Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In this case it was a combination of steam power and the proximity of the River Severn that allowed it to prosper to such a comparatively late date .
2 The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings .
3 All the same , I insisted that we should pay our share of the electricity , heating , et cetera , and made her agree to that .
4 And did you come to any conclusion ? ’
5 She 'd seen the hostility in the woman 's face and had her moved to another ward .
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