Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 2 | The most important conscious attempt to solve the succession problem was made by Leopold Senghor in Senegal , who successfully handed over the presidency to Abdou Diop in 1980 after the re-introduction of a multi-party system in 1977 . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Bobby Ferguson yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Sunderland 's Welsh international , Colin Pascoe . |
| 4 | KEVIN Keegan yesterday threw down the gauntlet to refreshed Newcastle winger Franz Carr . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose you also turned down the chance to be his girlfriend ? ’ |
| 6 | It also opened up the economy to foreign imports in order to increase competition and break up entrenched monopolies [ see pp. 37528 ; 38002 ] . |
| 7 | The King now handed over the controversy to Andrewes . |
| 8 | In the passage , she stumbled and almost fell , then flung back the door to the bedroom . |
| 9 | Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony , including Wally Fuentes Morrison , and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet . |
| 10 | He then went down the slope to where the ferrymaster was preparing to beach his craft . |
| 11 | The Frenchman 's blade rang like a bell on Sharpe 's sword , then scraped down the steel to be stopped by the heavy disc hilt . |
| 12 | But a council report claims BT then jacked up the cost to £3 million and refused to finish the job unless they were paid . |
| 13 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |