Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
| 2 | In explaining the sequence of thought which led Keynes to the General Theory , Dr Clarke has taken full advantage of recently discovered sources , including students ' notes of Keynes 's lectures at Cambridge . |
| 3 | A 73rd-minute goal by substitute Andy Payton helped Middlesbrough to a 2–1 home victory over Oxford United that will have an enormous bearing on the Second Division 's promotion and relegation issues . |
| 4 | Zimbabwe Test star Alistair Campbell reached 600 runs for the season with an undefeated century helped Wallasey to a 214-run victory over Sefton . |
| 5 | The Romanian tourist office in London referred Patrick to an independent agency called Transylvanian Travel . |
| 6 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 7 | Ulster youngsters Claire Curran and Zara Wolseley helped Ireland to a 3-3 draw against Wales in the under 18 event yesterday , leaving their team four points ahead of Scotland in second place . |
| 8 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 9 | The two leaders agreed that they would meet on a regular basis in the future , perhaps annually and with less formality , and Gorbachev invited Bush to the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
| 11 | Savognia helped Constance to the delicious buffet . |
| 12 | After the final curtain-call Bunny came into the prop-room and invited Stella to a little party at the Commercial Hotel . |
| 13 | The health visitor referred John to a voluntary family agency in the city because of his non-attendance at school and his increasingly aggressive acts at home . |
| 14 | RUGBY UNION : David Sole , who led Scotland to the Grand Slam in 1990 , is to retire later this year . |
| 15 | He became increasingly concerned that the monarchical regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II , which committed Germany to the First World War , was over-dominated by military and bureaucratic interests at the expense of the national interest . |
| 16 | Perhaps she should n't have said it , for suddenly its implications stirred Morse to an irrational jealousy . |
| 17 | Walden are next to bottom without a win all season but their brave defence reduced Colchester to a kicking game on a day which seemed perfect for running rugby . |
| 18 | This roused Nkrumah to a fresh effort on his behalf . |
| 19 | Aston Villa 1 , Liverpool 0 THE LATEST in a string of goalkeeping errors by the colourful but controversial Bruce Grobbelaar consigned Liverpool to a depressing defeat at Villa Park , venue of their FA Cup semi-final replay against Portsmouth tomorrow , writes William Johnson . |
| 20 | Guha surely had it right when he likened Littlewoods to a giant tanker that takes ages to change direction . |
| 21 | A family drama five years ago awakened Steilmann to the ecological crisis — his daughter had taken a strong dental painkiller and was close to death because of an allergic reaction . |
| 22 | First , Lord Grade sold ATV to the Australian financier Robert Holmes à Court ; second , the 49 per cent of ‘ Midlands ’ shares were bought by D C Thomson ( who thus made up for losing Southern ) , the betting company Ladbrokes and the printing and publishing interests of Robert Maxwell . |
| 23 | To emphasise his authority the unforgiving Rangers boss exposed Roberts to a humiliating period as a reserve team substitute . |
| 24 | Miles was silent as he followed Piper to the Technical Support area . |
| 25 | His Genius on the field spurred Blackpool to a famous win against Bolton in the 1953 cup final . |
| 26 | Aunt Bridget entertained most of the womenfolk of the village to another sit-down feast , and Polruan challenged Polperro to a hurling match " to the country " , the result of which was a draw . |
| 27 | Matt Ryan … who won the individual gold in the three day event and led Australia to a famous win . |
| 28 | In May last year Maxwell sold Pergamon to a Dutch company called Elsevier , but the dispute continued unabated . |
| 29 | JOHN KING steered Tranmere to a new high on Saturday but revealed ‘ I 'm still not looking at the league table . ’ |
| 30 | The compound was discovered when Jacqueline Doyle and Eugene Nixon of the Department of the Marine Fisheries Research Centre , Dublin , alerted Wright to an anomalous result found during routine monitoring of mussels from Bantry Bay , Ireland . |