Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] to [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jealous spinster Kath-leen Calhaem , who doted on Ken , hired part-time detective Julian Jones to batter Shirley to death at home in Yatton . |
| 2 | She had just finished an article about pawnshops , the meat of which had been supplied by Rose , who had come round again and invited Sally-Anne to tea at the Buildings . |
| 3 | Indeed , he hopes to lead England to gold at the Chess Olympiad in Manila now the mighty Soviet chess machine is defunct . |
| 4 | Beatty 's aim was to keep Hipper so closely engaged that the Germans could not break off the action until Jellicoe arrived ; Hipper 's task was to lure Beatty to destruction at the hands of Scheer . |
| 5 | That night , Edward took Erica to dinner at the Savoy Grill in the Strand and explained that he would not be leaving after all . |
| 6 | ‘ You took Heather to dinner at the Skein of Geese in Haslemere on the tenth of September , did n't you , Doctor ? ’ |
| 7 | In Paris he bought mince pies and English marmalade , took Colette to tea at the British Dairy , shared a blazing plum pudding with her at Christmas , drank whisky instead of wine at a dinner party at Fouquet 's , spent two summer holidays in Dieppe because it was so English , and there made friends with Walter Sickert , William Nicholson , Reggie Turner , Ada Leverson , Marie Tempest and Max Beerbohm . |
| 8 | He finished top of the Minor Counties bowling averages in 1991 , and bowled Wales to victory at Neston with figures of 6 for 22 from 12 overs . |