Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | If he later showed hostility to policies of the United States this was quite separate from his personal feelings about the American people . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Charlie found he was continually spitting out mud and once even came face to face with a German who could n't blink . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | They then drove north to Alexandria for a final briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters , with the Germans only forty miles away . |
17 | 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 ’ . |
18 | ‘ 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 . |
19 | The roaring , bellowing growls sometimes gave rise to screams of agony . |
20 | He let the veteran British know exactly how he felt when they recently came face to face at a film festival . |
21 | If they had done this to her possessions , what would they do if they actually came face to face with her ? |