Example sentences of "[vb past] to an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celia moved to an easy-chair , so that David and Juliet could sit together on the sofa . |
| 2 | So a few days later I moved to an hotel , the Hotel España ( solo apartamentos ) on the Plaza Españia . |
| 3 | He took up his claret , drank , and moved to an anecdote which he had found scarcely ever failed and would surely , he was convinced , see him through this supper party as the man of wide travel , wide curiosity , the aristocratic rover who had finally come back home to live by the more profound , more refined things of life . |
| 4 | From his learning experiences at this time Horton moved to an interest in the Danish idea of Folk Schools which were based on non-formal , largely oral , methods of learning , and which embraced both contemporary political and a cultural side to the education . |
| 5 | Most of the deal was carried out in New York and this contributed to an air of confusion in the music press . |
| 6 | Throughout the period , the District appeared to develop a policy of containment of its gradually mounting deficit and became habituated to an existence of permanent indebtedness . |
| 7 | It drew to an end in April 1964 with Mr Mandela 's four-hour speech from the dock , in which he defended the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe and said he had done what he did for the ideal of a free and democratic society , ‘ an ideal for which I am prepared to die ’ . |
| 8 | Before the campaign opened the key influence on poll awareness was generalized interest in politics , but as the campaign drew to an end media use became more important , especially viewing BBC-TV news ( Table 7.5 ) . |
| 9 | Before the campaign opened the key influence on poll awareness was a generalized interest in politics , but as the campaign drew to an end television viewing became more important . |
| 10 | Macmillan , one of the wiliest politicians of his time , also said , with typical understatement , as the Fifties drew to an end : ‘ We have not done badly . |
| 11 | He used to long for his holidays and grow deeply depressed when they drew to an end . |
| 12 | As the Art Dealers Association of America 's annual Armory show drew to an end we talked to Gilbert Edelson , a founder member |
| 13 | ‘ My fortnight 's supposed leave drew to an end . |
| 14 | In Durham , as the Second World War drew to an end with the severe competition from returning ex-servicemen , there was only one choice : Durham University . |
| 15 | But in the following two years this proportion rose to an average of more than 10 per cent . |
| 16 | On August 6 … he reported to an officer in London and was told that he was just in time to catch the 3.06 p.m. train to Bletchley where he would be met by someone . |
| 17 | In the towns and cities , every block of flats had a Party representative , who reported to an area controller , who , in turn , was responsible to a district officer . |
| 18 | ‘ They 're retreating , sir ! ’ the Sergeant shouted to an officer far behind him , then , not waiting for any orders , spurred his horse forward . |
| 19 | He also referred to an attack on Thursday by US Cobra helicopter gunships on Somalis in which as many as 100 people , including some women and children , were killed or wounded . |
| 20 | As illustration she referred to an incident in Sri Lanka . |
| 21 | Patrick Blair , in his letter of recommendation to Sir Hans Sloane ( 1721 ) referred to an exchange of correspondence with Philip Miller . |
| 22 | The appeal to the EAT was based on the issue of whether the Tribunal had relied on a correct statement of the law when it referred to an excerpt from Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law ( based on the EAT decision in Richmond Precision Engineering v Pearce ( [ 1985 ] IRLR 179 ) which stated that ‘ [ t ] he crucial question is whether the terms offered were those which a reasonable employer could offer ’ . |
| 23 | Why has Transitional Relief Scheme been worth less than publicised ? — someone referred to an article in the Scotsman on this on 12 March 1993 . |
| 24 | The hon. Members for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) and for West Bromwich , East ( Mr. Snape ) referred to an article in the Evening Standard . |
| 25 | A BRANCH of Harrods on an industrial estate was closed when locals objected to an invasion of the Knightsbridge set . |
| 26 | They objected to an advertisement in which a jaded American factory manager complains that he can not cut his labour costs . |
| 27 | U2 , headed to an enormo-dome near you |
| 28 | He appealed to an Irishwoman , who called police with ‘ vital information ’ yesterday morning , to contact detectives again . |
| 29 | When she came to an intersection , she had ignored it or taken a new direction without bothering to think about it . |
| 30 | Soon I came to an opening in the hills . |