Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Clinton claims new , higher estimates of the US government 's budget deficit forced him to sharply revise his election platform . |
| 2 | Mountain lifts : The Valluga Peak cable car takes you to 9,220 ft and a magnificent view . |
| 3 | Angry , embarrassed and under close guard , he was flown to London where a Ministry of Defence car rushed him to Ramsgate , in Kent . |
| 4 | According to the 1984 LFS rather over 6 per cent of the labour force considered themselves to be working on a temporary basis . |
| 5 | A conventional classics education at the equivalent of anOxbridge college brought him to Paris . |
| 6 | At the start of your diving day , just press the face button once and watch the bar graph around the perimeter of the display countdown while the DataMax Sport zeroes itself to your current altitude , checks all internal functions and battery power . |
| 7 | The wind was tugging at her hair , the setting sun turning it to false and fleeting gold . |
| 8 | And she claimed Darlington Borough Council told her to unblock the chimney herself . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind the took that decision because Castlereagh Borough Council took it to task over its figures , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Carbon monoxide attaches itself to haemoglobin much more easily than oxygen does . |
| 11 | Sponsors of each of the ten identical yachts have had to come up with a £220,000 entry fee to get them to the start line in September . |
| 12 | The slim-bodied design of the Cut Saw enables it to be used right up to walls or floors , so protruding pipes , etc , can be sawn off almost flush , especially if a slightly flexible blade is used . |
| 13 | The burden of the message from schoolmaster Olver , who led Quins for three seasons before a head of department post took him to Northampton in 1990 , will be about debts — moral , not financial . |
| 14 | At 10 or 11 , I read On The Beach , Neville Shute 's book ; I thought it was frightening , so he called in an air force general to explain it to me . |
| 15 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 16 | For the first race the trainer friend advised us to back a horse called , I think , Super Duper . |
| 17 | If your man really wants to dress up on your wedding day send him to Louise Verity 's Dressing Up Box ( 071 622 7125 ) . |
| 18 | From the village , a 10-minute cable car ride delivers you to the slopes . |
| 19 | Sadly , the convict 's transportation ship bore him to Botany Bay before a cure could be confirmed . |
| 20 | This talk/slide show took us to many of the stations forming part of the former Cambrian system . |
| 21 | Our second association item takes us to a late autumn in the next reign . |
| 22 | THE WESTON 'S ESCAPE ROUTE TAKES THEM TO ANTWERP BY WAY OF MARGATE , HERE IN 1781 . |
| 23 | Child labour recommended themselves to the early factory masters not only because it was cheap but also because it avoided dependence on adult labour whose traditional work habits were too deeply ingrained . |
| 24 | Although a breach of contract claim is based upon common law rights , remember that the Consolidation Act entitles you to minimum pay during your statutory notice period . |
| 25 | The socialization process trains us to ‘ have a stiff upper lip ’ and not express our feelings in an open , straightforward way . |
| 26 | Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination , and neither did the way the man with her was gazing into her eyes . |
| 27 | However the quality of some of the fittings in our test tractor left something to be desired . |
| 28 | Now that 's all very well having one of those , if you 've got a nice solid wood door to fit it to , but if you 're looking at the new replacement P V C doors erm , afterwards you ca n't fit that type of lock because the actual structure of the door wo n't take it . |
| 29 | But as Cohen suggests , echoing Miller 's point , there are also cases where an individualist account adds nothing to the explanation . |
| 30 | His final campaign photo-opportunity took him to the North-West and the Accrington Brick and Tile Company . |