Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't make firm plans : Your ticket bears a warning that you are ‘ subject to removal if a confirmed passenger arrives before actual flight departure ’ . |
| 2 | The relationship came to light when a mysterious note was handed to a barrister at an earlier hearing . |
| 3 | A FAMILY holiday turned to tragedy when a four-year-old boy plunged to his death from a fifth floor balcony , an inquest heard . |
| 4 | I had just seen Dad and another man carrying a tool box to safety when a loud shout from a policeman sent me scurrying back from my vantage point . |
| 5 | But when she eventually went to bed after a leisurely supper sleep proved elusive . |
| 6 | He was not looking at me any more , but was staring out to sea where a small tanker , her navigation lights glowing bright in the falling darkness , nudged gingerly towards the bunkering buoys . |
| 7 | I was still sitting there in the early evening , staring out to sea when a young forestry worker from the town found me . |
| 8 | It is more expensive to stage than a straight play . |
| 9 | A report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology published on Oct. 23 , 1989 , showed that an Aboriginal was 28 times more likely to be sent to prison than a white person . |