Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] to two " in BNC.

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1 As chairman of an access group representing the disabled in the town , she said she had written to two leading Labour councillors asking the Labour group to reject the recommendations .
2 The present texts indicate that the 70 souls of Joseph 's day had risen to two or three million at the time of the Exodus ( Numbers 1 ) and to at least five million in the time of David ( 2 Samuel 24:9 ; 1 Chronicles 21:5 ) .
3 He said the media had been impulsive in reporting the incident and that Mansell and Ferrari had appealed to two different bodies — the national motorsports tribunal in Portugal and FIA 's international tribunal .
4 ‘ These are the Shiraji , ’ he said pointing to two birds with reddish wings and black chests .
5 After lunch , Faye had her nap , which had stretched to two hours now , as she was sleeping poorly at night , and after she woke she usually liked to have Belinda in to chat over the mid-afternoon snack .
6 Perhaps I had spoken to two of the many tourists that must be coming over to pay their respects to this capital of capitals .
7 But Coun Shephard , who is chairman of the district 's environmental health committee , said he had spoken to two families who were told only last month they would have to wait 50 weeks .
8 It was not at all , she emphasised , now sounding the kind of Tory lady who wears large hats , embarrassing that the PM 's letter had gone to two Labour men .
9 Chris Walton , prosecuting , said two women had gone to two branches of Boots in Darlington and using a stolen cheque book , obtained £40 worth of gift vouchers .
10 The funds had run to two houses , one in London at Betterhouse on the south bank of the Thames , the other in the North Riding .
11 If we compare our rates with the best , they were double those of the Netherlands in 1979 as we have seen , and by 1985 had worsened to two and one half times the Dutch rates .
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