Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got Colin on to them . ’ |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 3 | THE University of Southampton announced plans yesterday to more than double its student numbers over the next 35 years by building an additional campus . |
| 4 | Announcing the scheme Education Minister Michael Ancram said he expected savings up to £100 , a year as a result of the improvements . |
| 5 | Later , David pulled on Clare 's towelling bathrobe and led Josh down to the kitchen . |
| 6 | He smiled in a way that had charmed the matrons of Europe , and led Hyacinth over to the cameras . |
| 7 | When he got Ann indoors to himself , he gave her a basting for getting so excited about it . |
| 8 | That 's what headed Charley back to earth . ’ |
| 9 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |
| 10 | Having explained carefully to Willis what he was about to do , Richard invited Pinkie out to lunch . |
| 11 | The newly enthroned Tsar Nicholas I moved troops up to the Turkish frontier and forced the sultan to sign the Convention of Akkerman ( October 1826 ) , by which the Turks agreed to implement the clauses of the Treaty of Bucharest which recognised the rights of the Romanians and Serbs . |
| 12 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |
| 13 | Here is Dr Johnson 's 1784 rendering of the first strophe of " Diffugere nives " ( incidentally his only translation from Horace — he evidently found Juvenal more to his creative purpose ) : And here , 110 years later , is William Ewart Gladstone , at leisure from Prime Ministerial cares and the alternative recreation of tree-felling on his Hawarden estate : But here again , almost a century on , is an American poet and scholar , Burton Raffel : What has happened to Horace 's text in the course of these centennial transformations ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got a big stick , ’ mentioned Punch confidingly to his audience , as Judy appeared with her baby . |
| 15 | The drift had become a tunnel of overgrowth that dripped water on to the roof of the van . |
| 16 | ‘ Good morning , friends ! ’ shouted Troy cheerfully to the men . |
| 17 | He helped Huw on to his feet . |
| 18 | Blackwells , with its nationwide spread , experienced huge differences in trading , from a 20% increase in Aberdeen to 7% in Oxford , static in Cardiff ( ‘ good , considering Waterstones had just opened ’ ) , to a decrease at Georges in Bristol because of the new Galleries mall in Broadmead , which drew people down to that end of town . |
| 19 | Cornelius helped Tuppe on to a stool and found one for himself . |
| 20 | Both firms moved Kribensis out to 6-1 and Cruising Altitude to 8-1 . |
| 21 | In 1989 , the federal government unveiled a three-year ‘ humanitarian aid ’ package , which provided $30,000 annually to blood-transfused HIV-infected persons who agreed to waive federal liability in the tainted-blood scandal . |
| 22 | By the time the Scandinavian countries invited Britain back to Stockholm for the 1982 Conference on Acidification , the sums had been done for exchange of acid pollution between Europe 's nations , showing Britain to be the biggest producer and exporter of sulphur pollution in Western Europe . |
| 23 | Tony Jones lifted the serving hatch and invited George through to the back of the shop . |
| 24 | When James asked his brother Nicholas for-a turn on his new bike , Nicholas got off and helped James on to the bike — but his mother made no comment , and James rode off without a word of thanks . |
| 25 | She helped Tamar on to the bed and , as she removed her shoes , there was a tap on the door . |
| 26 | Eventually , he built production up to about 3,000 metres a day . |
| 27 | At the end of the lake , furthest from the palace , was a small kiosk accessible only by water , where one evening Prosper Mérimée read poetry aloud to the Empress and her companions . |
| 28 | All this led Barth back to a closer reading of the Bible , and especially of Paul . |
| 29 | Throughout his life , as in his diaries he later recorded , Green made visits back to Manchester to visit his relatives . |
| 30 | And Aunt Margaret did the same , quite often , after she shooed Melanie off to bed early . |