Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just before his own exile Sidonius described to bishop Basil of Aix-en-Provence the state of the Church in the areas under Visigothic rule : Bordeaux , Perigueux , Rodez , Limoges , Javols , Eauze , Bazas , Comminges and Auch were all without bishops , and it was impossible to enter basilicas because their doorways were overgrown with brambles . |
| 2 | In his efforts to secure funds to finance the publication of his dictionary Vuk wrote to Miloš , but received a derisory offer in return . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the Reston , Virginia-based Visix , which reckons it missed the contract IBM awarded to Neuron Data Inc last week by a whisker , is thought to be looking at some alternative ways of marketing Galaxy , including using the Internet as a vehicle . |
| 4 | Although classes have finished please try to let as many people as possible know of this occasion and make every effort to attend to show our affection and appreciation of the years of help and skill Beryl gave to Medau . |
| 5 | After the collapse of the plot Montgomerie fled to London , but he continued to engage in Jacobite intrigue , and in late 1691 he tried to encourage a rising of Presbyterian extremists in the south-western lowlands . |
| 6 | Trade with South Korea amounted to $21,485,000 between October 1988 and November 1989 , mostly comprising exports of coal , iron and steel but also oriental medicines , pottery and artifacts . |
| 7 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 8 | Lots of titled guests were always invited and once , in my mother 's time as cook , princess Mary came to dinner . |
| 9 | On the way home Nathan turned to Georgia in the car and said , ‘ It will require , ’ and he paused , and then they both shouted , ‘ a certain amount of tact . ’ |
| 10 | In the general election campaign Carter continued to harp on the need to clear up the ‘ mess ’ in Washington , constantly re-echoing the theme of his acceptance speech : ‘ We want to have faith again ! |
| 11 | The line obviously comes from some lost ballad telling the story of how Child Roland went to Elfland to rescue his sister from the wicked King , a monster-legend , a Theodoric-story . |
| 12 | The move comes months after Labour councillor Nick Thorne- Wallis wrote to BR over the lack of fencing at the site . |
| 13 | Soon after their meeting Minton wrote to Martyn Goff , in response to an invitation extended to himself and Jeff Bernard : |
| 14 | It also follows a spate of takeovers for all the other big cognac houses in recent years when market leader Hennessy fell to LVMH , Seagram acquired Martell and Courvoisier was purchased by Allied-Lyons . |
| 15 | After the war Letson returned to Vancouver , where he graduated in engineering from the Pacific Coast branch of McGill University . |
| 16 | From her small cubby-hole on the opposite side of Canon Wheeler 's office to Miss Coldharbour 's room Julia listened to Theodora 's litany with interest . |
| 17 | On retirement MacLauchlan returned to Cornwall with the assessionable manors commission , surveying hill forts and linear earthworks . |
| 18 | This accords with a remark Johnson made to Boswell as they drove towards Aberdeen : ‘ I might have taken the side of the savage equally , had anybody else taken the side of the shopkeeper . ’ |
| 19 | The gift God gave to Mozart . ’ |
| 20 | That evening Chamberlain telephoned to Baldwin in Aix and told hint that he ought to return to London . |
| 21 | After the funeral Charles retreated to Balmoral , where he watched the BBC obituary of Mountbatten over and over again , and walked the lonely moors . |
| 22 | After a quiet few months , computer systems group Vistec sprang to life , gaining 2 to 17p . |
| 23 | The equation used to generate the graph is shown underneath , with the interocular distance IOD set to 6.5cm . |
| 24 | Mr Hall and his wife Jacqueline moved to Craigbarnet Road , Milngavie , in October 1991 , soon after the birth of their daughter . |
| 25 | Next day Renault returned to work . |
| 26 | In talks on the following day Gorbachev put to Aziz an eight-point peace plan , and Aziz left immediately afterwards for Baghdad to convey the plan to Saddam , the Soviet leadership having urged a quick response . |
| 27 | The next day Edward returned to Windsor Castle . |
| 28 | The new tactics were drawn up quickly : two days after the Newcastle débacle Arsenal went to West Ham and won 4–0 . |
| 29 | At last one day Martin said to Mihal , " Why do n't we get rid of the old man ? |
| 30 | The following day Suchinda responded to opposition criticism of his statement with a denunciation of Chamlong and New Aspiration Party ( NAP ) leader Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut . |