Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 2 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 3 | Inner London authorities normally had access to funds via Central Personnel/Management Budgets , for example : |
| 4 | As we have seen , Constantinople gave refuge to Prince Adelchis ( son of Charles ' first father-in-law , Desiderius ) , who still maintained opposition to Charles in Italy , albeit from afar . |
| 5 | ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it . |
| 6 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 7 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 8 | In this connection , it is interesting that many of the restrictions on economic life in the Pentateuch were to ensure that each family always had access to part of the society 's capital — namely a plot of land and some animals . |
| 9 | Practical considerations , such as the difficulty of finding enough foster placements and adequate staff for children 's homes , also lent weight to arguments in favour of preventing children from coming into care . |
| 10 | All had been part of the Reagan-Bush administration which illegally sold arms to Iran in exchange for the release of US hostages held in Lebanon . |
| 11 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested simply in running off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel : this is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |
| 12 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested in running just off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel which is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |
| 13 | If he later showed hostility to policies of the United States this was quite separate from his personal feelings about the American people . |
| 14 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 15 | Bernard also accompanied Minton to Spain in the summer of 1949 . |
| 16 | The same incident also gave rise to complaints by a number of members of the public in respect of the conduct of several police officers who had attended it . |
| 17 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
| 18 | Her later career , from the time of her marriage to Darnley in the summer of 1565 , inevitably gave rise to writing of a very different and much more partisan nature . |
| 19 | Charlie found he was continually spitting out mud and once even came face to face with a German who could n't blink . |
| 20 | Again , when civilized states extended their frontiers they frequently took occasion to prospect for and exploit sources of precious substances and most notably of gold . |
| 21 | CNT-inspired strikes between 1931 and 1933 frequently gave rise to clashes between workers and the two armed police forces , the Civil Guard and the Republic 's new Assault Guard . |
| 22 | They then drove north to Alexandria for a final briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters , with the Germans only forty miles away . |
| 23 | Some men were particularly successful in Black Africa , and might return direct to Kufra with slaves , spices , even gold , which they then forwarded north to Alexandria for export , they alleged , ‘ to Istanbul ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Some of you thought I could n't do it , ’ chuckled Pipe , who then gave credit to Dickinson for the role he played in Granville Again 's timely revival . |
| 25 | The roaring , bellowing growls sometimes gave rise to screams of agony . |
| 26 | Her father , David Hammond , aged 25 , allegedly beat Sukina to death in the family home in St Paul 's , Bristol , last December 6 after he became annoyed when she would not spell her name . |
| 27 | I never got drunk — that is , I never got too drunk ; I never wrote prescriptions for imaginary patients ; I never made advances to women in my surgery . |
| 28 | He recently compared ICBMS to cavalry in the 1940s : an outdated weapon with increasingly limited uses , still defended by die-hard supporters . |
| 29 | He let the veteran British know exactly how he felt when they recently came face to face at a film festival . |
| 30 | If they had done this to her possessions , what would they do if they actually came face to face with her ? |