Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [noun] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 16th-century ruins of Knock Castle , 2 miles away , have a murky past — all the sons of the Laird were murdered by a neighbouring Forbes of Strath girnock ; when the Laird was informed he was so overcome by grief that he fell down a staircase to his death . |
| 2 | That did not prevent her from being thrown down a mineshaft to her death in 1918 . |
| 3 | He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death . |
| 4 | His company decimated by murderous shell-fire even before reaching the objective , Jubert found himself alone , possibly the only surviving officer , and sent off a message to his battalion commander : ‘ I do not know where I am , but the position is of the first importance , and I have only ten men to hold it . ’ |
| 5 | After beating off a challenge to his priority by a Frenchman , C. A. Lamy — a discovery like this was a very important bit of property indeed — Crookes was elected into the Royal Society in 1863 , his sponsors including Faraday , Tyndall , Odling , Abel , Stewart and Herschel . |
| 6 | The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat . |
| 7 | She was n't brought up a Catholic to my knowledge . ’ |
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| 9 | Watchdog featured her after she called out a plumber to her home to unblock a toilet . |
| 10 | Ca can I go back a bit to your childhood . |