Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon the place would be full of various bits and pieces that Joe Maitland bought in bulk from the manufacturers and sold to outlets and stallholders in the markets . |
| 2 | The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation . |
| 3 | There they sold half their animals , bought goods with the proceeds , loaded them onto the remaining animals and returned to Kufra , resuming the annual north-south movement . |
| 4 | Stephen and Tony were both in reserved occupations but Joe and Terry were called up into the Irish Guards and sent to Caterham Barracks and a week later Eileen left for the WAAFs . |
| 5 | A lot of young agents and bookers come from colleges where they have started as social secretaries and begun to book bands . |
| 6 | While there , he was able to forget the ritual of Monday morning when , in the darkness of winter or the bright light of summer 's early dawns , Celtic Crescent and the streets of Jewtown would be clamorous with the noise of horses being led from nearby stables and harnessed to carts , of men shouting instructions and calling to each other in Yiddish and English as they struggled under the weight of trunks and knapsacks stuffed to overflowing with clothes , fancy goods , kitchen articles , holy pictures , enlargements of family photographs — anything that might be suitable for selling from door to door on a weekly-payment basis . |
| 7 | Each day during filming , the supporting cast were picked up by limousines and taken to Shepperton Studios or Bovingdon RAF base in Hertfordshire . |
| 8 | The sons of Pinner , the true sons , are groomed in the local prep schools and dispatched to Merchant Taylors in Northwood for their private education . |
| 9 | The student , Mark Edwards , visited 20 companies and talked to university scientists and administrators . |
| 10 | Spy fever gripped the country and a couple seen sketching the Royal Albert Bridge were , as a result of information given by a boy scout to a sergeant of the Royal Scots , arrested in the nearby tea gardens and escorted to Devonport by the police . |
| 11 | As expected ( UX No 398 ) , Applied Digital Data Systems Inc , NCR Corp 's Hauppauge , New York-based terminals subsidiary , has traded in its allegiance to Motorola Inc 68000 family chips and switched to RISC with the Intel Corp 80960 for a new line of X-stations introduced last week . |
| 12 | He and Massingham unclasped their seat belts and clambered to earth . |
| 13 | They were convicted of criminal offences and sentenced to death in recent months , with no right of appeal , by a military court set up in April 1991 . |
| 14 | They paddled out into the middle of a large convoy that was anchored there , attached the mines and returned to Kabrit for breakfast . |
| 15 | Deckard is employed by the police as a bounty hunter , paid to hunt down and ‘ retire ’ ( or kill ) renegade androids who have escaped from off-world planets and returned to Earth posing as humans . |
| 16 | Ordinary people regularly broke the rules and resorted to bribery if they could get away with it to obtain essentials or medical care , but then their corruption was a sign of independence asserted against the system , whereas Manescu 's was typical of a deep inner decay of the system . |
| 17 | CONFERENCE OVER , the assembled hordes , Euro-dizzy on Euro-beer , are returned to the coaches and taken to Brussels ' big tourist attraction , a model village of Europe with landmarks from the 12 member states in miniature . |
| 18 | The video can be used at induction meetings and loaned to parents who may be considering sending children to your school . |
| 19 | The spending departments sent in their revisions , which were examined , pared down in discussions and presented to ministers in June and July . |
| 20 | Peck quotes a tradition that these bull runnings began in the reign of Queen Mary ‘ in imitation of the Protestants who were hem 'd in with Faggots and burnt to Death ’ . |
| 21 | A small sample of the excised pancreas was placed in Carnoy 's solution ( absolute alcohol:chloroform : glacial acetic acid=6:3:1 by volume ) for two to four hours and transferred to 75% ethanol . |
| 22 | The tissue sample of the excised pancreas was placed in buffered formalin for two to four hours and transferred to 75% ethanol . |
| 23 | In negotiations conducted through church officials the NPA stated that Drown would be released only if government troops in the region ceased operations and returned to barracks . |
| 24 | Data were collected from the relevant site departments , transcribed onto coding forms and sent to Dartford for punching onto paper tape . |
| 25 | He was removed from an American convoy by Soviet troops and despatched to Moscow . |
| 26 | On February 11 this year , after a two-week trial , Iain was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to detention for life . |
| 27 | A letter condemning ‘ scaremongering ’ has been signed by 122 Rothmans workers and sent to Mr Fallon . |
| 28 | After the liberation he saw that she escaped her brother 's clutches and got to Rome with enough money to keep her and have the baby safely . |
| 29 | Well after you discharged the ship cos all the blood was there and erm they used to have to wash them holds all out then and this bacon was put on open lorries and taken to London , put in the refrigerator . |
| 30 | Coal from the valleys is used in furnaces and converted to electricity in four power stations in the area . |