Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete specifications for each of the new general SVQs were being printed as this issue of Update went to press . |
| 2 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 3 | The canny ones , of course went to Greece . |
| 4 | Polythene had also been laid between carpets and solid , tiled , flooring which of course led to sweating and dampness and more black mould . |
| 5 | In 1655 an expedition was sent out to attack Hispaniola ( San Domingo ) ; this was the first time the English government had sent a naval expedition to seize the colonies of another European nation , and lack of experience led to lack of success . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ agreed Isabel , her sudden hope dying as the inevitable consequences of this course of action sprang to mind . |
| 7 | The President 's public changes of mind led to accusations of indecision and weakness , and public opinion polls showed a fall in his popularity from a high of 75 to 80 per cent at the start of the year to 56 per cent in October . |
| 8 | A rush of blood went to Rosheen 's head as the infection he had implanted did its work . |
| 9 | Gold production rose by 144 kilograms to 29,594 kilograms , despite a 3 p.c. dip in the amount of ore milled to 3.51m tonnes . |
| 10 | Tom murmured mildly , and a bubble of laughter rose to Belinda 's lips . |
| 11 | The proportion of GDP devoted to education is the lowest in Central America : 1.4 per cent in 1986 , down from 1.8 in 1980 . |
| 12 | Jennie was already a dynamic force in John 's business by the time they were married and almost to celebrate it , when he had a publicity brochure printed with engraved illustrations of the dancers , pride of place went to portraits of himself and his bride . |
| 13 | Pride of place went to John Glendenen , who scored 117 off 171 balls , including 17 fours and a six , just beating Paul Parker to his century . |
| 14 | The finger of suspicion pointed to supporters of Owen Unsworth and Ben Shotton of the McWeirdo and Young Church Organist parties respectively . |
| 15 | This was not because he had any interest in values realized in animal life , but because he believed that some degree of goodness pertained to things or states of affairs which do not involve consciousness of any kind . |
| 16 | It is part of the job ( perhaps the main part ) to introduce the principal terms and to convey some sense of what they mean : not only as defined in a dictionary , but also the connotations , the extra shades of meaning appended to words by the people who use them . |
| 17 | During the next few days an amazing amount of evidence came to light . |
| 18 | Feeling hurt , and wanting to lick her wounds in private , another sort of pride came to Fabia then . |
| 19 | Injections of 5nl of the antibody ( 40μgμl -1 ) generated embryos that failed to form the furrow between midbrain and hindbrain in 50–60% of cases , whereas injection of 2nl of antibody led to hypertrophy of the furrow region in 12–15% of cases . |
| 20 | in the letter of credit amounted to consideration . ] |
| 21 | Wider coverage accounts for well over half of the increase in the proportion of output devoted to welfare provision during the 1960s . |
| 22 | Edward Gage tracks down an exhibition of art devoted to dog racing and finds a winning combination |
| 23 | When they were done , she was allowed to come round gradually , and tears of shock began to course down her cheeks . |
| 24 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 25 | Replacing arable land with woodland would thus probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected . |
| 26 | The tip of steel began to inch nearer his throat . |
| 27 | People from all walks of life came to Arsenal Stadium for treatment under his magic hands . |
| 28 | The first panspermic hypothesis can be traced back to 1743 and Benôit de Maillet , who suggested that the germs of life came to Earth from space ; they fell into the oceans and in due course grew into fish and , later , amphibians , reptiles and mammals . |
| 29 | In regional courts like the Councils in the North and the Marches of Wales , bishops might be appointed to the presidency and other clerics could sit upon the bench , but the offices of profit went to laymen . |
| 30 | Given that the amount of space devoted to retailing is at historical highs and still not showing convincing signs of contracting , competition is highly likely to intensify in the coming year . |