Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they eventually got to Paris , they found that they might just as well have stopped and had a meal in Hanover . |
| 2 | The tow rope snapped twice on the way and was getting shorter and shorter before we eventually got to Darlington . |
| 3 | Samuel Palmer was what eventually led to Keating 's discovery . |
| 4 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 5 | A dynastic struggle conducted under the hovering threat of Turkish occupation eventually led to Ferdinand of Habsburg gaining the throne , but his effective authority existed over only a fragment of Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia . |
| 6 | ‘ I rarely used to Hasselblad . |
| 7 | He eventually moved to Berlin , where he changed his name to Reuter . |
| 8 | Another , this time from a lance-corporal serving on the western Front and evidently of an extreme Nazi mentality , expressly referred to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ in a malevolent tirade , thanking inter alia the Stürmer for remaining true to its principles on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ and applauding the introduction of the Yellow Star now also in the western occupied territories : ‘ … |
| 9 | Differences of opinion over Dorotheum 's long-term strategy with Alfred Karny , head of Dorotheum 's board of directors , apparently led to Ressler 's forced resignation . |
| 10 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 11 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 12 | They had almost passed the Royale , when a thought suddenly occurred to Benny , and she stamped the driver 's foot to the brake pedal . |
| 13 | There was a little parapet going round the arcade and it suddenly occurred to Owen that it might provide a vantage-point from which he could more pleasantly monitor proceedings . |
| 14 | It suddenly occurred to Hazel that these desperate interruptions seemed to follow any question beginning " Where ? " |
| 15 | It suddenly occurred to Cissie that Beth had never spoken about her own parents . |
| 16 | The prospect of any trouble at all that did n't involve demoralisation at Willesden suddenly seemed to Charles a welcome change . |
| 17 | For a moment Sarah fell silent , then she suddenly turned to Ruth . |
| 18 | ‘ R ’ — if only replied to SPRs are to be included , |
| 19 | Come to think of it , not much happened to Anna from the time Simon left us till she died — fifteen years or nearly . |
| 20 | This apparently happened to Jim last year . |
| 21 | This obviously belonged to Brian Summers , the chairman of World Wide Insurance . |
| 22 | The house was no longer papa 's property , although she still held the key ; it rightly belonged to Craig , just as Summer Lodge did . |
| 23 | In order to escape payment Beamish fled the country and he only returned to Britain at irregular intervals from then on . |
| 24 | POLICE were last night trying to trace an actress whose 11-year-old daughter was found alone in a flat after she apparently flew to Spain on holiday . |
| 25 | She was mated to Ajax and produced two litters , the first one , in 1938 , contained five dogs , four of which apparently went to India and Pakistan , for reasons which seem to be obscure . |
| 26 | ‘ It was the late great Jack who only went to London once in his life and did n't like it , ’ he said . |
| 27 | He sees the national series as his priority and , in fact , only went to Wales last weekend as a warm-up for Saturday 's event in the northern Scottish forests . |
| 28 | I used to , no I only went away on er , we only went to Rotterdam once , that 's all . |
| 29 | So went to Andre 's and had lunch there and went on to , to a , play ball , then er , there was called , and my mother and I had |
| 30 | At the Gloucester Forest Eyre in July 1634 he produced perambulations of 1228 and 1282 , ‘ both agreeing that the Bounds of the Forrest [ of Dean ] began at Gloucester Bridge , and so went to Monmouth Bridge and Chepstow Bridge , and came round again by the Severne to Gloucester . ’ |