Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] have [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another hour had taken him to a five-mile strip of dual carriageway cut through downland . |
| 2 | Martin learnt later that another team had beaten him to it . |
| 3 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 4 | If they had given the matter any thought , however , and some incident had alerted them to the dangers of being too relaxed , there was no doubt they would have strained every muscle to elude the worst poverty . |
| 5 | Sukova , who had lost all four previous hard court matches she had played against Sanchez , said her fourth-round Wimbledon victory over the Spaniard this summer had helped her to victory . |
| 6 | The results of further tests released this summer have proved them to be skilful fakes . |
| 7 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
| 8 | In 1931 he stated : the moment the responsibilities of any community , particularly in the field of social and economic questions , are shifted from any part of the nation to Washington , then that community has subjected itself to a remote bureaucracy . |
| 9 | I knew that word … but only that morning had warned us to be quiet whenever was around . |
| 10 | Time and again , that woman had shown herself to be as scheming and ruthless as any criminal-minded rogue he had ever come across ; with the exception of his good self , of course . |
| 11 | Most important was the fact that personal circumstances and creative needs of each man had impelled him to be , in a phrase which Eliot applies to Lawrence in After Strange Gods but which applies equally well to himself , a ‘ restless seeker for myths ’ . |
| 12 | People who go out of that door have committed themselves to a date . |
| 13 | On the other hand , he would not for any money have delegated it to anyone else . |
| 14 | Despite its lack of amenities , he might in any case have preferred it to Peabody accommodation , with its ban upon wallpaper and its walls bare of plaster to prevent vermin . |
| 15 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
| 16 | In regular group confessionals , the worst performers on any measure have to explain themselves to their peers . |
| 17 | Louisa hardly knew whether she felt more relieved or cheated , for the act of summoning all the courage and then being able to employ it only against her own anxiety had depleted her to no useful purpose . |
| 18 | Instead , Farbrace found his way blocked by Steve Marsh 's superior batting and duly followed ‘ Nobby ’ to Lord 's , where the same handicap has consigned him to 2nd XI obscurity . |