Example sentences of "[vb past] to their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they moved to their cottage it was meant to be temporary … despite the lack of facilities they 've been here over 30 years . |
| 2 | Pauline and Paul moved to their house in Cumbria , 10 years ago . |
| 3 | They parked the car some way away , and moved to their stations , to begin the long wait . |
| 4 | Contemporaries believed that the English archers played a decisive part in the victory , but poor leadership and indiscipline in. the French forces also contributed to their downfall . |
| 5 | In a series of conversations with the Frenchman Didier Eribon published by Thames and Hudson this month , Sir Ernst Gombrich , former director of the Warburg Institute and one of the most distinguished academics of our time ( yet one of the most accessible because of his belief that it should be possible to explain everything in language that can be understood by a child ) , talks about the development of his ideas , his values and the events which contributed to their formation . |
| 6 | BERTIE CAMERON and JIM DAVIDSON of Transport Section wish to thank all friends and colleagues who contributed to their departure gifts and wish Dounreay all the best for the future . |
| 7 | Everyone contributed to their building . |
| 8 | It was a basic tenet of a free society that people themselves must be the judge of what contributed to their material welfare . |
| 9 | Alessandro was particularly fortunate in his artistic advisers , who included Paolo Giovio , Annibale Caro and Fulvio Orsini , and the section devoted to their influence on the Cardinal is possibly the best in the book . |
| 10 | The combination of helicopters , the North Sea and often very bad weather constitutes an accident investigator 's nightmare , though the remarkably low casualty rate of people engaged in the North Sea oil operation is a tribute to the skill , care and money devoted to their safety . |
| 11 | The Heads of State rose to their feet . |
| 12 | The elderly couple sitting in chairs on either side of the fireplace rose to their feet as we entered . |
| 13 | They heard the door close and the heavy clump of feet on the stairs and rose to their feet as Doctor McCann stepped into the kitchen . |
| 14 | The group instinctively rose to their feet , but John said in a firm voice , ‘ You are not taking my wife up the stairs . |
| 15 | He windmilled them at speed in improbable directions , knocking over the Perks as they rose to their feet . |
| 16 | The accident happened out of sight of the public enclosures and 80,000 spectators rose to their feet in a stunned numbness when the tannoy announced that Clark was dead . |
| 17 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
| 18 | They rose to their feet as she approached , both men casting glances of appreciation over her appearance . |
| 19 | ‘ Believe me , lady , ’ he said as he and his companion rose to their feet , ‘ that 's the very least of your problems ! ’ |
| 20 | In many parts of the country , leading Tories were not far behind the Whigs in sending in loyal addresses deploring the threat which the rebellion posed to their religion and liberties . |
| 21 | Efficient as it undoubtedly was , the incinerator loo was n't for the workforce who feared the menace it posed to their privates . |
| 22 | Under her firm gaze they bent to their machines . |
| 23 | They claimed the county and when driven out by Richard they fled to their half-brother , Aimar of Limoges . |
| 24 | Everyone sank to their knees . |
| 25 | Everyone , even the men , sank to their knees . |
| 26 | Yesterday they swam to their deaths , tonight , tamed to perfection , they lay in a discreet miasma of herb-scented butter . |
| 27 | The two children were positively screaming by this time and shouted to their grandmother . |
| 28 | After conceding a 1–1 draw in the Principality , Arsene Wenger 's side is relying on the foreign attacking trio of Rui Barros , George Weah and Youssouf Fofana to break down the Feyenoord defence who , as Tottenham found to their cost , have conceded only one goal in seven matches . |
| 29 | And as England found to their cost only last month , it is an ideal which still thrives on the Continent , Norway 's equaliser coming as it did from a 30-yard out-of-the-blue effort . |
| 30 | It 's always easier getting rid of a player rather than replacing one as Cavan found to their cost . |