Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Tony Yates applied to the licensing committee to extend his music licence until 12.30am at Brannegans and 2.30am at Club Lucy . |
| 7 | Lisa got to the office early and went straight to Vass 's door . |
| 8 | Head of state : King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva succeeded to the throne in 1972 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Born fourteen years after Mary Leapor , Woodhouse lived to the age of eighty-five . |
| 11 | Rubbish Fadeev clung to the world championship lead despite falling on a tripe loop in yesterday 's original programme . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 : |
| 16 | Devlin moved to the door and grinned . |
| 17 | Having established by radio that the survivor was on a knoll at the north end of Burwick Holm George Williamson headed to the east of the island to approach from the more sheltered leeward side . |
| 18 | When old Aaron Tyson from Limestone Hill sold to the greengrocer 's the turnips he 'd stacked up for his sheep . |
| 19 | June : A visit by French President Mitterrand led to the announcement that France had accepted Madagascar 's claim , supported by a UN vote in 1980 , to the islands of Les Glorieuses , Juan de Nova , Europa and Bassas de India , which had been under French control since 1882 . |
| 20 | Some of the least attractive features of Liverpool society emerged in May 1985 , when a riot of Liverpool football supporters at the Heysel football stadium in Brussels led to the death of many Italian football fans at the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus of Turin . |
| 21 | Bernice whispered to the Doctor out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 22 | Gorbachev announced to the Congress on Dec. 26 that on the previous day Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov had suffered a heart attack , and was seriously ill in hospital . |
| 23 | The NUS paper presented to Whitley led to the Group 's decision to allocate two re-assigned Model 30s for student computing use , as per item ( 2 ) above . |
| 24 | Ramsey penetrated to the essence of the man . |
| 25 | In response to Sikh accusations V. P. Singh agreed to the holding of a judicial inquiry into his death . |
| 26 | In the 43rd minute United took the lead when involvement by Aaron Gardiner and Brian Devereux led to the ball being pulled across from the left to the far corner of the penalty area . |
| 27 | This , at any rate , was the offer which Richard made to the King of France while the latter was disbanding his mercenaries at Bourges . |
| 28 | The English laid siege to Vannes , Rennes and Nantes , but the English troops were greatly outnumbered by French forces in the duchy , and in January 1343 Edward agreed to the truce of Malestroit , which stabilized the position and left John de Montfort in control of about half the duchy . |
| 29 | In the autumn , overwhelmed by debts , Edward agreed to the truce of Espléchin which was to endure until midsummer 1342 . |
| 30 | Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait led to the abandonment by the UAE of a traditional policy of neutrality and to a welcome for the deployment of the military forces of the US-led coalition in the region . |