Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Hatch moved to a small drinks trolley , well stocked with spirits , Cowley took a last , lingering look at the photograph of Patrick Weaver , father of the dead bride . |
| 2 | EUROPEAN lightweight champion Jean-Baptiste Mendy of France cruised to a comfortable points win after a disappointing display by Britain 's Paul Burke in Paris last night . |
| 3 | Hopkins refers to a German seamen 's manifesto of March 1917 , " with its impudent assertion that , apart from a few " isolated mistakes " U-boat warfare had been conducted with respect for human and humane principles " . |
| 4 | Schoolgirl Claire romped to a straight sets win in her fourth round tie with Anglesey 's Bonnie Williams and without conceding a game . |
| 5 | Lurgan cruised to a five wickets victory over CYM at Terenure . |