Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her second husband , David , who died 16 years ago , who persuaded her to adopt orphaned elephants to see if they could be nursed through their grief and restored to health . |
| 2 | The Marquess was arrested at his flat in west London on Tuesday and taken to prison for failing to pay the maintenance arrears within the stipulated two weeks . |
| 3 | The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation . |
| 4 | That this principle applies even to a person convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment seems to me to emerge clearly from the decision in this court in Reg. v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison , Ex parte St. Germain [ 1979 ] Q.B . |
| 5 | Each of the four applicants , now the appellants , has been individually convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment . |
| 6 | On 13 December 1983 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death . |
| 7 | If you wish to invite your Principal please apply for a complimentary ticket from the office should you do this please ensure that any V.I.P. you have invited is met , conducted to their seat and taken to tea and is generally made to feel welcome . |
| 8 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 9 | For nine years she was a postwoman in Berkshire and used to cycle 18 miles a day . |
| 10 | The value of the book was further enhanced by a bibliography which showed the breadth of the author 's research and brought to light many historical sources which had been ignored , forgotten or underestimated by previous writers . |
| 11 | The scrap was loaded into a narrow boat at the bottom of the incline and taken to North Kilworth for transshipment by rail . |
| 12 | One of the young men at the rear of the little procession tugged at his rein and made to wheel and ride out of the wood . |
| 13 | Restraint covenants agreed to in respect of the merged firm will be unenforceable unless some part of the business can be properly regarded as continuing the merged practice and entitled to protection . |
| 14 | A woman aged about 35 was cut free from one car and taken to hospital with various injuries . |
| 15 | A lot of young agents and bookers come from colleges where they have started as social secretaries and begun to book bands . |
| 16 | Victory on Majed , Fishki , Wellwotdouthink , Ambuscade and Programmed To Win , by an aggregate of 41 lengths and at accumulated odds of 43–1 , boosted Niven 's tally for the season to 32 . |
| 17 | She lay propped up in pain and wondered when it was she had begun to loathe her body — she who had always been so proud of her figure and liked to pirouette in front of the glass after stepping from her clothes , admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs , the trim concavity of her belly , the neatness of her breasts , her skin with the sculptured texture of marble , her neck slender as the stem of a wineglass , and the bound-up hair in which fire lurked and leaped . |
| 18 | The ‘ law ’ of natural evolution or development , especially when popularized by Herbert Spencer and applied to society , was said to parallel traditional Christian reliance on Divine Providence and meant that the expansion of Nonconformity at home and the extraordinary growth of British power and influence abroad could be seen as part of the same phenomenon . |
| 19 | The sons of Pinner , the true sons , are groomed in the local prep schools and dispatched to Merchant Taylors in Northwood for their private education . |
| 20 | ‘ AN upsurge in Russian naval activity has mystified Western intelligence and led to speculation that ships and submarines have been sent to sea to prevent them causing trouble at home … the increased activity coincides with a statement by the navy 's chief , Admiral Vladimir Chernavin , detailing ambitious — and expensive — plans for powerful aircraft battle groups able to operate independently anywhere in the world . |
| 21 | The student , Mark Edwards , visited 20 companies and talked to university scientists and administrators . |
| 22 | Earlier , a draft formula prepared by a 26-party committee and submitted to conference participants on Aug. 2 had envisaged , as minimum conditions for elections , ( i ) the immediate lifting of the state of siege ; ( ii ) the release of political detainees ; and ( iii ) the creation of a consultative mechanism between the government and political parties . |
| 23 | Klaus Barbie , 77 , the Gestapo commander in Lyon in 1942-44 , who was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court in 1987 [ see p. 35417 ] , died in a prison hospital in Lyon on Sept. 25 ; he was cremated and his ashes were flown to Austria … |
| 24 | The men at the ramparts had often tried in vain to tempt one of the stray artillery bullocks near enough to capture it , but at long last , towards the end of the first week of September , an old horse was captured at the banqueting hall and put to death . |
| 25 | After consultation with his lawyer and right-hand man , Michael Connolly , Oyston wrote out a cheque for £100,000 and made to hand it over . |
| 26 | Steve Harris , a director who joined Medeva soon after Taylor , had experience of OTC and explained to Chemistry in Britain the rationale for this decision . |
| 27 | He and Massingham unclasped their seat belts and clambered to earth . |
| 28 | The most significant sites in North Shields are Chirton Industrial Estate , originally comprising 110 acres , which was acquired by the council and transferred to North East Trading Estates , and Tyne Tunnel Industrial Estate , comprising 132 acres bought from the Duke of Northumberland in the mid-1960s by Property Security Investment Trust Ltd . |
| 29 | He was convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison for 10 . |
| 30 | I hate all this la-di-da stuff but I wanted to hear what he said so I volunteered to serve their lunch and planned to loiter in the dining-room on the slightest pretext . |