Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Periodically the ship had literally sailed up on to the tug , ramming her bows against the stern , and finally the towing hawser had ripped out the capstan to which it was fastened . |
| 2 | They did not have time to destroy the ship 's logbook and this , combined with the testimony of the survivors , was evidence enough for Eck and those of the crew who had carried out the shooting to be arrested and tried by court-martial . |
| 3 | Miss Southworth said the woman had made up the story to friends and was then forced to go through with it , after complaints were made to the police . |
| 4 | Once clear of the cloud , she had handed over the controls to him and taught him how to use the power and propeller pitch levers , how to bank the plane sharply , how to descend and climb with power and nose attitude . |
| 5 | The only saving grace was that the number Quinn had dictated down the line to Zack was still on the Kensington exchange . |
| 6 | It was claimed that Goebbels had raised up the Führer to be the ‘ German god ’ . |
| 7 | I waited until Duncan had winched up the Golf to the road and exchanged the rope for the winch hook which lifted the front of the VW off the ground so it could be towed . |
| 8 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 9 | More important , young McNab had thrown out the challenge to me … he was a hooligan , a no-gooder , a baitz … . |
| 10 | The winter rain and snow had beaten down the weeds to a mulch of sodden brown stems , through which the bricks and rubbish on the ground protruded . |
| 11 | I had lost even the will to be a coward . |
| 12 | Being one of those who makes words out of initials , Julia , when first shown that number by the police , had changed mentally the V to U , as in the Latin alphabet , and came up with SUF , the first syllable of ‘ suffer ’ . |
| 13 | Matters came to a head after relatives of the deceased employees did not receive the expected death benefits even though the insurance company had paid out the cheques to the fund . |
| 14 | Matters came to light after relatives of the deceased employees did not receive the expected death benefits even though the insurance company had paid out the cheques to the fund . |