Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 2 | The rise in the price of oil had little immediate impact , but the collapse of world stock markets , the fall in demand , especially in the USA , for Hong Kong exports and the fear that Japanese banks would cut back on investment all led to growth predictions being revised downwards , in some instance to negative growth . |
| 3 | That promise would not be implemented if the Opposition ever came to power . |
| 4 | Yup , if the music marathon ever began to flag and the 26-mile version was a non-starter , then the TV election race made for a vital diversion . |
| 5 | And it brought Joy more than admiring glances — her cute car also led to romance . |
| 6 | Pennethorne immediately complained to Hall , asking why he had lost the work ; Austin , the Secretary , wrote back on 28th May , saying that the Office had been reorganized with Pennethorne retaining the architectural work , subject to certain buildings being open to competition , and Hunt , ‘ the most fit and experienced person that could be found ’ , taking over the surveying work . |
| 7 | His exceptional progress soon led to exhibition matches and tours of western Europe , and on to America , where his family settled in 1920 . |
| 8 | If he decided to report her , he could then use her lapse against her when the custody case finally came to court . |
| 9 | The session also restored to official use the red , blue and orange tricolour flag of the independent Armenian state which existed in 1918-20 . |
| 10 | Five years or so passed and the boy even went to school there . |
| 11 | Only that , he says would ensure that such disputes over legal procedure were sorted out before a case ever went to trial . |
| 12 | Quite a large group apparently went to work as compositors in the south of England , if that is the right interpretation to put on the mention " gone to Colchester " which is recorded against the names of some women in the trade-union membership registers which are the chief source for this information . |
| 13 | The match really came to life when Smith put the visitors ahead five minutes before the scheduled break . |
| 14 | When they reached it Sarah counted four children playing near the turf-sided lock , and fears for Angel 's safety immediately sprang to mind . |
| 15 | Chris Law 's last-minute attempt to win a place in the British Olympic team briefly flickered to life yesterday when he won a Soling race in the French Olympic Classes Regatta at Hyeres , finishing in front of Lawrie Smith , writes David Pelly . |
| 16 | Sadly the planned improved Kick Off 2 cart never came to fruition . |
| 17 | After Wednesday 's dreadful figures , speculative support also returned to Tarmac , up 7 at 146p . |
| 18 | The assault only came to light four days later , when he went to hospital for treatment . |
| 19 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 20 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 21 | Men in regular employment found their real wages rising and many families moved out to the new housing estates , where evidence rapidly came to light of female depression arising primarily from physical isolation . |
| 22 | It failed to resolve the question of foreign influence in Korea , which a decade later led to war between China and Japan . |
| 23 | He suspected a young lawyer , a man whose name never came to light , even in the subsequent trial . |
| 24 | The science of physics really came to birth during the nineteenth century , though the process of convergence of separate physical sciences had perhaps begun when Galileo united celestial and terrestrial dynamics . |
| 25 | Jasper often went to school but nearly as often did not . |
| 26 | In figure 5.1 this implies that output would rise to Y 1 if aggregate demand unexpectedly rose to AD 1 . |
| 27 | My father never went to bed without supper , no matter what happened . |
| 28 | The pulse rate subsequently fell to baseline values after gastroscopy in both the oxygen and air groups . |
| 29 | However , the promised Unix showcase at Comdex/Spring last week never came to fruition . |
| 30 | Part of the scandal only came to light when an eagle-eyed bank clerk spotted changes made to the bank destination information on an authorised cheque from Craven Grain . |