Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
| 2 | Erm the er Mr referred to the growth as being a standard for the future . |
| 3 | I think that feeling has got to be dispelled and it 's for these points that the , for these reasons the government needs to turn its attention a little bit more er to the issues that I that I have raised and I would refer in conclusion Madam de deputy speaker , the minister to the Bank of England 's er memorandum submitted to the treasury and civil service er select committee in its report published on eighth of December last year when at page a hundred and eighty five they draw attention to the European directives that the minister himself referred to . |
| 4 | Try to er Dad went to the Donnington Thistle Hotel ! |
| 5 | All Claudia 's defences rose to the attack . |
| 6 | Even if Dr Courtney 's case went to the Court of Appeal , it would be unlikely to impose the stiffest jail term of life imprisonment . |
| 7 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |
| 8 | I am dying , Egypt , dying , her mind gabbled when Dotty Blundell 's brassière fell to the dusty floor . |
| 9 | Instead of trying to explain the extinction and replacement of species in terms of observable causes , Lyell 's opponents looked to the patterns revealed in the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth . |
| 10 | THE number of deaths last year on Britain 's roads fell to the lowest level since records began in 1926 . |
| 11 | Kelly 's mum came to the school and took her away . |
| 12 | Georgia 's parliament appealed to the United Nations on Thursday , saying : ‘ The events of recent days in Abkhazia confirm Russia is expanding the scope of its undeclared war against Georgia . ’ |
| 13 | The buyer 's carrier went to the cold store with a delivery order . |
| 14 | The room started to fade , as Grant 's mind succumbed to the strong sedative the doctor had administered to him . |
| 15 | Such was the force of the bump that Angel 's horse crashed to the ground , temporarily winded . |
| 16 | Last June 's vote led to the creationof a 17-strong block called the European Right , consisting of members of Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front from France , the Republicans from West Germany ( led by a former Waffen-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber ) , and a Belgian from the wilder shores of Flemish nationalism . |
| 17 | When the press-box at Winchester Crown Court was commandeered by barristers for one massive conspiracy case in 1974 , the Lord Chancellor 's Department apologised to the NUJ . |
| 18 | Schmidt 's eyes went to the sound . |
| 19 | ‘ Get Hammond in here , ’ he said , noting the way his assistant 's eyes went to the boy . |
| 20 | Nuadu 's eyes went to the other captives and Fenella at once said , ‘ Yes , of course , all of you . |
| 21 | Ashley 's eyes went to the thin white scar which snaked from his temple to his jaw . |
| 22 | Jeopardy 's eyes slid to the left and he caught sight of Lucien . |
| 23 | So he calls the heart a wild beast liable to impulsive leaps out of control , a situation archetypally illustrated in the story of the Fall when Eve 's eyes leapt to the apple and her heart followed and so she leapt from Paradise to the pains of mortality and took all men with her . |
| 24 | Whitlock 's eyes flickered to the two sombre-suited men standing apart from the others , Paul Brett and Jack Rogers . |
| 25 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 26 | Katherine 's eyes flew to the Princesse . |
| 27 | The girl 's eyes swivelled to the left and stared at the locker-top where the officer had left his hat , then to the right , watching him . |
| 28 | Hattie 's parents came to the concert tonight cos Hattie 's in the choir |
| 29 | Robyn 's gaze fell to the floor . |
| 30 | The man 's gaze went to the screamer , wavered , then returned to Jude . |