Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEW US PGA champion Nick Price yesterday paid tribute to Nick Faldo for inspiring him to victory here at Bellerive . |
| 2 | Lieutenant-General Abdul Haq Ulomi , who heads the country 's most powerful military and political body , said in an interview the two countries were testing the new surface-to-surface rockets in Afghanistan by supplying them to the mujahedin to use on Kabul . |
| 3 | manager of a City assurance office and the narrator of ‘ Hunted Down ’ , who helps Meltham to entrap Julius Slinkton after discovering him to be a murderer . |
| 4 | Firemen lowered a paramedic down the quarry to treat Anthony before winching him to safety . |
| 5 | The court heard that Mr Farmer , who was shot four times , died saving his father Robert by pushing him to the floor and shouting a warning when he spotted the gunman . |
| 6 | Despite signs of renewed interest from both Ford and Volkswagen ( keen to re-establish itself as the largest car manufacturer in Europe ) , the British government announced in March 1988 that it intended to pursue a wholly British solution for the remaining parts of Rover by selling it to British Aerospace ( BAe ) . |
| 7 | After dinner he might finish some pressing publishing work , correcting manuscripts or writing blurbs ; if not inveigled by Hayward into escorting him to a party , or sitting with guests in the shared " living room " , he would retire to his own rooms for study or contemplation . |
| 8 | Lovell gave Coleridge food that night , but not shelter , and in the days that followed was responsible with Southey for introducing him to a city strong in religious dissent and political radicalism . |
| 9 | Moreover , by simply keeping her in their power they were holding all their options open and preventing Philip from marrying her to someone else and so forging a new alliance . |
| 10 | He poured a brandy and handed it to Craig before helping himself to a good measure . |
| 11 | Nilsen picked up young men in London before bringing them to his home . |
| 12 | Thus the Duke and the rest of the Christians are dishonest towards the bond of business set by Shylock in expecting him to be forgiving . |
| 13 | I understand that I should quarantine newly-purchased Koi before introducing them to my pond . |
| 14 | On the first major privatisation — that of British Telecom — the right hon. Member for Hertsmere ( Mr. Parkinson ) gave the game away when he said : ’ I have decided against breaking up BT before offering it to the public . |
| 15 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |