Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path turned inland and met the road to Sandweg which cut through arable land , punctuated by low , brooding barns . |
| 2 | Ann whispered the question to Harry while the new arrival was being led upstairs by her cousins to see the house . |
| 3 | Hitler flags lined all roads , pictures of Hitler decorated all houses , and garlands draped the entrance to every village ; hope and loyalty were prevalent everywhere ! |
| 4 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 5 | In the case of the Society for Biophysical Medicine , agency staff conducted the transcribing task themselves , and posted the information to the research project . |
| 6 | Bissett went on down the corridor and unlocked the door to his room . |
| 7 | The Asian security man unlocked the door to the documentary department office and loped off down the corridor with a distracted smile on his face . |
| 8 | The Confederation of British Industry stepped forward with a plan that practically doubled the sum to be spent by the government : £21 billion to rewrite the nation 's economic geography and save it from catastrophe . |
| 9 | Belcher was by reputation difficult to please , and , of the surveyors who piloted the fleet to Canton during the Opium war of 1840–1 , Richards alone received his praise . |
| 10 | In the meantime , the banks which lent the money to the dealers to enable them to pay the vast prices of the boom period are being very patient in waiting for their money , as it was partly their fault that a bubble economy was created in Japan . |
| 11 | He set off again , his face now twisted in pain , and flung the bag to an accomplice in an alley twenty yards further on . |
| 12 | He flung the book to the ground and stormed back towards the house , leaving Melissa open-mouthed . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , yer swine , ’ breathed the young woman as he flung the handbag to the ground . |
| 14 | Milton laughed and passed the poem to Pooley . |
| 15 | Burgon winded his way through the Bangor defence and passed the ball to Minnis whose shot was well saved by Brown . |
| 16 | Quick as a flash the doctor had cut the cord , passed the child to Matilda Jenkins , and was stitching away at Sarah as if his own life depended on it . |
| 17 | Sarah passed the child to her and took a deep drink of her tea . |
| 18 | The Doctor passed the door to the main cavern with approximately a minute and a half to go before Ace 's explosives detonated . |
| 19 | Miss Calagarri then signed and passed the document to Mr. Morgan . |
| 20 | Too shocked , too intensely angry to speak , she contemptuously passed the document to him with a hand that shook so much that he steadied it with his , an expression close to pity on his face as he carefully extracted the paper from her numb fingers . |
| 21 | He passed the serviette to me , his eyes fixed on the man . |
| 22 | She passed the streamer to another woman who did the same and each woman who received it made a statement of her sorrow , culminating with a young woman who spoke , with tears running down her face , of her fears for her children . |
| 23 | She passed the bottle to Clare . |
| 24 | He passed the message to the duty watchkeeper . |
| 25 | The three climbers who originally passed the message to them were eventually traced , and confirmed that not only had they informed the Guardia Civil in person on the 21st , but afterwards had phoned each day to see if Jeremy had been found . |
| 26 | She passed the snapshot to Juliet , who took it with feigned interest . |
| 27 | The CIS Defence Ministers , meeting on Sept. 3-4 in Moscow , failed to reach a satisfactory preliminary agreement to put to the Bishkek summit , and passed the issue to the four nuclear states ( Byelarus , Russia , Kazakhstan , Ukraine ) for further discussion . |
| 28 | The state medical registration board charged her with failing to conform to accepted standards of medical practice and passed the case to the state Division of Administrative Law Appeals for a formal hearing . |
| 29 | The French Navy passed the problem to the DGSE who at first suggested that the simplest course of action was to tow the Rainbow Warrior out to the test area . |
| 30 | She sounded disappointed as she passed the handset to him . |