Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
| 2 | Many times he had wished Horatia to perdition , particularly since he had met Topaz , but he had never meant her real harm . |
| 3 | That 's got Mandy to work . |
| 4 | It was Judy , the woman who had invited Loretta to dinner the following evening . |
| 5 | Our captors took political and spiritual guidance from Khomeini , who had condemned Rushdie to death . |
| 6 | Reed had called Jesse to book on his ‘ New York ’ album over the Rainbow Coalition leader 's alleged reluctance to condemn the anti-Semitic utterances of black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan , and sure enough made pointed reference to this particular troubled racial undercurrent in an America riven by the Reagan-Bush years ' divisive culture . |
| 7 | It happened that on that same night Leith had invited Rosemary to supper . |
| 8 | And by the time Lamb had bludgeoned England to safety ( and himself to a Test-best score ) , ably supported by Russell , Gooch 's closure was more in hope than a genuine expectation of victory . |
| 9 | Since first becoming captain in 1988 , Gooch has led England to victory 10 times in 23 games . |
| 10 | But her annoyance returned when Jenny came in a little while later and told her that she had asked Matthew to dinner . |
| 11 | He 'd asked Amanda to lunch once , then again , and finally he had sounded her out , not minding the way she 'd sized him up , considering . |
| 12 | He had asked Charles to post it for him , given it to him just hours before his fatal car drive … |
| 13 | The DEMOS ( Democratic Opposition of Slovenia ) coalition , consisting initially of six parties and elected in April 1990 [ see p. 37381 ] , had led Slovenia to independence . |
| 14 | I 'd have asked Mark to dinner . |
| 15 | Recently the Commission has taken Germany to court because its law relating to the support of its film industry retains the requirement of German nationality when handing out subsidies . |
| 16 | In early September he had won a promise from India that anti-Bhutan activity would not be allowed by ethnic Nepalese who had fled Bhutan to West Bengal and Assam . |
| 17 | Within a few weeks they had put Pedro to flight and Henry was crowned king . |
| 18 | The house , after Sue and Sylvia had taken Robin to school , was quiet . |
| 19 | And why on earth had she allowed Leo to needle her into confiding in him ? |
| 20 | In the 13 years since Montague broke away from Cables Montague , his father 's trucking company , he has taken Tiphook to pole position in the European container leasing business — a complementary , and vastly bigger , business than trailer leasing — and to second place in the world market behind General Electric subsidiary Genstar . |
| 21 | Here , on a nine-mile reef just off the coast , boyfriend Cuan had taught Elizabeth to scuba-dive . |