Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the autumn , however , the Japanese recaptured the airstrips , and an argument between Stilwell and Chiang led to the former being relieved of his command . |
| 2 | Laidlaw was spun round and the Arab checked his rope then he was pushed aside and Graham subjected to the same treatment . |
| 3 | These incidents are rare not only because national emergencies are mercifully infrequent , but because for much of the time there is an instinctive understanding between the governors of the broadcasting organization and the government of the nation , as the corporation 's behaviour on issues like appeasement demonstrates ; Reith succumbed to the same collective delusion that had seized Chamberlain , his foreign secretary , Halifax , and most of the population . |
| 4 | The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu . |
| 5 | In his reference to the poll tax , the hon. Member for Teignbridge referred to the many things that had to be built on to it and the many anomalies that had to be addressed . |
| 6 | At that precise moment , Delaney came to the same conclusion as Nell . |
| 7 | Rey wrote to the same journal immediately , defending himself . |
| 8 | Darwin and Wallace came to the same conclusion about archipelago birds . |
| 9 | Yet Sidonius belonged to the same aristocratic class as Salvian and the early ascetics of Lérins , although he belonged to a younger generation . |
| 10 | At the end of the conference Margaret Thatcher returned to the same theme . |
| 11 | Born in York and brought up in Lincolnshire Brenda Costall went to the same school as Margaret Thatcher , Kesteven and Grantham Girls Grammar . |
| 12 | Kilvert belonged to the same club ; he describes poor Lizzie Powell — |