Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] a new [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I learnt a new tolerance to other faiths . |
| 2 | I noted a new aspect to Niki at the end of I975 , which he concluded with a fine victory at Watkins Glen . |
| 3 | ‘ Once I hit the 2O mile mark I started to feel stronger and my speed picked up slightly , but as I ran up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace I discovered a new meaning to the word pain . |
| 4 | Because I wanted a new public to be equally startled . |
| 5 | We watched a new entrant to the profession looking around at her colleagues for clues as to how to resolve the tensions , whilst doing as little damage to her integrity ( and her career prospects ) as possible . |
| 6 | But when a group of black kids from Brooklyn adopted Lauren 's Polo line of apparel , they gave a new reading to his class/race code . |
| 7 | Morse said it lent a new meaning to the phrase ‘ keeping a shop ’ . ’ |
| 8 | It added a new dimension to the picture . |
| 9 | It brought a new meaning to the phrase ‘ terminal breakfast . ' |
| 10 | The fines by which the clergy had bought their pardons for outlawry had yielded more than double the proceeds of the tenth collected in 1296 , but Edward was still desperate to find even more money so that he could launch a continental campaign , and he put a new demand to Winchelsey . |
| 11 | Both reformers and opponents had expected a more striking change in the size of the electorate but in so far as it introduced a new class to political influence the Great Reform Act deserves to be considered a revolution no less and perhaps more — than do the events of 1830 in Paris . |