Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 2 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 3 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 4 | Well no the , the owner , the baker reported them to the police . |
| 5 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 6 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 7 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 8 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 9 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 10 | The President drove him to the station . ’ |
| 11 | His weight toppled her to the air-bed that shushed and bounced beneath them . |
| 12 | His Italian blood attracted him to the most powerful Latins in America , and nobody who knew about his Mafioso connections messed with him . |
| 13 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 14 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 15 | Pink took her to the garden and showed her the rose arch . |
| 16 | Even though he had a job to go to with Birmingham Repertory Company , his agent sent him to the Rank interview for the experience . |
| 17 | Her half-sister took her to the police . |
| 18 | A white limousine took them to the church . |
| 19 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 20 | She went round to her former home in Hardwicke , Gloucestershire , where she was beaten unconscious by Probyn , who put her back into her Renault 19 car took her to the River and some how pushed her in . |
| 21 | The car took us to the Monument , and then we saw the Worm . ’ |
| 22 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 23 | ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world . |
| 24 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 25 | This divine artificer was , in effect , the principle of reason , which by imposing order on chaos reduced it to the rule of law . |
| 26 | Until the second world war , the Berlin exchange was the most important on the Continent ; national division reduced it to the status of a small regional market . |
| 27 | Recently , the Queen invited me to the Windsor Horse show along with my little friend Mohammed Al Fayed , who has a shop in Knightsbridge , the name of which escapes me . |
| 28 | He felt nothing as the angel bore him to the grave below , no pain as the solid granite drove shattered ribs deep into his lungs . |
| 29 | She often used to say she could n't believe how some people behaved , and the promiscuity and drinking shook her to the core . |
| 30 | Alistair Campbell , prosecuting , said : ‘ Mr Friel shouted : ‘ Do n't come near me , ’ but the youths kept coming and the 15-year-old boy knocked him to the ground . ’ |