Example sentences of "[verb] to a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A social worker was called in and , with a lot of support , Annie moved to a women 's refuge and then to a small flat . |
| 2 | They were no longer committed to a debtors ' prison at the instance of the man to whom they still owed money , to suffer indignities at the hands of a Thomas Bambridge . |
| 3 | The trader can appeal to a magistrates ' court against the notice and obtain compensation if there has been no contravention . |
| 4 | Appeals against the decision of a licensing board in an application relating to a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 5 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 6 | The Queen 's Corgis are officially more popular than her husband , according to a children 's survey carried out by the car firm , Toyota . |
| 7 | An application for a warrant should be made to a magistrates ' court unless there are public law proceedings pending in the county court or the High Court ( APO , art 3(3) ) . |
| 8 | PRETTY woman Julia Roberts , above , bought £9,000-worth of toys in a two-hour spree — to give to a children 's charity . |
| 9 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 10 | Haines , with an annual salary of £2,400 , was unable to pay and was consigned to a debtors ' prison . |
| 11 | This is why we are able to report that THE WORLD OF TWIST were involved in a horrifying car crash whilst travelling to a children 's TV Show this very weekend . |
| 12 | In some cases a postgraduate diploma is linked to a masters ' degree . |
| 13 | The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 states that ‘ where a child has been notified that his case has been referred to a children 's hearing , he shall be under an obligation to attend that hearing in accordance with the notification , . |
| 14 | Harbury rebelled and went to a Women 's Word press reception instead . |
| 15 | and it was very to actually go to a children 's |
| 16 | I am thirteen years old and go to a girls ' school , predominantly working class , at the Elephant and Castle , London . |
| 17 | Perhaps next year we shall discuss flagship problems and decide that each boat must belong to a producers ' or other organisation , which is then allocated a quota from the United Kingdom TAC . |
| 18 | If her answers were unsatisfactory , their report would be taken to a magistrates ' court the next morning and a petition for her " reception order " drawn up and signed by two people — preferably near relatives or representatives of the family . |
| 19 | An eleven year old boy who 's committed a string of motoring offences has been sent to a children 's centre two hundred miles from his home , because he keeps absconding . |
| 20 | All right , they say , a wife is a wife after all , but when it comes to a parents ' decision … |
| 21 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 22 | In 1901 he was appointed conductor of the Toynbee Musical Association , a mixed-voice choir attached to a men 's social club , and in 1906 he founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir , with which his name became indelibly linked for the rest of his life . |
| 23 | It would be a nice idea if some of the money was donated to a children 's charity — after all , what can a 12-year-old do with £6 million ? |
| 24 | For every ticket bought , £1 will be donated to a children 's charity , chosen by you . |