Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later on , when we distributed publicity or went door to door visiting , we never failed to draw at least one family to come and see this new thing which had come to pass . |
| 2 | We have used physiological recordings in hospital and at home to identify mechanisms for these events and report our findings in a subgroup that received mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 3 | Even if your reaction is mild , it 's worth remembering that repeated exposure to foods that cause allergic reactions may result in the symptoms getting gradually worse . |
| 4 | He then went on-to become a valuable back-up member of the squad that took Palace to promotion in 1989 and , after a useful spell on loan with Hull City in midwinter , returned to claim the left-back position for the remainder of the season , gaining himself the Barclays Young Eagle of the Month award in March 1990 , sharing in some excellent 1st Division results , the FA Cup semi-final victory over Liverpool and two Wembley appearances against Manchester United . |
| 5 | Intestinal obstruction that necessitated admission to hospital occurred in 31 ( 18% ) patients . |
| 6 | Hallowell ( 1950 , 1956 ) went on to argue that the emergence of culture was due to a novel psychological structure rooted in the social behaviour of the gregarious primate that gave rise to Man . |
| 7 | In both countries , the class relations that gave rise to nationalization have been reflected in the continuing ethos of ‘ progressive ’ public sector industrial relations and the notion of the ‘ good employer ’ , manifested in relatively good sick pay and pensions , ‘ humane ’ handling of redundancy , and so on . |
| 8 | Smithers was an English publisher who got his sexual kicks from deflowering virgins , an obsession that gave rise to Oscar Wilde 's celebrated remark that ‘ Smithers loves first editions ’ . |
| 9 | If not , obtain an office copy of the application that gave rise to entry , which will supply not only information as to what is the protected interest but also as to who is the individual claiming protection and his or her conveyancer . |
| 10 | It was with the onset of a more variable temperature , and the beginning of climatic zones , in the late Paleozoic , that gave rise to vertebrates attempting to employ primitive temperature-control strategies . |
| 11 | And , oddly , that gave way to thoughts of Madra . |
| 12 | Mackenzie Walcott lamented ‘ it is almost inconceivable the waste that has mercilessly made havoc of the ancient Memorials that gave renown to Stamford ’ . |
| 13 | Aloof and separate from her ugly dress , Nicandra 's beauty had an air-blown helpless quality divided from her proper self — the self that carried whisky to cloakroom maids and , in the act , lost her man . |
| 14 | A sweet , deep pain closed about his manhood , and it was then that desire rocketed out of control , and he felt himself become as hard and as high as the beech trees that stood sentinel to Tara 's western avenue … |
| 15 | His contemporary , Bert Fudge , had knees that pointed precisely east to west , and toes that pointed north to south . |
| 16 | A break of 80 helped O'Neill to recover to 3-3 but a 50 sparked a two frame roll that swept Rowing to victory . |
| 17 | Amidst the usual panic that surrounds such occasions , I tried to keep calm and asked Mother to hand me the landing net . |
| 18 | In 1774 he emigrated to America where he edited an influential newspaper and became friend to Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson and George Washington . |
| 19 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 20 | Desiderius was well-educated in the law and became treasurer to Chlothar II ; he succeeded one brother , Syagrius , as governor of Marseilles , and subsequently he was elected bishop of Cahors in place of his other brother , Rusticus , who had been murdered . |
| 21 | He did and made love to Rebecca . |
| 22 | I am to be legitimated , and made heir to Duart . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I did a parachute jump , abseiled the White Cliffs of Dover and rode tandem to Paris . |
| 24 | But within six months John was spotted by a Luton talent scout while playing in a county schools match and moved south to Kenilworth Road . |
| 25 | A month later he discharged himself and trudged south to London . |
| 26 | As so many times before , Vologsky carne to the end of the mental games he played with himself , dismissed the last hopeful excuse for his rejection and came face to face with the lonely bitterness of reality . |
| 27 | Then she turned away and came face to face with Emelda Linley . |
| 28 | Returning the chisel to the bench , she turned to leave and came face to face with Leo 's sister . |
| 29 | Then he blundered into the turning he wanted , limped down it and came face to face with the blank grey door leading into the four Turkey Pens . |
| 30 | And came nose to nose with the tortoiseshell . |