Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hereford defence fell to pieces , apart from Judge who did everything and more to try to keep them out . |
| 2 | Personal assistant Jacqueline Branch went to London 's Raphael Clinic to try out a float . |
| 3 | The unfortunate Lombard prince fled to Constantinople , where he sought help from the Eastern Emperor Constantine Copronymus . |
| 4 | Top prize of the Farrer medal went to John Saxton of Nottingham for his cassiope . |
| 5 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 6 | Amir and Prime Minister : Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani came to power in 1972 after ousting his cousin , Shaikh Ahmed , in a palace coup . |
| 7 | This year 's PFAS Child of Valour award went to Wendy Windsmoor , aged nine , who stood for no less that 17 minutes , reserving a vacant meter spot in Oxford while her father negotiated the one-way system . |
| 8 | On the London Fox the January contract collapsed to £636 a tonne , its lowest since the great Brazilian frost of 1975 . |
| 9 | Framlingham Hall sprang to mind at that point . |
| 10 | Like any other youth , I was thrilled by the annual visits of the big circus , and when the Al G. Barnes Circus came to town I paid my own way in to the ‘ show ’ and sat up that night writing the first big-top review for the Times-Herald , which Fred Workman accepted with alacrity . |
| 11 | George Day Welsh came to Madeira at the end of the eighteenth century and married the important and rich Vicência Ludovina de Freitas , whose family were large landowners in the Madalena do Mar area . |
| 12 | German Sisters Carmula , Christa and Maria Carmen and Sister Margaret from the Wynberg convent travelled to Darlington last year and live in the Nunnery Lane convent until they leave for their new life in Africa . |
| 13 | Trade union education has , for the most part , barely started to grapple with the implications of the growing importance of public-sector trade unionism : in 1972 , for example , 6.6 per cent of all TUC membership belonged to NUPE or NALGO alone ; by 1982 , the equivalent figure was 14.1 per cent . |
| 14 | The Hairflair team set to work straight away . |
| 15 | Erm , oddly enough Leiston Grammar went to Sudbury . |
| 16 | A line from a Bob Dylan song came to mind : ‘ Those not busy bein' born are busy dyin' . ’ |
| 17 | It came as the parents of 12-year-old victim Timothy Parry — hanging on to life by a thread in a Liverpool hospital came to terms with the fact that he is unlikely to survive . |
| 18 | Chinthurst 's first six wickets in their Under-10 school match against Durston House fell to hat-tricks , by Ben Duncan and Archie Orr-Ewing . |
| 19 | By December , the efeo plans to open a Paris office devoted to Angkor , perhaps joining forces with the Amis d'Angkor , a private French group dedicated to the precinct . |
| 20 | On 18 August Prince replied to Gould 's first letter : |
| 21 | But all was forgiven when the Reagan Administration came to power . |
| 22 | Months before the CPRS report came to ministers , therefore , we had reviewed the options and indeed in July 1982 I had set out the Government 's position , after consultation with the Treasury . |
| 23 | Baker also met Cuban Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca on Nov. 28 , the first such meeting since the Castro regime came to power in Cuba . |
| 24 | However on this occasion a Swordfish ( P4232 ‘ A ’ ) was lost when Lt. N.K. Cambell 's aircraft was hit by A.A. fire and he was forced to ditch just off the coast ; he and his observer managed to swim ashore , and were subsequently captured , but the TAG , P.O. ( A ) W.G.T. Welsh succumbed to injuries sustained . |
| 25 | The Wallace Trophy went to Anita McCaw , from Royal Co Down , who pipped Bangor 's Valerie James right on the post ( one hole ) . |
| 26 | The pressure of his 10-year domination of the US circuit got to Norman but he is adamant the same fate will not befall Faldo . |
| 27 | The Commission shows that the cost for mining & smelting Coniston ore amounted to £1 11s. : 5d. for the mining and £1 : 3s. : 6d. for the smelting — per cwt . |
| 28 | The applecart was upset again in the following race when the K2 title went to Roman/Sanchez of Spain . |
| 29 | The Oxford crew arrived to cup final welcome … complete with police escort … there was n't a balcony or rooftop to spare … everyone was showing their colours … the old boys came in their caps … |
| 30 | Apologies for change of plan since Medau News went to press : , our new helper , will be in the office on MONDAYS , THURSDAYS and FRIDAYS . |