Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way out the head knelt down to say goodbye to Balbinder , who was still looking rather mystified but was much less clinging and was smiling more . |
| 2 | That helped nearly halve losses to £79 million in the last six months |
| 3 | We 'd better say goodbye to Shrub . |
| 4 | So I did n't do any appropriate sociability there but I think what threw me off is cos I 'd already said Helen to Stephen , I know you and everything and it was as if it was part of the same thing |
| 5 | That was proved today by the number of people who turned up to pay tribute to Lord Ridley of Liddesdale . |
| 6 | The stars turned out to pay tribute to Fred Scuttle — better known to us as … ? |
| 7 | Beware the unrealistic high offer submitted just to ensure passage to phase II . |
| 8 | The form of personal rule which Maclean established inevitably gave rise to claims that he was , if not actually involved in slave-trading and slave-holding , insufficiently energetic in combating them . |
| 9 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that between 6 July 1983 and 9 September 1991 when joint liquidator of a limited company failed timeously to submit accounts to Companies House was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 10 | Erik thanked referees Crawford Allan ( Centralised Banking ) and Stephen McKie ( Glasgow International Division ) for their contribution to the success of the tournament and then went on to pay tribute to Cubby Lorimer who retires from the Bank at the end of May . |
| 11 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 12 | The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance . |
| 13 | The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels . |
| 14 | I swear I did not send men to Godstowe , though I would love to know who did . |
| 15 | In some cases the psychiatric service did not admit people to hospital early enough . |
| 16 | ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them . |
| 17 | Residents of the City of Westminster , while falling into the catchment areas of three different health districts , did not have recourse to admissions to any long-stay hospitals after the closure of Banstead in 1986 . |
| 18 | For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities . |
| 19 | The ICRC confirmed that political prisoners numbered 1,268 , although their representatives did not have access to prisons run by the state security services . |
| 20 | On the other hand , disappointment did not drive Nithard to defection : Charles had nicely calculated , just as Lothar had done — and this surely was a prime requirement of successful kingship — whom he could , and could not , afford to disappoint . |
| 21 | It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health . |
| 22 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 23 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 24 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 25 | We did not assess travel to work in detail . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
| 27 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 28 | The Richardsons were n't sophisticated , did n't leave things to imagination . |
| 29 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 30 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |