Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that these were definite ; I just wanted life to be different , to be somewhere else . |
| 2 | Though ca n't say I ever had call to . ’ |
| 3 | I avoided ice cubes , salads and water — I even cleaned my teeth in mineral water — and I still fell prey to a stomach bug . |
| 4 | My older brother and I immediately laid siege to our mother to let us go . |
| 5 | I frequently heard reference to the " Mad Mullah " , whose forces still occupied half the country ; and I listened enthralled to descriptions by officers in the Somali Camel Corps of fights against his Dervishes . |
| 6 | Well , I never expected sampling to be part of it all . |
| 7 | After a mockery of a trial in London , at which he proudly denied that he was a traitor , ‘ since I never swore fealty to the English king ’ , he was hanged , drawn and quartered . |
| 8 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 9 | There would have been no defence ( just as in Reg. v. Lawrence ) if the charge had been laid under section 15(1) and , as in Reg. v. Lawrence and the present case , it was the Crown 's resort to section 1(1) which alone gave rise to a legal problem . |
| 10 | Large and cavernous , The Ritz is a genuine twenties dancehall which once played host to all the giants of the jazz era . |
| 11 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 12 | Durkheim said that simple societies were held together by ‘ mechanical solidarity through likeness ’ : people were united by the similarity in the labour and the general social roles they performed , which also gave rise to a homogeneous conscience collective . |
| 13 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 14 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 15 | This was the simultaneous introduction of several indissolubly linked institutions : monogamy ( which later gave rise to polyandry and polygamy ) , the nuclear family , private property ( the property of the nuclear family ) , the change in the rule of descent from the female line to the male line , the subordination and humiliation of women , and the State . |
| 16 | In many areas local services were provided by numerous different authorities , which often gave rise to acute co-ordination problems . |
| 17 | One of the main themes of the subject in recent years has been corporatism — which particularly drew attention to group participation . |
| 18 | Professor Gower noted in his review of investor protection , which ultimately gave rise to the FSA , that the aim should not be to protect fools from their own folly but merely to ensure that ordinary people were not made fools of . |
| 19 | And it was at this time , in 1910 , that Cubism entered its most ‘ difficult ’ or hermetic phase , which subsequently gave rise to so much misunderstanding . |
| 20 | The rough edges on the opening Mean To Me quickly gave way to the most assured and accomplished performance I have heard from her . |
| 21 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 22 | And it contrasts with double Grand Slam winners Will Carling , Jon Webb , Rory Underwood , Rob Andrew , Mick Skinner and Peter Winterbottom who all went south to further their careers . |
| 23 | As we have seen , Constantinople gave refuge to Prince Adelchis ( son of Charles ' first father-in-law , Desiderius ) , who still maintained opposition to Charles in Italy , albeit from afar . |
| 24 | Trotter had raised her voice as she always did speaking to the old man . |
| 25 | Sean was the first man who ever made love to her , and Ruth had thought she loved him too , but it was not a happy marriage and when Sean was killed in France , just before the Armistice was signed , she realised that she had been denying her true feelings for years . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm the man who once made love to your mother and made you . ’ |
| 27 | Surrounded on every side by the followers of Mohammed — who also laid claim to Jerusalem and its lands — it was only a matter of time before war broke out in earnest . |
| 28 | The boy did not go to school ; there was n't a school on the island , but his mother taught him to read and write and encouraged him to draw and paint pictures , she also recited poetry to him and sang to him when he was little … . ’ |
| 29 | She also gave birth to CRONUS , the first ruler of Olympus , the Titans and the Cyclops . |
| 30 | She also paid tribute to those who have done so much to help children , and mentioned Miss Esther Rantzen and her Childline . |