Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many turnpike roads like the canals and railways after them , produced minor settlements or led to changes in existing ones . |
| 2 | Finally , as we discussed previously , even if primary productivity were to have increased , unless the increase was supported by nutrients external to the ocean , or led to depletion of the excess nutrients in the upper ocean , the effect on the drawdown of anthropogenic CO 2 would be insignificant . |
| 3 | Round tables and drop-leafs can be bought to act as library tables and sofa tables as described above , or there are large adjustable coffee and cocktail tables which can be raised to dining or lowered to coffee table height as desired . |
| 4 | Hence , looking at the contracts quoted on Hanson shares in Fig.7.2 , we can see that the highest exercise price is 160p and if the price of Hanson shares rose to 161 p for 4 consecutive trading days or rose to 170p the clearing house would create a new series of options with exercise prices of 180p . |
| 5 | Or moved to tears by its same sound . |
| 6 | A few care managers have already gained posts in the SSD 's linked resource centres or moved to children 's services . |
| 7 | The so-called culinary herbs , parsley , mint , basil and so on , all have characteristic flavours which enable them to be used in recipes of their own , or added to dishes to give a tantalizing piquancy . |
| 8 | ‘ Incremental ’ causes transfer of only that data which has been modified or added to LIFESPAN since data of that same type was last transferred . |
| 9 | Incremental — only transfer information which has been modified or added to LIFESPAN since the last transfer for that type |
| 10 | Known as ‘ the little onion ’ , this herb is best used raw in salad dressings , or added to dips and sauces , or to flavour savoury butter and egg dishes . |
| 11 | Sunset had been grand but remote , like listening to a radio signal from some distant country with only a weak transmitter : when a surfer caught a wave or came to grief , you had to filter out a lot of static and strain to follow what was happening . |
| 12 | In relation to videos , the BBFC has become a fully fledged State censorship Board , charged by law with determining whether material on video is " suitable for viewing in the home " and with determining whether particular cassettes can be sold or hired to children . |
| 13 | The batteries should not be exposed to excessive heat or cold temperatures , or exposed to moisture . |
| 14 | It was certainly a spectacular display of what dancers could do with their legs whilst merely marching but the ports de bras were very limited and merely swung at the sides or sprang to attention . |
| 15 | Some of these developed into villages , others remained the same , yet others disappeared or shrank to farmsteads or even smaller hamlets . |
| 16 | Now in the eyes of the law , they have committed a crime , but if you put that situation before a jury , and even though the judge may instruct the jury , a crime has been committed , you must find them guilty , the jury 's inclination will probably be to say , natural justice , you , that you you done what was required of you , that you do n't deserve to be either convicted or sent to prison for it . |
| 17 | The sub-divisions which arose were , in the main , based on where fans lived or went to school . |
| 18 | Always , outside the wire , the bored guards relieved each other at two hourly intervals while , inside , prisoners did the washing-up or quarrelled or went to sleep . |
| 19 | Me , who never read a clock or went to work in my life . |
| 20 | Izzie never came near or spoke to Gabriel . |
| 21 | When all five victims were stabbed or shot to death , Susan Atkins dipped a towel in Sharon Tate 's blood and daubed the single word ‘ Pig ’ on the living-room door . |
| 22 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 23 | It 's not long ago , Aunt Tossie thought ( or said to Gigi — who was still eking out her parrot 's longevity ) that we used to be rich , dear bird . |
| 24 | ( Or downed to £110 million if built by Sappers , another 1000 of whom would have to be recruited . ) |
| 25 | The moving spectacle , which was interrupted repeatedly by rounds of automatic weapons fire , was carried live on Sarajevo television , and beamed to homes in all the former Yugoslavian republics . |
| 26 | Patrick leaned forward and whispered to Joseph . |
| 27 | I leant over Mum and whispered to Dad . |
| 28 | She kicked forward and whispered to Scathach , ‘ They 're not wolves , they 're humans . |
| 29 | Sir Bruce sipped , made a face , and whispered to Agnes : ‘ And I thought we suffered at MoD . |
| 30 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |