Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges . |
| 2 | In July 1595 , when a Spanish force landed and set fire to Mousehole , Paul , Newlyn , and Penzance , Godolphin ‘ engaged himself very worthily ’ , and rallied men for the defence of Penzance and Marazion . |
| 3 | The Sotheby sale in 1936 made the contents of Newton 's Portsmouth papers much better known and gave rise to Lord Keynes 's famous description of Newton as the ‘ last of the magicians ’ . |
| 4 | As the sound of their giggling chatter reached him on the wind , his amusement faded and gave way to loathing . |
| 5 | With regard to powders , as a general rule cocoa should be added to mixtures that are to be cooked and drinking chocolate to foods , such as butter creams and icings , that will not be heated . |