Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he dropped short outside off stump there would be mutterings that Wilfred was never cut in his entire career ; if he failed to bowl Yorkshire to victory on a wearing pitch , grumblings would be heard that Wardle would have had them out by tea . |
| 2 | Seeing that the independents would be slowly strangled so long as they relied exclusively upon the British circuits , he sought to establish connections to Hollywood . |
| 3 | Well erm Steve asked to write letters to Penny . |
| 4 | She took Bible-reading classes among her nurses , and tried to lead sinners to repentance , and Florence Nightingale was afraid this might damage the reputation of workhouse nursing . |
| 5 | What he himself claimed was that he wished to enfranchise the Tibbu : he proposed to give land to Tibbu from the expropriated endowments of the Sanusi order . |
| 6 | Indeed , Marx saw his work very much in this light and at one time proposed to dedicate Capital to Darwin , who refused , horrified as he already was by the religious and political repercussions of what he had written . |
| 7 | The strategy involved removing troops to barracks and standing down checkpoints in nationalist areas . |
| 8 | Further 800,000 reported moving north to Austria from Yugoslavia … should this number materialize food and guard situation will become critical . |
| 9 | Further 600,000 reported moving north to Austria from Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | A LORRY driver who helped take aid to refugees in Croatia was yesterday named Britain 's Top Dad . |
| 11 | Comintern officials first tried to convert Sandino to Communism ( battling for influence with APRA ) and then , having failed , denounced him as a traitor . |
| 12 | While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan , the military conflict continued . |
| 13 | Other main railway lines which he surveyed and supervised included Inverness to Keith ( 1853–8 ) , Inverness to Wick and Thurso ( 1859–74 ) which , because of exceptional difficulties , was not completed until after his retirement in 1867 , and the Skye line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh ( 1864–70 ) . |
| 14 | Twice she tried to get water to Midnight . |
| 15 | The three members of health care staff found to have antibodies to surface antigen were all women , reflecting the large proportion of female health care workers being vaccinated and followed up ( 7821 out of 10871 ; 72% ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 . |
| 18 | He finally agreed to sell Dunphy to Charlton . |
| 19 | She remembered how helplessly she 'd given way to Jake 's madness on Starr Hills . |
| 20 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
| 21 | Hereford united travelled north to Rochdale , only to slip to 17th in the 4th division . |
| 22 | Erm , from what I knew of erm I knew he 'd got access to firearms . |
| 23 | ‘ Ron compared getting Ray to Leeds signing Strach three years ago , and I can see what he means , ’ said McAllister . |
| 24 | Every time she imagined coming face to face with him her stomach knotted . |
| 25 | He 'd asked Amanda to lunch once , then again , and finally he had sounded her out , not minding the way she 'd sized him up , considering . |
| 26 | Pheromones can also be used to detect and monitor pests ; some farmers in the UK already use pheromone baited collecting traps to time sprays against pea and codling moths , which are pests of apples . |
| 27 | ‘ You thought I 'd followed Simon to Adelaide , ’ she continued , ‘ but I 'd gone there on business . |
| 28 | Yet still the Prussians delayed introducing expropriation to Pomerania until May 1912 lest they provoke an uprising , and while they bought up only four estates totalling over 6,624 hectares of land , they paid more than double the market rate . |
| 29 | Burns topped-and-tailed each episode with a monologue , and relished making asides to camera . |
| 30 | An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture , but the blaze was brought under control . |