Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1911 , following six months ' military service with the Danish infantry , Rambush was invited to England by Arthur H. Lymn , who had formed a business in London to further develop and exploit commercially existing processes of gas production for industrial purposes . |
| 2 | When the vastly popular Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was appointed to Canada in 1946 , Letson — as a soldier with wide connections in business and society — proved an admirable choice as Secretary to the Governor-General . |
| 3 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 4 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 5 | Richard was stabbed to death in the back garden of his home in Newtown 4 weeks ago . |
| 6 | Richard was taken to Stratford-upon-Avon for a week where they saw Marlowe 's Dr Faustus and the ex-schoolteacher had his ward up in the morning in the hotel gardens to study and learn by heart the great speeches . |
| 7 | In his teens , with his father 's health deteriorating , Richard was taken to Hollywood to be his ‘ personal assistant ’ . |
| 8 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 9 | His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend . |
| 10 | Nor will the East End map show the Stoke Newington house where Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie through the eye , neck and stomach . |
| 11 | In October 1914 Maitland was sent to Belgium in charge of an RNAS balloon detachment for artillery spotting . |
| 12 | informed your meeting that Ratho was linked to Edinburgh by 15 return journeys per weekday and 20 single journeys on Sunday . |
| 13 | Ulster champion jockey Paddy Graffin was taken to hospital with an injured hand after Late Stretch had fallen in the Mares Race , but he returned in time to ride Glenmavis in the final race . |
| 14 | Alexander was escorted to Rome by Christian of Mainz , and Frederick 's imperial power was recognised by the various factions . |
| 15 | James planned a diversionary landing in Scotland and Major-General William Buchan was sent to Dunkirk with such few troops as he had been able to assemble to sail direct to Aberdeenshire . |
| 16 | Like Multitude and Solitude , it is an early exploration of the quest-adventure , man 's search for beauty as an ideal in human form , which Masefield was to bring to fruition in two later novels , Sard Harker and Odtaa . |
| 17 | At twelve Jane was taken to England to be educated and encountered her indelible railway wagon . |
| 18 | In 1961 , Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for war crimes . |
| 19 | News of victory over the French and the Bavarians at Blenheim was announced to Londoners in early August 1704 by the discharging of guns from the Tower , and in the evening there were bonfires and celebrations not just in the City but , according to Evelyn , " everywhere " . |
| 20 | Jay Kelly Pinkerton was sentenced to death in Texas for a murder committed when he was 17 years old . |
| 21 | Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years before Mrs Aquino was swept to office on a wave of ‘ people power ’ in 1986 . |
| 22 | The issue has divided the country more than any since Mrs Aquino was swept to office on a wave of ‘ people power ’ in 1986 . |
| 23 | A girl he had come to admire in Sumatra was brought to Java to be his third wife after he divorced Inggit . |
| 24 | If Nietzsche was to come to terms with a specialized academic career , his need of a compensatory allegiance was extreme . |
| 25 | Jake was tied to Janice by their unborn baby . |
| 26 | SEXY Top Of The Pops star Claudia Simon was rushed to hospital in agony after eating some dodgy olives . |
| 27 | Since the reign of Henry VII , the French King had paid a substantial sum to England , which was increased to 150,000 francs per annum when Tournai was returned to France in 1519 . |
| 28 | Legend has it that Sarah Helen was put to death in her home town of Blackburn for practising witchcraft , locked alive inside a lead coffin . |
| 29 | Blandford was sent to Pentonville on Tuesday for failing to comply with the High Court order to pay the arrears . |
| 30 | As we have already noted , Stephen was stoned to death within a short time of the Crucifixion , and Saul of Tarsus was pursuing Nazareans in Damascus . |