Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , encouraged by her parents , she slowly got to grips with her studies . |
| 2 | WHYTE Crucial clearances but rarely got to grips with Hateley or McCoist 6 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A dynastic struggle conducted under the hovering threat of Turkish occupation eventually led to Ferdinand of Habsburg gaining the throne , but his effective authority existed over only a fragment of Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( c ) Under anti-discriminatory legislation The Sex Discrimination Acts 1976 and 1986 These apply to all partnerships irrespective of the number of partners ( before 1986 they only applied to partnerships with six or more partners ) . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 10 | The spraying of the pesticide , Galecron , took place in 1976 , but only came to light during a recent Swiss TV programme . |
| 11 | The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children . |
| 12 | ( Details only came to light in 1972 , when London Transport received a compulsory purchase order , in connection with a further rebuilding of the bridge . ) |
| 13 | He was potentially a useful ally and one with whom Edward needed to keep on good terms , if only because of his claim to the French throne ; but he proved unreliable and the expedition to Normandy was aborted when he suddenly came to terms with John II . |
| 14 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 15 | Come to think of it , not much happened to Anna from the time Simon left us till she died — fifteen years or nearly . |
| 16 | In order to escape payment Beamish fled the country and he only returned to Britain at irregular intervals from then on . |
| 17 | POLICE were last night trying to trace an actress whose 11-year-old daughter was found alone in a flat after she apparently flew to Spain on holiday . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I only went to school for two years , ’ says Maxima Flores , forty-year-old mother of four . |
| 21 | Exactly a week later I suddenly went to Oxford by the most impossible train which stopped at every station . |
| 22 | His hands trembled and he constantly looked to Louise for advice and support . |
| 23 | Somebody was saying rang in complained to Peter about the , the amount of , what , what are they getting ? |
| 24 | From then on , South Metropolitan cars only ran to Penge on odd occasions , usually as football extras on Saturday afternoons , or for track maintenance . |
| 25 | Despite such claims , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that in both the USA and the UK , the audio-visual movement rarely came to grips with the need for an elaborated theory going beyond the use of audio-visual materials as decorative additions to the traditional lesson . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Conflict was deferred by the attempt to reach agreement along the lines of ‘ Manchuria for Korea ’ ( Mankan kó0kan ) ( i.e. Manchuria for Russia and Korea for Japan ) , but the two countries eventually came to blows in 1904 over the failure of Russian troops to withdraw on schedule from Manchuria . |
| 28 | It finally agreed to changes in the Data sheet in June 1982 , shortly before escalating concern among doctors forced the withdrawal of the drug altogether . |
| 29 | The differences in approach of Soviet officials and Latin Americans had , by the time of the Sixth Congress , already led to tensions between Latin American Communists and their Soviet mentors . |
| 30 | 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 ] … |