Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been told about periods at primary school when I was ten years old , but apart from that , the only information I had was what I got through talking to friends at school , because some had older sisters who had already started . |
| 2 | Peggy Ryan asked between saying to an aircraftman , ‘ That 's two teas , two wads and a Rizla . |
| 3 | However , they never recovered after crashing to 31-5 as Taylor took an Australian one-day record four catches and used his bowlers impressively in the absence of injured regular captain Allan Border . |
| 4 | So anyway Norm mentioned about going to this one at erm Old Tammy , that one on the Old Road |
| 5 | That argument might have some merit only if the requirements laid down by Community law with regard to the exercise by the member states of the powers which they retained with regard to the registration of vessels conflicted with the rules of international law . |
| 6 | As I recall , the grand swell of opposition which occurred with regard to abandoning the classes of corporate membership and allowing self-advertisement by members of a professional body was not heeded . |
| 7 | They were to go on trial on January 5 charged with lying to Congress about the controversy . |
| 8 | ( 1981 ) reported with regard to spatial performance that deficits occurred only after right sided lesions in familial left handers . |
| 9 | He was also partly , though not wholly , responsible for the ‘ non-intervention ’ policy which Britain and France pursued with regard to the Spanish Civil War , even though it was being blatantly ignored by Germany , Italy and Russia , and though it denied a legitimate Republican government the right of access to the world market for arms with which to defend itself . |
| 10 | Suggestions ranged from hacksawing to blow-torches . |
| 11 | These ranged from switching to Highers in non-science subjects when the original intention had been SCE/GCE science to a degree in building and surveying when the original application had been for a place on an access course in science and technology . |
| 12 | ‘ It ranged from going to a new swimming pool with a whirly slide to going to the National Gallery . |
| 13 | The couple were wined and dined before retiring to a plush suite for Valentine 's night . |
| 14 | I am the treasurer of an organisation devoted to writing to prisoners under sentence of death in the Caribbean . |
| 15 | At Key Stages 1 and 2 , these might include someone from the local archaeological unit , the museum or archives or a local historian , especially someone used to speaking to young children . |
| 16 | When they were on holiday from school , she and Francis used to came to Billy 's cottage and sit in the kitchen , drinking tea . |
| 17 | Benjamin Tappan ( Dem. , Ohio ) , 1844 : censured for leaking to the press a presidential message to the Senate . |
| 18 | Hanger was also well supported by his lead , Ray Gaskins who vied in drawing to the jack with his opposite number , new international Palmer . |
| 19 | On another occasion , he dissuaded from listening to a hare-brained proposal for a military take-over of the government . |
| 20 | They should be standing here now as the party of high taxation , and saying sorry to the people of Wiltshire for supporting Kenneth Clarke and his team , for supporting John Major and his team , and they should be saying sorry for the part that we pa played in lying to the electorate at the last general election . |
| 21 | ‘ The idea came from speaking to businessmen who had missed important meetings after being stuck in a cab in heavy traffic , ’ says Cave . |
| 22 | As Derek Fraser has suggested , they were of four main types : ‘ a fear of social revolution , a humanitarian concern for suffering , a desire to improve the moral tone of the recipients and a satisfaction of some psychological or social need ’ , i.e. a desire for the confirmation of social status and superiority which came from giving to those poorer than oneself , and perhaps basking in their gratitude . |
| 23 | The range of packs can be changed or added to according to demand . |
| 24 | They passed an Emergency Powers Act which , under the guise of doing anything they felt necessary to ‘ relieve the distress of the people ’ , allowed them to do as they pleased without resorting to the Volkstag for authority . |
| 25 | and it 's done alright , but all feathers seemed to gone to outside now |
| 26 | He had , during one terrible crisis , taken off his coat and acted as Sparks to the electricians and stage crew without causing any kind of trouble with the unions . |
| 27 | They allowed for marking to the market , transactions costs ( which differed between institutions and members , and between long and short positions ) , and for capital gains , income and futures taxes . |
| 28 | The auditory task consisted of listening to a random list of numbers and repeating them as they were presented . |
| 29 | A similar process happened with regard to US aid for Syria . |
| 30 | She confirmed in writing to the company that she intended to return to work on 11 February 1991 . |