Example sentences of "[vb past] of [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the successful intervention of the communist Chinese in the Korean War proved to be the start of a period in which the British , while they clung of necessity to the Atlantic alliance , were often fearful of some impulsive or extreme action by the United States which would lead to an unnecessary intensification of East–West conflict and even , possibly , to the Third World War . |
| 2 | But it was a book about hierarchy , and that is why it became of interest to Carolingian bishops , as there is evidence that within a decade it did . |
| 3 | He would become again a Northern Ireland Protestant — though with a difference , certainly : he was no longer a resident ; he was learned ; he had the wonderful gifts both of imagination and a clear and analytical mind ; and above all his faith came of Grace to which he responded heroically , in patience and self-sacrifice — when he was aware of himself . |
| 4 | The really phenomenal success of these materials during the last thirty years or so has been due to the combination of cheap and rapid mass-production with adequate toughness — added of course to chemical inertness , lightweight and bright and cheerful , not to say garish , colours . |
| 5 | No way could I ever vote for a person who approved of cruelty to animals and I would urge anyone who cares anything about animals to cast their vote elsewhere . |
| 6 | Moist air burned holes in people 's vegetables and landowners complained of damage to trees . |
| 7 | The patient complained of pain to a scar on her leg which she had cut 18 mths previously and which had taken 6 weeks to heal at the time . |
| 8 | They were led in Parliament by a handful of quite senior Ministers ready to resign rather than go on serving in an administration they accused of appeasement to Hitler and downright obstinacy towards rearmament for defence . |
| 9 | Later he wrote of expeditions to the Isle of Wight , the West Country and Wales . |
| 10 | I have said nothing all these weeks , because there had of course to be an arrangement made by us with your former publishers , which is now completed , if you agree . |
| 11 | Instead , more tentatively , he said : ‘ I suppose Hilda had given anything she had of interest to Mr Kronweiser before she died . ’ |