Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The troublesome lamps flank the couch , where constituents sit and watch their congressman appear and disappear ; and the only thing that saved Orton from rushing to the floor to cast phantom votes when his clock buzzer went off was the fall-back alarm system , a personal bleeper . |
| 2 | She had been , in fact , tutor to the young Princess Elizabeth , who was a virtual prisoner at Bisham before succeeding to the throne . |
| 3 | For each area of study which a centre is currently offering the centre is required to submit to HCIMA for forwarding to the centre 's moderator three copies of the following : |
| 4 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 5 | Some of the best of the comrades had been horrified by the indiscretion of Lenin in resorting to the aid of the Germans and making the trip through an enemy country . |
| 6 | When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage . |
| 7 | By contrast , the Reagan Administration justified its invasion of Grenada by pointing to the danger faced by a small group of American medical students , a rationale that was rebutted by international law bodies . |
| 8 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 9 | She compromised with China in agreeing to the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 and with the Zimbabwean nationalists over the Rhodesian negotiations , when it became clear that she could not get her way . |
| 10 | Peter 's attempt to stop Jesus from going to the cross was not his only mistake . |
| 11 | MRS Barbara Bush has stepped up her relentlessly engaging campaign to become America 's version of the Queen Mum by dashing to the rescue of a much-loved and out-dated institution — the Salvation Army . |
| 12 | Tajan will then auction a choice of the best works at the Sporting d'hiver in Monaco on 13 and14 March before returning to the villa to sell the remainder in situ over the following four days . |
| 13 | Three pro-government parties , the Assembly of National Democrats ( RDN ) , the Mobilization for National Development ( MDN ) and the Democratic Thought and Action Group ( GRAD ) , on Sept. 14 condemned Prime Minister Marc Bazin for agreeing to the mission , and described the visit as a form of " foreign occupation " . |
| 14 | The spread of the Apple Macintosh within publishing to the point where it has become an industry standard . |