Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cook also referred to Diplock 's ‘ evident distaste for trade unions ’ and said it was well known that ‘ taps ’ were frequently placed on trade unionists involved in trade disputes . |
| 2 | I learnt this lesson some years ago when the soldier to whom I referred earlier came to Christ . |
| 3 | Operating costs also fell to 23% from 25% of turnover due to ‘ effective working capital management ’ , or careful attention to inventory levels and debtor activity . |
| 4 | Operating costs also fell to 23% from 25% of turnover due to ‘ effective working capital management ’ , or careful attention to inventory levels and debtor activity . |
| 5 | Two styles of pole floats immediately came to hand , the series X and the series S. Both floats had correctly shaped bodies — reversed pear — and at First glance appear quite similar . |
| 6 | We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded . |
| 7 | And she got herself ready for bed and you know just went to bed by herself . |
| 8 | He and Buccleuch then went to Hector of Hardlaw 's house and burned it to the ground . |
| 9 | Gedge always replied to letters from aspiring editors and made himself readily available for interviews . |
| 10 | In view of the help she had rendered the group , Gedge also wrote to Sara Catt , Charman 's girlfriend , informing her of the situation too . |
| 11 | Labour also objected to Shamir 's apparent use of Israel 's intelligence services in a political context . |
| 12 | She saw his eyes go to the coat fixture , and guessed that he knew the jacket hanging there belonged to Travis when he went and took it from its hanger . |
| 13 | And my father I think just went to school in the Wintertime . |
| 14 | So I turned round then and said right said to Sharan I 'll drop you off at the house and I said when she 's ready I 'll walk up to the shop . |
| 15 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 16 | The accruals figures will not replace the cash accounting basis but supplement it ( see also Brought To Account , featuring Michael Lawrence , Prudential 's finance director , on p 26 ) . |
| 17 | Nationalized industries created additional difficulties ; volume planning often led to overcapacity and excessive output , with huge losses having to be written off . |
| 18 | The house that you see behind belonged to Dr. Sinclair , organist of Hereford Cathedral and one of Elgar 's best friends , and he had a dog called Dan , who was quite a character in his own right . |
| 19 | " He spent the whole winter in wasted effort " , while early in the new year his Rhineland civitates too fell to Louis the German . |