Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knocking the arrow seemed after all not to have been the ultimate disaster . |
| 2 | Earlier , Price came from 3-1 down to beat last year 's runner-up , Mark Johnston-Allan , 5-3. 930219 |
| 3 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 4 | The final of the Inter-County Under-16 competition will be between Berkshire , who came from 2-0 behind to beat Essex 4-2 at Wokingham , and Greater Manchester , who won 2-1 against Nottinghamshire at Meadow Lane . |
| 5 | Shurin , who beat world number five Neal Foulds 4-1 in the last round , came from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 and 4-3 . |
| 6 | ENGLAND , strengthened by Paul Rendall and Rob Lozowski , came from 7–0 behind to beat Wales 24–12 and reach the final of the World Rugby Classic in Bermuda . |
| 7 | Willie Thorne came from 3-2 down to beat Jimmy Michie 5-3. — PA |
| 8 | STEVE DAVIS drew level with Stephen Hendry at the top of the Matchroom League when he came from 3–2 down to beat Tony Drago , of Malta , 5–3 at the Dome in Doncaster . |
| 9 | The French government began from 1851 regularly to appoint a military attaché to its Berlin legation , while the first British ones were sent to Paris , Turin and Constantinople in 1855 ( though they were not officially described as military attachés until two years later ) . |
| 10 | Resentment and resistance followed , notably in the Pilgrimage of Grace ; and although the Crown was able to ride that storm , it agreed in 1540 partially to replace the Statute of Uses with a milder act , the Statute of Wills , which in effect allowed landowners to avoid feudal incidents on two-thirds of their lands . |
| 11 | I know he believed me because when I told him you went to Nice yesterday to buy more , he said he 'd seen you there . |
| 12 | She wanted above all else to sleep and blot out the terrifying events of the day . |
| 13 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 14 | The Government refused at first even to meet him , citing the need not to inflame those holding the Beirut hostages , and did precious little more for a long time after the hostages were freed . |