Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 2 | He recalled : ‘ The partner and my uncle went to the six o'clock train for London to try to head me off . |
| 3 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 4 | Its activities led to the British Film Weeks of 1924 , which involved screening a programme of British pictures , accompanied by the sort of ballyhoo which left the public , according to critic Paul Rotha , ‘ hypnotized into readiness to applaud the worst picture in the world because it was British . ’ |
| 5 | Her sister listened to The Moody Blues , Jay listened to Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , The Kinks : she despised the early , clean-cut Beatles and mods . |
| 6 | The references to professors and their books led to the predictable conclusion : ‘ On the Black issue our verdict is based on the facts , we have judged the case on the evidence , fairly , and come to the only just conclusions . ’ |
| 7 | Rain recognized the stale smell , and her glance went to the half-open shutters . |
| 8 | Her eyes fell to the open fireplace , the large , gaping grate with its neat pile of sawn logs . |
| 9 | Her eyes travelled to the dead fern in its arid pot , the ashes in the rusty grate , the festoons of cobwebs which hung from filthy pelmets and picture rails and the appalling thickness of the dust which covered the drab objects on the dresser . |
| 10 | After eradication of H pylori infection in the duodenal ulcer patients their gastrin fell to the same value as the H pylori negative healthy volunteers and this was accompanied by a 66% fall in their gastrin mediated acid secretion after gastrin releasing peptide . |
| 11 | Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking . |
| 12 | This subversive exchange represents one of the ‘ pockets of freedom ’ — Sibylle 's own phrase — that were to be found in every stratum of a superficially homogeneous Nazi society — not just in one branch of the Hitler Youth , but in the army at the battlefront and , of course , at home , where Sibylle 's mother shocked her tea guests by referring to her ‘ dear Jewish friends ’ abroad , and her father listened to the forbidden BBC with the volume turned up full . |
| 13 | on some of their things and in fact two of their people came to the intellectual property thing |
| 14 | It did not start the cauldron brewing but its members reacted to the simmering unrest that was their inheritance with an honest attempt to apply minds to what had always been the province of bigotry and emotion . |
| 15 | She stood out of the way of a party of scantily clad Scandinavian women who were leaving , then waited while her eyesight adjusted to the contrasting darkness . |
| 16 | Her hand went to the holstered gun slung on her thigh . |
| 17 | Her thoughts went to the sleepy mountain village with its wooded hillsides and ancient Roman spa . |
| 18 | The revolutionaries might as well have come from another planet for all the relevance their schemes had to the real concerns of the peasantry . |
| 19 | His monks had a grange at Widcombe , and at the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands were divided , the Prior 's Park being sold separately to Humphrey Colles while the Manor House and its estate went to the rich clothier , Richard Chapman , who was mayor and MP for Bath . |
| 20 | The Kolowrat family gave money for the church as one of their family belonged to the Jesuit Order and it was here they chose to be buried . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought you were going to undress me very slowly ? ’ she murmured , as his fingers went to the satin-covered buttons on her blouse . |
| 22 | Turning to deal with the next , his glance went to the intercommunicating doorway . |
| 23 | His eyes strayed to the rosy-cheeked children who were chattering happily and , to Meredith 's delight , he began to talk as if questioning his own feelings . |
| 24 | His eyes flickered to the small heaving breasts in the decadent lacy brassière as she resisted . |
| 25 | He was concentrating on maintaining his grip and keeping his mind closed to the pressing images of his fate on the rocks below . |
| 26 | His work led to the celebrated equation which bears his name , an equation which can be found written down at the start of every book on quantum mechanics . |
| 27 | The elder Coxe died 19 January 1730 ; at that point he retained the title to Carolana , which his descendants surrendered to the British government in return for land in the colony of New York in 1769 . |
| 28 | A flight of granite steps to his right led to the first floor of one of the buildings and an arrow carried the word , ‘ Office ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ He wo n't be here yet , my dear , ’ said old Mr Clare , as his wife went to the front door for the tenth time . |
| 30 | On the very day his paper went to the General Committee the polytechnic directors were meeting in conference at Coombe Lodge , together with Toby Weaver and others from the DES . |