Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 3 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 4 | As the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) and his Front-Bench team are so singularly ill-informed , why does not my right hon. Friend invite them to the Department for a teach-in , when they could be given the true facts and figures ? |
| 5 | A 90 minute flight brings you to the southern capital and the Garden of Oman . |
| 6 | But many teachers feel this will be too late to make the public stop comparing them to the O-level system . |
| 7 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 8 | The very prospect of her life being picked over like some succulent titbit chilled her to the bone . |
| 9 | A pleasant 15-minute walk brings you to the first two faces , which contain dozens of routes at VS to E1 . |
| 10 | He used a silver-topped cane to assist him to the dining-room . |
| 11 | But we need our own voice and vote at the top table to take us to the heat of Europe , not leave us on the periphery . ’ |
| 12 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 13 | The texts of Roman law bring us to the intriguing conclusion that by late classical times the only person who acquired property under trust and with it an unassailable title was the bona fide purchaser for value without notice . |
| 14 | Ten minutes of easy walking brought her to the cul-de-sac where Delia Forbes lived . |
| 15 | And after another sleepless night , the green-eyed woman took her to the commanding officer . |
| 16 | But the health and wealth of contemporary society blinds us to the decadence and moral sickness under our noses . |
| 17 | A 45-minute journey takes you to the ‘ top of Europe ’ , better known as the Jungfraujoch . |
| 18 | The path then continues straight , towards the pass and here a less distinct path leaves it to the right . |
| 19 | The clonk may be several things , but is most probably the ball joint on top the rear axle joining it to the rear ‘ A ’ frame . |
| 20 | He tips the giant striker to make it to the top . |
| 21 | Parapsychologists have always complained that they did n't get enough funding , Randi says , so this was an ideal opportunity to put them to the test . |
| 22 | Until the second world war , the Berlin exchange was the most important on the Continent ; national division reduced it to the status of a small regional market . |
| 23 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 24 | A white limousine took them to the church . |
| 25 | Reduced to serving as a mere garden hut , a lucky chance brought it to the notice of a vigilant W & L member fresh from success in W & L 's competition to design a ( new ) building for Raven Square . |
| 26 | If you intend varnishing the window , first use wood dye on the filled area to match it to the surrounding timber . |
| 27 | Failure to ensure dogs wear a collar and some form of identification in public places will be an offence and the legislation also requires those who find a stray dog to report it to the authorities . |
| 28 | An unusual call led us to the reeds by the lake , and it turned out to be an ortolan bunting , quite distinctive with its buff chest and olive-green head . |
| 29 | The old , old fashion — Death ! ( 4 ) Oh thank GOD , all who see it , for that older fashion yet , of immortality ! ( 5 ) And look upon us , angels of young children , with regards not quite estranged , when the swift river bears us to the ocean ! ( 6 ) At such points Dickens has a way of enlarging his theme beyond the narrative pretext , addressing his readers directly as sharers of a common human lot with himself and his characters . |
| 30 | By 1905 he had moved to St Petersburg where his growing reputation as a miraculous healer brought him to the attention of the Czar and Czarina . |