Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're always undermining me , ’ Avril accused James when he tried to respond to an earlier complaint she had made ( 'You always opt out at the first hint of difficulty' ) , and she reprimanded the children . |
| 2 | Many of the other presentations reduced rationing to an academic exercise which ignored the current impact of decreased resources on the provision of health care . |
| 3 | Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’ |
| 4 | We arrived at the bottom of a rope ladder which seemed to rise to an enormous height up the ship 's side . |
| 5 | ‘ Though you might also think about saying sorry to Hamish and Antonia , too , as you were their guest and it was their party you brought grinding to an embarrassing halt . |
| 6 | Dr Kemp himself ! — the man who had one day been deprived of a jewel which he himself had traced to an American collector , a jewel for which he had been negotiating , a jewel that had been found in the waters below the bridge at Wolvercote in 1873 , a jewel which once united with its mate would doubtless be the subject of some considerable historical interest , and bring some short-term celebrity , possibly some long-term preferment , to himself — to Kemp . |
| 7 | Accountability is not confined to policy matters , as William Whitelaw found when he had to report to an astonished House of Commons that an intruder had got into the Queen 's bedroom at Buckingham Palace . |
| 8 | She had come to an unhappy house , that was clear . |
| 9 | Fifteen yards down the street , the man had come to an uncertain halt , his eyes searching both sides of the street for a glimpse of his prey . |
| 10 | And then she realised that the hoof beats of his horse had come to an abrupt stop . |
| 11 | The Nigerian adventure had come to an abrupt end with the arrival of a new military government and a ban on all imports . |
| 12 | Her voice trailed away as she saw that Laura had come to an abrupt halt beside her . |
| 13 | By the end of 1989 the proportion had risen to an estimated 6 or 7 per cent , representing 450,000 to 600,000 mortgagors . |
| 14 | But Lucy had moved to an easy chair and sat , chin cupped by an exquisite palm . |
| 15 | By writing his tracts in German , Luther had appealed to an unlearned audience as well as to sympathetic scholars . |
| 16 | In 1943 , the Maronites had agreed to an unwritten National Covenant which awarded them the presidency of Lebanon , command of the Lebanese army and other assets in return for their abandonment of French protection . |
| 17 | Reports over the previous four months that unity negotiations were under way among the various political heirs of Kwame Nkrumah were confirmed by an announcement on Sept. 10 that three Nkrumahist parties , the National Independence Party ( NIP ) , the People 's Heritage Party ( PHP ) , and the unregistered Popular Party for Democracy and Development ( PPDD ) , had agreed to an electoral alliance , pledging themselves to support a single presidential candidate and one parliamentary candidate in each of the country 's 200 constituencies . |
| 18 | The Financial Times of April 10 reported that the World Bank had agreed to an Indonesian request to establish and chair a new aid consultation forum . |
| 19 | Participating were delegations from Armenia , Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Russia and Tajikistan — six of the seven states which had agreed to an interparliamentary assembly in April [ see p. 38874 ] ; Uzbekistan sent no delegation . |
| 20 | His previous piece of language law ( Bill 178 in 1988 ) prompted a barrage of protest from English Canada — and an answering volley from Quebec — because he had resorted to an obscure constitutional loophole in order to override a Supreme Court decision on freedom of expression . |
| 21 | Inflation had slowed to an annual rate of 30 per cent by the end of the financial year , compared with 89 per cent the previous year . |
| 22 | In January 1990 the Senior Minister of Finance , Carl Greenidge , stated that the loss of earnings resulting from the strikes in the bauxite and sugar industries in April and May 1989 had contributed to an additional $20,000,000 in arrears , as yet not covered by pledges from the support group . |
| 23 | The scandal had already caused the closure of the bank and had contributed to an unprecedented number of incumbent legislators retiring or suffering electoral defeats . |
| 24 | Princess Diana 's relationship with her step-mother had deteriorated to an all-time low , culminating in that outburst which led to Raine 's fall downstairs . |
| 25 | Mr Milburn said he had spoken to an 81-year-old lady from Harrowgate Hill who has got steadily more blind while waiting two years for treatment for cataracts . |
| 26 | The Gascons themselves were well aware that the 1259 treaty had led to an immediate change in their status . |
| 27 | India 's deteriorating foreign exchange situation had forced the government to adopt drastic import curbs in March [ see p. 38151 ] , which had led to an immediate reduction in the import of manufacturing components and metals . |
| 28 | A series of tripartite meetings between the federal Prime Minister , Marian Calfa , and the Prime Ministers of the Czech and Slovak republics , Petr Pithart and Vladimir Meciar , had led to an initial agreement on Nov. 13 . |
| 29 | Further , he became aware that the district has incurred a financial loss on most of the courses it had arranged in the county : in 1936–37 for example the seven courses it provided had led to an aggregated deficit of £92 for the year . |
| 30 | It also meant that Leo had gone to an awful lot of trouble on her behalf . |