Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Minton provided the introduction to William Johnstone which obtained Vaughan a job teaching composition and illustration at Camberwell .
2 Lincoln referred the proposal to Colonels Charles Bonesteel and Dean Rusk for consideration .
3 Ann whispered the question to Harry while the new arrival was being led upstairs by her cousins to see the house .
4 Corbett caught the reference to medicine .
5 Judge David Selwood adjourned the hearings to October 7 for pre-sentence reports .
6 When Barney opened the door to Melissa he greeted her with a smile but his eyes remained grave .
7 Hari lay the key to success .
8 She radiated tension and embarrassment , so that after the meal Clare went immediately to watch TV in the sitting room , Sue took the children to bed and Bryony went out to a meeting .
9 Ben got busted so Pru took the kids to Glasgow to live with her Mum .
10 Gleeson tossed the packet to Laurel , who looked inside .
11 Galvone put the question to Manescu who stood confidently , hands on his hips , staring at Galvone , never giving a glance in Hauser 's direction .
12 Ellen put the point to Bernard .
13 Merchant bank Samuel Montagu introduced the management to Morgan Grenfell Development Capital .
14 Yacoubou attributed the improvement to Benin 's need for economic aid , hence the need to show international goodwill .
15 Subsequent Cabinet and Service Department screening in Whitehall reduced the figure to £4,700 million which was the most that the Treasury believed the economy could bear without being put on to a war footing .
16 Both Michael Corson , a Norfolk publican , and Southampton-based Aidan Hewinson made the trip to Suffolk .
17 North told the story to Bob Earl , too , to whom he was closer , and with whom the story could slip still more bonds with the world of facts .
18 Karen handed the tiller to John .
19 Henry North opened the door to Dawson 's knock .
20 Ruth handed the letter to Ernest .
21 Cornelius handed the photograph to Tuppe .
22 Ian Rush fed the ball to Steve McManaman , who for just about the first time was decisive with his delivery , hitting the ball low across the face of the goal , and there was Walters at the far post to tap it in .
23 On 19 September , the day after Alexander submitted the report to Diane Armstrong , director of NIH 's Office of Equal Opportunity , thieves broke into the offices of Alexander 's company , Drew Dawn & Associates of Silver Spring , Maryland , and stole the report along with the codes .
24 Gaughan lost the ball to Lightfoot midway inside the Chester half , the defender put a delightful ball forward which cut out Smith and O'Shaughnessy , allowing Rimmer to race through and lash the ball past the helpless Prudhoe .
25 Benny took the bus to Dublin on the first day of term with more trepidation than she would ever have expected .
26 Recent research has shown that Darwin converted the world to evolutionism despite the fact that his theory of natural selection was largely rejected as an adequate explanation of the evolutionary process .
27 News of the receivership proceedings came as Mr Bond won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and witnesses said he was visibly shaken and ‘ distraught ’ at the news .
28 Dislike of the Hohenstaufer blinded the pope to Otto 's shallow character .
29 Senior officer Robert Ambler said the journey to Tiju , in Romania , had taken a year to prepare and followed a successful trip by three officers .
30 A chance conversation with Leeds managing director Bill Fotherby opened the door to talks with boss Howard Wilkinson in midweek .
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