Example sentences of "a [noun sg] have [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl and a boy have taken to the forest ; they are to get them back . |
| 2 | So erm if you have n't opted out of the scheme er full time service , part time service if a teacher had elected to the part time scheme , and a supply supply teacher if a teacher had elected to the part time scheme . |
| 3 | So erm if you have n't opted out of the scheme er full time service , part time service if a teacher had elected to the part time scheme , and a supply supply teacher if a teacher had elected to the part time scheme . |
| 4 | A chance mention in a letter written in the 820s shows that one card in a Carolingian king 's hand was the existence of a " solemn custom " whereby any recipient of a benefice had to come to the palace in person and ritually " commend " himself to the king . |
| 5 | More problematic is the way in which such a dislocation has led to the acceptance of her ‘ Mexicanness ’ as mere decoration of the essentially feminist themes of her work , thereby defusing a substantial part of the art described by Breton as a ‘ ribbon round a bomb ’ . |
| 6 | One other reason for the use of the rope is to help the fielder know when he has made contact with such a boundary , and often a fielder has signified to the umpire that a ball has made contact with the rope of that he himself , while in contact with the ball , has touched such a rope . |
| 7 | The cancer from a kidney had metastasized to the lungs . |
| 8 | A report has gone to the procurator-fiscal . |
| 9 | One would also have expected the density fluctuations in such a model to have led to the formation of many more primordial black holes than the upper limit that has been set by observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 10 | Schools were not compelled to employ an MRO ; in fact , to have an MRO a school had to prove to the media advisory team that it both needed and valued the skills offered . |
| 11 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 12 | Pardons and commutations are also granted on the basis of good behaviour , and there is a reasonable expectation of a sentence being reduced once a prisoner has progressed to the open system of Stage 4 . |
| 13 | It is obviously wasteful nonsense for a district nurse needing a new dressing for a patient to have to return to the surgery , tell the doctor what is needed , possibly even draft the prescription for him , get the prescription dispensed by a pharmacist and then make a second visit to the patient to apply the dressing . ’ |
| 14 | Thus , an assessor has to bring to the assessment process a matrix of skills , knowledge , and experience in order to translate information into understanding . |
| 15 | Once an estate had devolved to the heir , a legatee per vindicationem was immediately able to vindicate the object from the heir , for the legatee was himself owner . |