Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] to [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 2 | Graf , the French and Wimbledon champion , will be a firm favourite to collect her third U.S. Open crown as she has not lost to Sukova in 19 matches since losing in their first meeting as a 14-year-old in 1983 . |
| 3 | His creator James Driscoll has just returned to Britain after signing a £20 million deal to create the 40-acre fun park in Samara , 600 miles east of Moscow — where Digswell has been made a Freeman of the City . |
| 4 | Norway has always looked to Sweden for breeding influence . |
| 5 | The world has always looked to Britain for stability , inventiveness and general mental agility , yet our National Prestige is low , our currency is less than one third of its immediate post-war value against the dollar and can not be explained entirely as a result of market speculation . |
| 6 | The 22-year-old public relations officer , who has recently moved to Alton from London , was among seven contestants , twenty-year-old Kerry Campbell was the runner up and Vicky Wadhams , also 20 , a nanny from Selborne , was third . |
| 7 | Alan Middleton has recently moved to Aberdeen with Christian Literature Crusade , pray that he would settle into his new role in that place and that Alan would be open to what God would do through him in the coming months . |
| 8 | They claim that opposition to Saddam Hussein 's troops is growing , as Tim Friend reported on Wednesday , one of the resistance fighters has recently returned to London after being wounded . |
| 9 | He has recently returned to Europe after a year 's exile teaching in New Hampshire , and is currently living in Italy . |
| 10 | You see , we know that if the Hispaniola does not return to Bristol by the end of August , a rescue ship will be sent to look for us . |
| 11 | But the most striking thing about Bagehot 's essay on Peel , in the light of the last full week of this election campaign , is that it simply does not apply to Major at all . |
| 12 | The plan does n't point to Finmere as an area where there 's a resumption in favour of mineral working , so what we will have to do with the Finmere proposals , is to look at it on its merits . |