Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sudden smile transformed him to an astonishing degree , revealing the man behind the remote consultant . |
| 2 | The Liberal set-back in 1895 cost him his seat , and his chronic hay fever directed him to an urban constituency . |
| 3 | Despite this , on the marshy peat fens , even limited traffic reduced them to an impassable morass for long periods of the year . |
| 4 | Typically then they operate to defeat the title of the unpaid seller ( let us call him C ) who has entrusted his goods to a buyer who , without paying C , has in turn sold them to an innocent purchaser . |
| 5 | Dolly 's voice brought them to an abrupt halt . |
| 6 | Whether or not her swingometer led her to an appropriate purchasing decision , he has n't heard ; in fact , she was dowsing only the organic wines , so it was n't a completely random process . |
| 7 | He was a file-grinder by trade , sitting astride a roaring belt-driven stone wheel , breathing in dust for eight hours a day until chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis drove him to an early retirement . |
| 8 | On appeal by the taxpayers , the Appellate Committee having heard the appeal but before judgment referred it to an enlarged Appellate Committee to determine the question whether the existing exclusionary rule relating to the construction of statutes should be relaxed so as to enable Hansard to be consulted as an aid to construction : — |