard to be consulted as an aid to construction : — |
| 28 | Then suddenly , as Bully pulled her to a standstill , she had an idea . |
| 29 | The car in question was a little Renault , and Jenna was interested as Marguerite led her to the garage later and opened it up . |