Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason this thought made Edwin chuckle to himself . |
| 2 | As long as he lived Nizan clung to this fundamentally manichean view of existence . |
| 3 | After Kissingen Alexander made Kavelin tutor to the heir to the throne , but he may not have realized the extent of the tutor 's radicalism . |
| 4 | What do you think , Dhani ? ’ asked Ian turning to his friend . |
| 5 | The morning that the cartoon appeared , Jed overheard Creed talking to Maxie Carlo . |
| 6 | Militarily stronger by ten to one , Israel made Abdallah agree to an armistice in April 1949 whereby he ceded thirty villages in and near Wadi Ara , in the area which became known inside Israel as the Little Triangle . |
| 7 | No doubt both men , as supporters of the Gothic Revival , expected Scott to adhere to his stated principles . |
| 8 | Driving to meet his friends , he found God saying to him , ‘ You will go to the party . |
| 9 | A break of 80 helped O'Neill to recover to 3-3 but a 50 sparked a two frame roll that swept Rowing to victory . |
| 10 | A SUPERB performance from second rower Denis Betts last night helped Wigan climb to their customary top position in the Stones Bitter Championship . |
| 11 | The fuss these ideas created , and a storm when the bishop of Caesarea in Palestine ordained Origen presbyter without reference to the bishop of Alexandria , moved Origen to migrate to Caesarea ( 231 ) . |
| 12 | Thus provisioned , he invited Louise to come to the banqueting hall to celebrate her birthday , though in a very quiet way , he assured her ; he had not forgotten that she must still be suffering on account of her father , who had only recently taken his last dive down the well in the Residency yard in the wake of so many of his former patients . |
| 13 | Recently divorced Des went to Los Angeles with new girlfriend , singer Jody Wilson . |
| 14 | George Kiejman became Minister-Delegate attached to the Ministry of Justice , and Bruno Durieux , a member of the Centre of Social Democrats ( CDS ) , became Minister-Delegate for Health attached to the Ministry for Solidarity and Social Protection . |
| 15 | He was a member of a working party which caused ICI to switch to a new approach under which each division took direct control of its own sales . |
| 16 | He also designed a bed that could be raised up and down and told Pat to go to the patent office with the plan which would make them both a fortune . |
| 17 | He er what I was just gon na say , he offered his tomb , his burying place to Jesus after he 'd died , it 's not the action of a man who totally rejected Jesus claims to be the Messiah . |
| 18 | The United Nations , years ago , under the same Charter , under the same regulation , told Israel to return to her boundaries . |
| 19 | ‘ We told Siobhan to come to the window-ledge and to hang down holding on by her fingertips . |
| 20 | He imagined Helena coming to some trysting place on a summer night , to the Banks of Knamber perhaps , or like Lady Irene and Alastair Thornhill , to the ghost of a road , the Reeve 's Way , as it threaded through the Vale of Allen , and Tace meeting her there in the twilight . |
| 21 | MacSharry , however , condemned US attempts to " orchestrate a crisis " . |
| 22 | Her love for him now seemed shameful and foolish ; she imagined Marjorie saying to him , ‘ That silly kid 's crazy about you ’ and could almost hear his laughter in her ears . |
| 23 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
| 24 | We measured CSA according to the field gradient principle from the measurement of impedance of the fluid inside the balloon . |
| 25 | taken from L. H. Weir , The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald , ( 1938 ) Source D " Shortly after the Cabinet dispersed SB went to Downing Street in response to a request from MacDonald . |
| 26 | Anne claimed Joe to talk to him about the books she had read and all that had happened to her since he went away , and Terry and Stephen wanted to talk to him about football and their latest craze , greyhound racing . |
| 27 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 28 | to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much |
| 29 | ‘ She should get married again , ’ I heard Tessa say to her mother-in-law on the telephone . |
| 30 | In the weeks and days which followed Ruth clung to those words of Ernest 's . |