Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] the [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushing a renegade curl from his forehead , he divested the boot of our luggage and led the way to reception , where we said goodbye to Sandy , the lady driver . |
| 2 | He then spent another three hours combining the ingredients in his kitchen while his wife Kate dressed the dining table and got the children to bed . |
| 3 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 4 | NASA named its first shuttle Enterprise , and played the theme to Star Trek at its unveiling . |
| 5 | From this , the Necropolis Company invented and patented the earth to earth wicker coffin . |
| 6 | Staring round at the dark grey clouds scudding across the sky , at the almost violet light on the horizon , Hilary tilted her face and allowed the rain to sluice her tears away . |
| 7 | The Apple deal reportedly came about because Echo used the Mac , theoretically the toughest nut to crack , as its proof of concept and showed the system to Apple last year , translating Macintosh programs to several unidentified RISC platforms . |
| 8 | Both miglitol and acarbose significantly increased breath hydrogen excretion ( F 2 , 3 4 =6.31 , p=0.005 ) and shortened the mouth to caecum transit time ( F 2 , 3 4 =3.49 , p=0.04 ) after breakfast compared with placebo . |
| 9 | Having steadied it with his foot , Michele helped her in , stepped down lightly beside her , and brought the engine to life . |
| 10 | We had a wonderfully imaginative French teacher who spoke only French in the class-room , taught us French songs , introduced us to French games , and brought the lesson to life . |
| 11 | After visiting the Pleasure Beach and Bispham , the Lifeboat diverted from the Promenade at the Gynn and took the Duke to North Station to catch his train ! |
| 12 | Lyn left him in bed and took the car to work , promising to be back early to give him his lunch . |
| 13 | ‘ Denounced the isolationists , reconciled the Party to the League by supporting rearmament , and reconciled the pacifists to rearmament by supporting the Covenant . |
| 14 | Blore , quoting Butcher , states that ‘ the learning of the Heathens flourished there , until Lucius King of the Britains , about the year 192 , … exploded the profession of heathen philosophy ’ and converted the university to Christianity . |
| 15 | ( Some were less successful than others and had the appearance to Rose of blunt and rather insecure rowing boats , which to the end of her life she believed them to be . ) |
| 16 | Harrison handed over the binoculars and twitched the wheel to port . |
| 17 | I was told one flight was full , and left the gate to mooch around the newsstands . |
| 18 | It did not but the lowing herd wound its way to and from the milking sheds , and left the world to darkness and to us each night . |
| 19 | DON GOODMAN grabbed the goals that took the heat off boss Malcolm Crosby … but gave the credit to striker sidekick Peter Davenport . |