Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] to [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly they offered a number of impressive portents for 1990 and England are still trying to forget the way Aleinikov , Mikhailichenko and Zavarov reduced their defence to rubble in Frankfurt . |
| 2 | J. G. Frazer in his monumental work on folklore in the Old Testament maintained that the belief that the gods revealed themselves and declared their will to mankind in dreams was widespread in antiquity ; and accordingly people resorted to temples and other sacred spots for the purpose of sleeping there and holding converse with the higher powers in visions of the night , for they naturally supposed that the deities or the deified spirits of the dead would be most likely to manifest themselves in places specially dedicated to their worship . |
| 3 | SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury spent its way to success in the past six months with vast amounts ploughed into stores paying dividends in increased customers and a big boost in profits . |
| 4 | The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity . |
| 5 | Yet the Adams group worked their way to power in the republican movement in the late 70s out of recognition that the IRA campaign was teetering on defeat unless a political front was opened . |
| 6 | Over 200 drivers took their protest to Parliament in mid-February . |
| 7 | MATTHEW PINSENT , Britain 's Olympic rowing gold medalist and Oxford rowing president , led his crew to victory in the Dark Blues trials on a storm-lashed Thames yesterday . |
| 8 | Kenji Ogiwara , who won the individual combined competition , led his country to victory in the team event . |
| 9 | A MAN who stabbed his wife to death in front of their young son begged for the boy 's forgiveness in court yesterday . |
| 10 | When Jason first queried his switch to hooker in the victory at Sheffield , coach John Monie winked and told him : ‘ Just look at your winning pay packet on Thursday . ’ |
| 11 | Mrs. Thatcher carried her party to victory in 1979 largely on the votes of the electorate in the southern half of England , below a line drawn from the River Severn to the Wash ( see Map 5.1 ) . |
| 12 | Down in Cardiff … it was the british powerboat grand prix … formula one on water … the home favourite here was number five Steve Kerton from Gloucestershire … lying second in the world championship he pushed his craft to second in the race and was chasing a victory … when a valve blew … and that was that … there were only fifteen laps to go … |