Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are distributed along the shorelines in innumerable enclaves ( sensu Crisp , 1 978 ) * many of which must have been isolated for long enough ( since the sea level rose to its present height after the retreat of the last ice sheet ) for them to have evolved local forms to suit the particular selective influences of their habitats . |
| 2 | Conteh 's decision brought benefits in the form of a world light-heavyweight title in 1975 though his desire to sever links with the main promotional power bloc led to his eventual demise . |
| 3 | ‘ After the introduction of the new paper our average daily circulation rose to its highest point for 12 years at 43,801 ( ABC Jan-June ‘ 92 ) , ’ said Mr Simpson . |
| 4 | The Corsican listened to his French-language pop programmes all day , interspersed with news-flashes . |
| 5 | Superintendent said to me one day , ‘ You do n't like this fellow very well . ’ |
| 6 | When the play came to its painful end , Dorian went to see Sybil . |
| 7 | This work led to our modern knowledge of atomic masses and also led to the discovery of new elements . |
| 8 | The space problem was relieved to some extent when the museum moved to its modern site in the late I820s , but natural history still rubbed shoulders with art and archaeology . |
| 9 | The guard shouted to him three times but he took no notice at all . |
| 10 | When it could no longer be denied that there was a recession , the Chancellor retreated to his second line of defence . |
| 11 | ‘ The lady went to her rear lounge window and saw that the whole of next door 's window had been blown out . ’ |
| 12 | Having placed these matters on record in its minutes , the London committee proceeded to its own business : ( i ) a prize of 10 guineas was offered for the best description of not more than 20 cases of glanders ; ( ii ) the circularisation of honorary and subscribing members , asking for their ‘ communications on the veterinary art ’ . |
| 13 | The Tokyo stock exchange fell to its lowest level in 3½ years on Sept. 28 on unfounded rumours that war had broken out in the Gulf . |
| 14 | It was not that she minded the hard work ; it was what the hard work did to her poor hands . |
| 15 | Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there . |
| 16 | The driver turned to his only passenger , |
| 17 | She pulled on her gown , unaware of how the thin silk clung to her still-damp skin . |
| 18 | There is , moreover , a move towards the paying party 's seeing your file and this makes it increasingly important for you to think carefully about the costs and uplift information contained in your first letter or standard terms of business appended to your first letter , and also the standard of time recording on which your bills are based . |
| 19 | Eighty years ago Captain Scott 's expedition to the south pole came to its tragic end . |
| 20 | BUSINESS confidence in the European Community fell to its lowest level for a decade last year , according to a survey published yesterday in Brussels by the European Commission . |
| 21 | But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away . |
| 22 | One morning a husband said to his newly-wed wife , ‘ Goodbye , darling . |
| 23 | By 1848 the Count had become an important figure in the administration of Hungary but the prospects of civil war and revolution led to his nervous collapse and he spent the next decade in an asylum . |
| 24 | She relaxed : being the centre of attention appealed to her exhibitionism , and being stuffed by the giant wedge appealed to her newfound masochism . |
| 25 | For greater support , the plinth in front of the patient may be lowered so that he can bend over it and rest his torso on it , with his head turned to his normal side , and his arms relaxed by his sides . |
| 26 | But as a first-half Merson free kick ricocheted to him eight yards from goal he miscued . |
| 27 | Table 1.1 shows that the South East , East Anglia and the South West ( as mapped at Figure 1.1 ) together had 46 per cent of the population of Great Britain in 1701 ; this share fell to its lowest level , of 38 per cent , in 1921 , before recovering to 42 per cent in recent census years . |
| 28 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 29 | NCR Corp , Sequent Computer Systems Inc and Unisys Corp are all planning to see that May 17 — ‘ Pentium Day ’ — is not totally dominated by the personal computer end of the business : like just about every other Intel Corp customer , these companies are bursting to talk about their high-end Pentium systems , but have been forcibly gagged by Intel from doing so : NCR was luckier than most in that it got a ten minute portion of the huge Intel presentation at Cebit in Hannover last month devoted to its eight-processor Pentium monster , but with the model number carefully removed . |
| 30 | In 1872 Mr and Mrs Henry Bingham Mildmay Found an old coastguard caretaking the house , and its untouched and forgotten quality appealed to their fashionable sense of the romantic . |