Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benjamin Cotton replied to the Times advertisement and undertook to ‘ preserve the mahogany doors ( still in fine fettle ) , to turn the pantry and store room into a servants ’ hall , and the brew house and cart stable into loose boxes . ’ |
| 2 | A recent correspondence printed in the Regimental Association journal Mars and Minerva alluded to the time in Operation Houndsworth when three aircraft had left from Fairford for the Morvan . |
| 3 | On the publication of Macmillan 's memoirs Mr Humphrey Berkeley wrote to The Times to complain about this as being a ‘ gross constitutional impropriety ’ . |
| 4 | Ruskin wrote to The Times on ‘ The Turner Gallery ’ , the day after Freeman 's letter and , as a postscript , said : ‘ I wish the writer of the admirable and exhaustive letter which appeared in your columns yesterday on the subject of Mr Scott 's design for the Foreign Office would allow me to know his name ’ . |
| 5 | Steel-Maitland wrote to The Times in 1913 to accuse the Liberals of corrupt practices at the Wick Burghs by-election , and Sanders noted that at Taunton they had given away half-crowns wrapped in Liberal leaflets ; both contests went against the trend , so there may be some truth in the allegations . |