Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Rose to write memorandum to all staff asking for suggestions for workshops . |
| 2 | After the military disasters of 1192 , the Christian soldiers and crusader knights had taken refuge at Beaufort under Renaud , Prince of Sayette , and shut themselves up inside the fortress as the armies of Saladin arrived to lay siege to them . |
| 3 | It lay at the point where the fertile coastal plain to which Shurton belonged gave way to the austerely beautiful Quantock Hills , and in the meeting of those two quite different landscapes the village acquired something of its distinctive character : Stowey was a place always busy with the concerns of a lowland domestic world , but the gateway as well to a solitary hill country where man 's dominance was suddenly challenged and nature prevailed . |
| 4 | As John IV of Portugal had offered protection to Rupert 's squadron , no military resolution was possible , and a lengthy stalemate ensued . |
| 5 | In July 1333 the Scots had been defeated at Halidon Hill , near Berwick , and Edward Balliol had done homage to Edward III for Scotland , while King David II retired to France , there to seek the support of Philip VI against England . |
| 6 | Three years earlier Richard had performed homage to King Louis at Montmirail but now that he had worn the ring of St Valerie he could claim that he held his duchy in indissoluble union with the people of Aquitaine and the saints who watched over them . |
| 7 | The Austrian branch of the Habsburgs continued to give precedence to the representatives of its Spanish relatives , the pope insisted on treating the French and Spanish ambassadors in Rome as equals , and the Spanish government ordered its diplomats not to appear in public with a French one of equal rank , and thus avoid giving way to him . |
| 8 | Hereford united travelled north to Rochdale , only to slip to 17th in the 4th division . |
| 9 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 10 | During the brief reign of Paul I ( 1796–1801 ) Russia agreed to extend protection to the Caucasian kingdom of Georgia against the encroachment of Persia . |
| 11 | Significantly , Roxburgh decided to pay heed to the excellent club form of Gordon Strachan and the Leeds United man displayed an admirable combination of cockiness and sheer resolve on the right side of a midfield which contained the Celtic pair Roy Aitken and Paul McStay , and the former Parkhead workhorse , Murdo Macleod , who is now enjoying a renaissance in West Germany . |
| 12 | It was a small Polytechnic , had a history of poor local authority support , and the CNAA had had occasion to be critical of it as an academic community . |
| 13 | North Korea had allowed access to its nuclear facilities by officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , but talks with South Korea designed to facilitate mutual nuclear inspection had failed to produce an agreement . |
| 14 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 15 | Little more than a year after her marriage , Ermentrude had given birth to her first child , Judith . |
| 16 | And locals who said that McSweeney had given birth to twins bounced Farrah up and down , never suspecting they were holding the most wanted baby in Britain . |
| 17 | Commentators noted that the lifting of some restrictions on black political activity in early February had given rise to a sharp increase in the level of township protest . |
| 18 | At a meeting in Paris on Feb. 27-28 UNESCO had given encouragement to the exchange of expertise between the Western news media and the media in Eastern Europe . |
| 19 | Under Phase 2 of the scheme , Nissan proposed to increase output to 100,000 cars a year by 1991 , with local content rising above 60 per cent during 1988 and subsequently rising to 80 per cent . |
| 20 | BUMPER nine-month figures at drugs group Medeva helped add sparkle to its shares yesterday , climbing slowly towards its high of 301p earlier this year . |
| 21 | Although he now realised what the phenomenon was that he had just witnessed , he found it impossible to digest the truth before his very eyes : Firelight had given birth to a baby . |
| 22 | He heard that Daniels had set fire to his car after telling his wife that he was going to ‘ lose ’ it and tell police it had been stolen . |
| 23 | This referred to the fact that Marcia Williams had given birth to illegitimate sons . |
| 24 | JIM MOODIE powered hid way to a winning TT double on the Isle of Man yesterday . |
| 25 | The United Kingdom failed to secure re-election to the Commission for a further three-year term , for only the second time in the Commission 's history . |
| 26 | You see , Father , ’ Corbett continued , ‘ some time ago Monsieur de Craon tried to gain access to Godstowe and was refused , so he looked around for someone to keep him appraised of developments at the priory , particularly Lady Eleanor 's movements . |
| 27 | Mr Ashdown promised to give priority to ending the recession , with more investment in schools , hospitals , housing and transport . |
| 28 | Not until the appearance in United Nations World , dated May 1951 , of an article by Professor Hans Thirring , entitled ‘ Is Peron 's A-bomb a swindle ? ’ , was Richter spurred to put pen to paper But his rejoinder , ‘ Argentina has no atom bomb ’ in the July issue of that journal , was a disappointment to those expecting some scientific enlightenment . |
| 29 | During the general cessation of hostilities in the winter that followed , Oliver Cromwell managed to persuade Parliament to the reorganization of the Army , with Sir Thomas Fairfax as the Commander-in-Chief . |
| 30 | ( South Africa had offered assistance to the Soviet Union in the resettlement of victims of the Chernobyl disaster . ) |