Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] an [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , it should not be assumed that the abolition of public examinations would necessarily put an end to transmission styles of teaching . |
| 2 | Imaginative story-telling thus represents an alternative to information , but also to the realist novel which shares the media 's obsession with factual precision . |
| 3 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 4 | A shelf for decorative plates running at picture rail height will instantly bring an interior to life . |
| 5 | She would probably lick an intruder to death . |
| 6 | If the occupier has reason to anticipate the presence of a child trespasser he would do well to erect an obstacle to entry that is not in itself dangerous . |
| 7 | Test Pack 2 simply provides an alternative to Test Pack 1 — especially useful if you need to test the same student again , at a later date . |
| 8 | A KNIFE maniac vowed to wage war on the police then stabbed an officer to death , a court heard yesterday . |
| 9 | Nigel decided to leave things a few weeks then issue an invitation to dinner . |
| 10 | PKWare have recently announced an update to PKLite , the executable file compressor from the same stable as PKZIP . |
| 11 | Miranda 's heart had looped the loop as she happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules , his favourite restaurant . |