Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , operational commitments prevented you from coming to the ‘ Open Day ’ and I will be pleased if you and Superintendent Pakes can attend this meeting , which will be held at our Riverside Headquarters in Keynsham , starting at 10.15 . |
| 2 | even prevented him from getting to the outside privy ( ‘ Jericho ’ ) must have been severe indeed … |
| 3 | But only stubborn pride and the knowledge that Giles 's monstrous accusations were totally unfounded prevented her from fleeing to the Ladies ’ . |
| 4 | When two angels , again in disguise , met Lot in Sodom , he also welcomed them by bowing to the ground once ( 19.1 ) . |
| 5 | I asked him about going to the Highlands and seeing the wonderful colours there and he just looked at me and said ‘ too amorphous ’ . |
| 6 | Only the sudden arrival of three new boarders saved her from succumbing to the terror which filled her . |
| 7 | The first thing that struck me on listening to the new debut album by Sam Brown was her voice ; no syrupy coyness here , just a warm direct immediacy which is absolutely winning . |
| 8 | and had you of gone to the wrong company , right |
| 9 | It may therefore be proposed that BRAC 's programme failed to communicate properly with the practitioners and consequently alienated them with regard to the concept of the lobon-gur mixture . |
| 10 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |