Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 2 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 3 | Four victories and two second places took her to 140 points before the Christmas break , almost 100 ahead of the next best , Switzerland 's Chantal Bournissen . |
| 4 | A speedy journey in the boats took us to one of the 365 islands in Lough Erne . |
| 5 | The muscular derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats of climbing , usually trees ; and their prowess in stalking and sniffing out was echoed in our exploration of sombre , dingy and often damp places . |
| 6 | James 's increasing financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures . |
| 7 | By 1961 it was fading : lack of resources kept it to four or six pages when other broadsheets were three or four times as big . |
| 8 | Do you expect me to send food and wine to the men whose forefathers took mine to wretched imprisonment in Genoa ? |
| 9 | Of the priests we know little , except where their transgressions brought them to episcopal notice . |
| 10 | The Soviet authorities presented it to those in the Royal Navy and merchant service who operated in Russian waters during the war . |
| 11 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 12 | At Lincoln Crown Court today Judge Richard Hutchinson who 'd adjourned the case for reports sentenced him to two consecutive eighteen month prison terms . |
| 13 | Ariel was n't thinking clearly , her brain was fogged by the din around her and the rage of Sycorax , but the message in the stones summoned her to some action , something to break the silence and the stasis that held her prisoner . |