Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the meeting on the 5 November the BSI Standards Board agreed to recommend to the BSI Main Board , which met on the 28 November , that the new body be permanently established . |
| 2 | NOT only did the Kiwis get blown off the park at the Hong Kong Sevens by Fiji , but three gnarled members of their supporters club got taken to the cleaners in a local hostess bar . |
| 3 | One of the most fascinating aspects of the Pathfinders was its attraction for characters , and the very nature of the Force seemed to beckon to the most unusual types . |
| 4 | Ringing the woman 's number again , she found her in , and more than ready to offer her somewhat trenchant views on the House of Commons and the way that seminal institution seemed to cling to the outmoded notion that women were an inferior breed . |
| 5 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
| 6 | While the Sussex gentry who had gone to war for religion had to adjust to the need to maintain stability , many of the Puritan clergy could and would not . |
| 7 | Now , here again , in the past , group selectionist thinking had tended to the view that all you need for sex if it 's for the benefit of the species is a regular male , a regular female , doing the regular thing and er everything will be alright . |
| 8 | But after Dave Bassett 's side had clung to the 2-1 lead provided by John Gannon 's opening strike of the season , the only first that actually mattered was United 's position in the Second Division . |
| 9 | The National Trust and the Trustees of Waddesdon Manor had come to the decision that it would be in the best interest of the house for as much work as possible to be carried out at one time , and the range of the repairs is such that the house can not be reopened until April 1993 . |
| 10 | In ancient times the manor had belonged to the Martyns before they left for Athelhampton . |
| 11 | Instead of basing landlord compensation on the land 's productive value ( 2@1/2 times the annual harvest ) the administration had adhered to the concept of " fair market value " . |
| 12 | Yussuf 's ex-wife had come to the police station and would not go away . |
| 13 | Also in late March fighting had erupted to the north of the Karen heartlands as government-backed Wa guerrillas battled with the private army of " warlord " Khun Sa for control of narcotics routes into Thailand . |
| 14 | At first Buchan thought he was joking , and had to telephone his manager to get confirmation that his club had agreed to the transfer . |
| 15 | Mr Goddard said the ESC had apologised to the Civic for causing any inconvenience . |
| 16 | In a statement , Mr Goddard said the ESC had apologised to the theatre for any inconvenience caused by not telling them earlier that the play would run without a break . |
| 17 | Attempts by Greenpeace to impede the programme had led to the sinking of the organization 's flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in 1985 by French secret service agents [ see pp. 33852-53 ] . |
| 18 | His restless mind had returned to the unfinished business of Benghazi and the possibility of destroying shipping which he had so far signally failed to achieve . |
| 19 | Sheikh al Hassan 's mind had returned to the important meeting before him . |
| 20 | The crux came when she became doubly incontinent and her mind had got to the point where she had forgotten how her body functioned . |
| 21 | Their talk had turned to the world beyond O-levels : finishing schools in Switzerland , modelling or secretarial courses , steady romances with the sons of their parents ' friends , or the heady excitement of the debutante season . |
| 22 | The department had written to the ESRC : ‘ In all the circumstances it is not appropriate for the Government to support it … and , more generally , it would not be appropriate for the Government to sponsor the survey . ’ |
| 23 | But it was not the warmth of the night which kept him awake , nor the hectic business of the day in the office , where they had had to deal with all the additional pressures which the murder had brought to the diocese . |
| 24 | The Military Sports Group Trenck had come to the attention of the authorities after members had harassed a Viennese youth earlier in the month . |
| 25 | No doubt such perception had contributed to the man 's wealth , D'Arcy considered , as he sought the most diplomatic way to accuse his client of dealing with a terrorist organisation . |
| 26 | The evidence suggested that this reply had come to the attention of the deceased . |
| 27 | The imperial frontier had moved to the south , but pockets of unconquered territory remained in the rear . |
| 28 | The mayor had responded to the accusation by dismissing Lewis as " a convicted felon " who would " say anything in court … trying to save his own hide " . |
| 29 | Another day of dreadful toil had come to the industrial ghettos of early Victorian Glasgow , a world often forgotten and ignored , a world echoed throughout Britain where families lived and died bounded by a few streets , walled from the world of green and life by an invisible fence , a dead hand that bound them in chains of language , and rags , and marked them for life more surely than any thief was ever branded at Glasgow Cross . |
| 30 | Last night Irish Marine Department officials confirmed that the sewage system on the 20-year-old boat had led to the children 's deaths . |