Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence suggested that this reply had come to the attention of the deceased . |
| 2 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 3 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 4 | It seemed louder , more raucous than usual , and she sighed at the prospect of another evening spent listening to the same arguments and bitter reproaches . |
| 5 | Now another Angevin had responded to the call for help . |
| 6 | However , at this distance from the monster , she could see that it was none other than her own tabby cat , which for some reason had grown to the size of a mammoth . |
| 7 | It is quite clear , and it is now admitted by the appellants , that the effect of the minister 's decision was merely to prove that this sum had belonged to the appellants ever since the vesting date . |
| 8 | No doubt such perception had contributed to the man 's wealth , D'Arcy considered , as he sought the most diplomatic way to accuse his client of dealing with a terrorist organisation . |
| 9 | All of these studies emphasised the same , fundamental point : that rehabilitation had led to the sacrifice of justice in favour of an alternative goal that it had manifestly failed to achieve . |
| 10 | A standard form of agreement is set out in Appendix I. The essential elements of a confidentiality agreement are an acknowledgment by the purchaser that : ( a ) the existence of the negotiations and all information received relating to the vendor 's business is confidential ; ( b ) the purchaser will maintain the confidentiality and ensure that all persons receiving the information maintain the confidentiality ; ( c ) the purchaser will only use information for assessing its acquisition of the business and for no other purpose ; ( d ) the purchaser will return all the information and either return or destroy all copies if the transaction does not complete . |
| 11 | Just before this a number of leading members of that church had written to The Times declaring their disbelief in the Devil . |
| 12 | Winston phoned me back within an hour to say that he had spoken to Harriman , that Harriman had spoken to the State Department , that they had dispatched two telegrams — one to Pretoria and one to Cape Town , the places between which the governmental functions are divided — and that in addition he himself had sent a telegram to the Prime Minister of South Africa , signed by the not unimpressive name of Winston Churchill . |
| 13 | But his own world had stretched to the hinterland of the Gulf states , where a mixture of religion , politics and blood feuds made death a beginning rather than an end . |
| 14 | For over three hours we talked and talked and still neither brother had returned to the subject that lay foremost in our minds . |