Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 2 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 3 | ( The General Next to God , Collins ) Many of his far-reaching proposals only came to fruition during the social reforms after the Second World War . |
| 4 | Parts of the contents of the manual only came to light as a result of criminal trials following an incident at Orgreave during the strike , at which some of the techniques were implemented for the first time . |
| 5 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 6 | The spraying of the pesticide , Galecron , took place in 1976 , but only came to light during a recent Swiss TV programme . |
| 7 | The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children . |
| 8 | ( Details only came to light in 1972 , when London Transport received a compulsory purchase order , in connection with a further rebuilding of the bridge . ) |
| 9 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 10 | Quite a large group apparently went to work as compositors in the south of England , if that is the right interpretation to put on the mention " gone to Colchester " which is recorded against the names of some women in the trade-union membership registers which are the chief source for this information . |
| 11 | For those of us who only went to church for weddings , christenings , funerals and compulsory church parades , it was usually C of E ( Church of England ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I only went to school for two years , ’ says Maxima Flores , forty-year-old mother of four . |
| 13 | According to Morolli : ‘ The seed sown by Lorenzo eventually came to fruition in Rome in the time of his son Giovanni , the future Pope Leo X. Seen in this light , Bramante and Raphael are the products of Florentine taste ’ . |
| 14 | This soon led to criticism of the excessive power of the Chancellor : ‘ The Chancellor 's position has become so strong that his opponents and supporters alike complain about his authoritarian style of leadership [ writing about Adenauer ] … |
| 15 | Women , erm from men 's departments , cos they just , like she said they , I do n't know why , but they just seemed to sort of |
| 16 | The recommendations which flowed from this committee , published in 1919 , owed much to one member , Raymond Unwin , and it is from this source that earlier years of experiment in site planning ( focusing particularly on density and layout ) , house design and standards of accommodation finally came to fruition as national policy . |
| 17 | He claimed that they soon adapted to life in captivity and became useful pest-controllers . |
| 18 | Abraham finally went to sleep on the waggon . |
| 19 | Mrs Thompson 's daughter , Elizabeth , said her mother generally went to bed at 7 pm until 7 am and always turned the heating off , leaving the house quite cold . |
| 20 | I just went to bed for a sleep ’ , he revealed . |
| 21 | And she got herself ready for bed and you know just went to bed by herself . |
| 22 | And my father I think just went to school in the Wintertime . |
| 23 | However , we still got to school by 9.00am . |
| 24 | All of those very directly led to action by governments . |
| 25 | The legality of money market dealings by Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London , which once amounted to exposure of £5bn is being challenged by its auditor , Anthony Hazell , a partner in Deloitte Haskins and Sells , with the support of the Audit Commission , the local authority financial watchdog . |
| 26 | An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus . |
| 27 | In 1982 the enfeebled Leonid Brezhnev still clung to power in the Kremlin , detente was dead , the end of the cold war nowhere in sight . |
| 28 | Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that . |
| 29 | Men in regular employment found their real wages rising and many families moved out to the new housing estates , where evidence rapidly came to light of female depression arising primarily from physical isolation . |
| 30 | Ruth wondered why people still came to Wickrithe for their holidays . |