Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | TML objected to Morton 's " abrasive " personal management style , and refused in mid-February to sign a document which would have allowed Eurotunnel to start drawing down some £400 million of additional funding for the project . |
| 32 | Marlene shouted to Keith , |
| 33 | At his father 's death , Webb moved to Kingswood to take over the business , married Alice Trobridge , and had many daughters , and one son , Benedict . |
| 34 | A working party chaired by Dr Nigel Kingsley reported to SERC 's Engineering Board in July 1989 on ‘ The Application of Information Technology to Engineering Research ’ . |
| 35 | Between planning the series and recording it , producer Michael Mills moved to ITV , so Sydney Lotterby — whose comedy successes included Porridge — took over . |
| 36 | Now Professor Lock referred to allocations and I think that 's probably and the front of his mind er having regard to his own comments , but I I would put it more widely as just erm exceptions which could be either individual allocations or indeed erm policies of of a local plan . |
| 37 | Yesterday Professor Lock referred to Harrogate 's bubble having burst . |
| 38 | ‘ She 's the neighbour who phoned to tell us about Aunt Bertha , ’ Lucy whispered to Silas . |
| 39 | Once the meal was over and the thanksgiving intoned , Corbett whispered to Ranulf to return to their chamber while he sought an interview with the Prior . |
| 40 | From Abyssinia Kapuscinski passed to Persia . |
| 41 | Lunch on Saturday led to dinner on Monday . |
| 42 | ‘ He 's like a lighthouse , ’ Mickey Aronson whispered to Ada ; and , indeed , Mickey 's comparison was well chosen , for the smile of pride Max Klein could not suppress at being the baaleboss for such a momentous occasion seemed to reach his lips only after first puffing out his chest . |
| 43 | The on-set problems of Freud led to Clift suing Universal , claiming they had n't paid him all of his $200,000 fee , and they counter-sued for nearly $700,000 . |
| 44 | Bernice whispered to Sendei . |
| 45 | Instead , attention has centred on the poor performance of the 851 Flexible buses that Grumman sold to New York 's Metropolitan Transport Authority in 1980 . |
| 46 | Whereas the idealists pursued the production of ideas as such , the materialism of Marx and Engels sought to ground thought in a concrete world of practical action . |
| 47 | The papers also report that the club sent a special envoy to Paris to ensure Gazza got to Seville for Tuesday 's friendly against Diego Maradona 's side . |
| 48 | We learn from a visit Emilia made to Simon Forman [ q.v. ] , astrologer , in 1597 , that she had been a favourite at the court of Elizabeth , had become mistress of Henry Carey , first Baron Hunsdon [ q.v. ] , and had been ‘ maintained in great pomp ’ until 1592 , when , becoming pregnant , she was married to Captain Alphonso Lanier , of the other leading family of court musicians , the Laniers , who came to London from Rouen in 1561 . |
| 49 | Burun made a face , but either Jagatan failed to notice or he did not care . |
| 50 | THE music business that millionaire Richard Branson sold to Thorn EMI for £560m has paid off handsomely for the leisure giant . |
| 51 | Now she realised that if Travis got to Lori her cousin would say anything to land her in more trouble , thus playing right into Travis 's hands . |
| 52 | Books , and there are so many of them , on Cicero 's political thought might at least note the desperate vagueness of his ideas on the provincials , which in the case of the Gauls amounted to contempt . |
| 53 | Jean de Vaubrun rode to Edinburgh from France in the autumn of 1792 [ or possibly 1793 ] , never pausing in his search for the woman he loved . |
| 54 | Yeltsin was awarded additional powers on Aug. 21 by the RSFSR Supreme Soviet , which strengthened his position vis-à-vis Gorbachev , and on Aug. 23 , at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet , Gorbachev agreed to Yeltsin 's demands that he sign decrees confirming the measures undertaken by the RSFSR government during the coup , thus making them constitutionally binding . |
| 55 | The rediscovery of Molly led to Dublin Corporations ' decision to commission a sculpture of the heroine during the Dublin Millenium celebrations in 1988 . |
| 56 | Then Ramsey rose to second the vote of thanks . |
| 57 | William Langdon reported to secretary of state Byrnes on 24 May : |
| 58 | After the collapse of the plot Montgomerie fled to London , but he continued to engage in Jacobite intrigue , and in late 1691 he tried to encourage a rising of Presbyterian extremists in the south-western lowlands . |
| 59 | On this marriage the Dalisons moved to West Peckham , although retaining all their property here at Halling . |
| 60 | Later , in the autumn of 1912 , Picasso moved to Montparnasse , and during the following years the differences in their work began to become apparent , but the same friendly relations were maintained . |