Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once received the data will be converted from radio to microwave signals and passed along cables to the control centre nearby . |
| 2 | He devoted much thought to the shape of the future church . |
| 3 | Small boats came out to the liner , some bearing vendors of coconuts and bananas , others containing friends and relatives who shouted up names to the rail . |
| 4 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 5 | But Jim says the Minister asked for extras which added nearly £20,000 to the bill . |
| 6 | Out of an initial tax revenue of 442 billion dinars in 1985 , the republics and provinces transferred 251 billion dinars to the federal government , but received back grants to the value of 60 billion dinars . |
| 7 | On top of which we came out $28 to the good . |
| 8 | A rise of 14p amid speculative interest added almost £10m to the value of the bathroom fittings and showers business on Friday . |
| 9 | Throughout the reign , therefore , extraordinary war expenses added over £1,120,000 to the king 's usual expenditure . |
| 10 | Shankar and Vice-President Henck Arron formally " resigned " and handed over power to the Army on Dec. 27 . |
| 11 | He told the court that after Swindon beat Bolton Wanderers in November 1989 he personally handed out £5,000 to the players and back-up staff . |
| 12 | Tesco manager Bernard Andrews handed over £55,000 to the men who threatened to castrate his teenage sons . |
| 13 | Glaxo Holdings , the international pharmaceuticals group , yesterday handed over £800,000 to the South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust . |
| 14 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 15 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |
| 16 | We were so worried by the Oldie editor 's eccentric behaviour , we sent off letters to the agony aunts to ask for their help |
| 17 | A government inquiry cleared the plant , which has in one way or another brought about £100m to the area , but the cows go on dying . |
| 18 | The authority of the verderers , like that of the coroners , had ended with the previous reign , so the king sent out orders to the sheriffs to make arrangements for the election of ‘ as many verderers as there ought to be and used to be ’ in nineteen forests south of Trent , and in Sherwood Forest north of it , ‘ as no verderer is as yet elected therein by command of the King , |
| 19 | The Maharajah sent over £200 to the village to celebrate her survival of an assassination attempt . |
| 20 | In such a system individual workers lost control over their own work rhythm , and became fully adjuncts to the machine , repeating those few elementary movements designed by engineering departments as the rationalized sum of their formal organizational existence . |
| 21 | We , the organisers , put up ideas to the executive committee which arrives at a consensus , then we discuss possible titles that are appropriate and short enough to capture the necessary publicity . |
| 22 | In consequence of the agreement , Mr. Mahmoud gave up possession to the landlord . |
| 23 | I know of one pub where the licensee gave out cards to the people he wanted to let in , ’ said Coun Cussins . |
| 24 | In March 1975 the Labour-controlled Tameside Council put forward proposals to the Secretary of State for the reorganization of secondary education along comprehensive lines to come into effect in September 1976 . |
| 25 | Finally , the Yugoslav government held up payment to the construction enterprises for several more months , and then paid them in dinars at the current rate of exchange , which was considerably worse than the rate applicable at the time when payment was originally due . |