Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerald fought to the bar for a couple more glasses and generously shared the bottle . |
| 2 | The negative views B. S. Johnson expresses above are fairly widely shared : Malcolm Bradbury points to the existence of a general critical assumption that after the work of the modernists , the ‘ experimental tradition ’ in Britain may simply have lapsed ( Bradbury 1973 : 86 ) . |
| 3 | The range of options offered at Napier contributes to the breadth of course curriculum and provides a necessary flexibility in choice of subjects studied . |
| 4 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |
| 5 | Thus the mental horizons of labourism ( by which Nairn refers to the tradition of independent working-class representation ) were severely circumscribed . |
| 6 | Laquer refers to the Reformation because of certain similarities between the problems caused by the Reformation and the Cold War . |
| 7 | Three years after his return from Aden , Nizan got to the heart of his dilemma when he proclaimed : I came very close to being a bourgeois … |
| 8 | In response , however , Polycarp turns to the crowd in the amphitheatre and shouts out the words which the Proconsul has invited him to repeal as if they applied to the audience in the arena . |
| 9 | His response to the captain 's surprised question , 'so you came to Czechoslovakia to go to the football match , Professor ? " ( p. 71 ) is , initially , to violate the maxim of quality ( " Certainly not " ) and then to imply that this is not entirely the case by violating the maxims of quantity and relevance when he provides three excuses for not attending all the sessions of the Colloquium instead of admitting the truth . |
| 10 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 11 | Well the last the last time when Sunderland got to the Final in seventy-three er there were five of us in the , in my house and I 'd made red and white rosettes |
| 12 | In a review of Jean-Richard Bloch 's essay , Naissance d'une culture , Nizan refers to the issue of the " legacy of cultures and the invention of a new culture " as the major problem confronting the contemporary writer , intellectual , artist.38 Nizan signals his agreement with Bloch that bourgeois humanist and individualist culture , optimistic , progressive and outward-looking in its origins , degenerated during the latter part of the nineteenth century into a solitary , self-preoccupied and defensively reactionary activity . |
| 13 | Tony Yates applied to the licensing committee to extend his music licence until 12.30am at Brannegans and 2.30am at Club Lucy . |
| 14 | Lisa got to the office early and went straight to Vass 's door . |
| 15 | Finally , in the treasury of the sanctuary is the Cross of Chiaravalle , a processional cross from the Abbey of Chiaravalle given to the church in 1296 by Ottone Visconti , Archbishop of Milan . |
| 16 | Head of state : King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva succeeded to the throne in 1972 . |
| 17 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 18 | Truman points to the fact that the group process excludes a variety of social groups unable to participate in it , a feature of pluralism emphasised by Schattschneider 's discussion of the ‘ mobilisation of bias ’ . |
| 19 | Born fourteen years after Mary Leapor , Woodhouse lived to the age of eighty-five . |
| 20 | Rubbish Fadeev clung to the world championship lead despite falling on a tripe loop in yesterday 's original programme . |
| 21 | Howell rose to the occasion and during the following nine years Bowdoin was transformed : among other changes , women were admitted for the first time , and hitherto neglected subjects like Afro-American studies added to the curriculum . |
| 22 | Manchester United have been ready to set up a £3m deal for Pearce with former Forest mid-field star Neil Webb returning to the City Ground . |
| 23 | Arshile Gorky , Jasper Johns , Robert Rauschenberg , Cy Twombly , Brice Marden and Roy Lichtenstein were names which Mnuchin mentioned to The Art Newspaper , a list which supports the view of those observers who believe that the contemporary art market 's revival will be led by renewed interest in the leading post-War American masters . |
| 24 | How the fuck could she know anything with Jesus and Donald Duck taped to the side of her fridge and her brain blended to mush by all that TV ? |
| 25 | Paddy Kennedy , an RLP councillor who was himself taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs , said that he had seen Fitt fall to the ground and he had appeared to be on his knees when he was struck by a baton . |
| 26 | The realm of Kislev lies to the east of the Empire . |
| 27 | In Martin Peters Bauunternehmung G.m.b.H . v. Zuid Nederlandse Aannemers Vereniging ( Case 34/82 ) [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , 991 the Supreme Court of The Netherlands referred to the Court of Justice the following question : |
| 28 | Now after a further century of development Ossett can boast of wide range of businesses including a gallery , photography studio , florist , fashion shops , health food and the expanded Dimple Well Lodge Hotel , where the proprietor Mr Sandy Gillan looks to the future with confidence . |
| 29 | Devlin moved to the door and grinned . |
| 30 | From what the captain indicated last night , that act at Old Trafford will see Alec Stewart reverting to the role of specialist opener and handing over the wicket-keeping gloves . |