Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] to [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 2 | Bennett , the original owner of a Jaguar car entrusted it to one Searle for some repairs to be carried out . |
| 3 | Great Britain , for their part , will be looking to recapture the many admirable qualities which brought them that improbable victory after Steve Hampson 's early dismissal reduced them to 12 men . |
| 4 | I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself . |
| 5 | Rain reduced it to 37 overs a side and the home team were soon rattling along . |
| 6 | The captain of the escort led him to one side , explaining . |
| 7 | In March 1988 the Jerusalem District Court sentenced him to 18 years ' imprisonment , upheld in May 1989 by the Supreme Court . |
| 8 | This charge could not be proved but the military tribunal condemned him to 10 years absence from public life . |
| 9 | Prost 's victory lifted him to 47 points at the head of the drivers ' championship while Brazilian Ayrton Senna , the McLaren driver who was forced to retire after running second until the closing laps , remains second in the title race with 42 points . |
| 10 | Robson played 44 of Coventry 's 50 games and none of his rare absences was connected with the pelvic injury which at one stage of his Hammers ' career restricted him to 13 games in three years . |
| 11 | His second success took him to 1,000 points as an All Black , his record including non-Test matches . |
| 12 | His second success took him to 1,000 points as an All Black , his record including non-Test matches . |
| 13 | The Champ , who retired six years , was an institution and his extraordinary finishing burst took him to 20 track records . |