Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 BANGOR moved two points closer to promotion to Senior I with a victory over Down in Downpatrick .
2 At the sideboard he crashed two covers on to silver dishes .
3 Bill Gates , in London yesterday addressing sundry gatherings , notably the Institute of Directors annual convention , said he dispatched 50 messages back to base on the flight over ; asked if his impending nuptials would adversely affect Microsoft Corp , he said ‘ it takes a lot of time being single : I think being married will be very efficient . ’
4 He said the English were fine ones to bang on about cruelty when they sent little boys off to boarding school when they were eight .
5 I thought when we did we did that programme out to lunch in the summer and you came along and we talked all about buses and er your organization and I I I was very nice to you actually .
6 D I think John er put this question fairly to conference , If the Tories want to behave like the Labour party did , then we 'll pay an electoral price for it .
7 Harvey poured two glasses of milk and put two doughnuts on to paper plates .
8 These first raiders successfully fired 200,000 tons of fuel near Harfleur and then rowed 13 miles back to safety on 10 June bringing a lone straggler .
9 The hatch bolts exploded in rapid-fire sequence , and at once Rostov forced both arms up to chest level and punched them forward , tearing the extruded foam casing .
10 p chased another person on to railway line .
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