Example sentences of "drove [noun prp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunger and a need for sea air drove Ruth down to the Puerto de Pollensa . |
| 2 | But Oberon would not permit the match and drove Albion out of fairyland . ’ |
| 3 | It was this same Spirit that drove Jesus off into the desert to be tempted after his baptism , that pioneered the mission of the early Church often in the most bizarre , unexpected and ‘ unorthodox ’ ways ; that gripped a man like Philip , removed him from a flourishing evangelistic campaign in Samaria and drove him into the desert because there was one man who needed his help . |
| 4 | On the most recent occasion , supervisor Melvyn Relly had his vehicle stolen within minutes of arriving at the office , and with faint hope of success , Nick Graham , surveyor , drove Melvyn out to where the last car was recovered along streets neighbouring the Nottingham office . |
| 5 | But it is also increasingly explored by the Right , concerned to explain the electoral disillusionment which drove Bush out of office and Major out of Thatcherism . |
| 6 | I 'd only met Mrs Tuckett twice , once when she drove Billy down to university at the start of a term and once when she turned up to see him get his degree . |
| 7 | Spares were short , which drove Iran out into the underground arms market to make good the shortages , a process which ultimately led to the Irangate scandal in the US . |
| 8 | By April 1991 , despite the ending of the armed conflict which drove Iraq out of Kuwait [ for ceasefire resolution see p. 38116 ] , the depressed mood was still in evidence , and it was unofficially reported in mid-April that the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) had reduced its forecasts of economic growth among the world 's largest industrialized nations from 2.3 per cent in 1990 to only 1.4 per cent in 1991 . |
| 9 | Afterwards , Molland drove Peter back to Number 29 . |
| 10 | Blackberry almost drove Pipkin on to it with his claws . |
| 11 | Conflicting interests drove Albany out in due course . |
| 12 | One night after the shoot , he drove Shrimpton back to Buckinghamshire , and she let Bailey and his friend sleep in the haystacks . |