Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We met them face to face and he gave his full backing . |
| 2 | I got my mate to caddie for Seve . |
| 3 | I asked my cleaner to post four chapters of my book on Roman agriculture and she left the envelope on a bus . |
| 4 | I fought my way to school through flowers — |
| 5 | I should add that in argument he also invited my attention to paragraph 5(7) and I will refer to that : |
| 6 | It then thrashed its way to freedom and has not been seen since . |
| 7 | He knew he was wealthy , set up for life , but he was already being made to pay for the taking of those lives : almost every night since , he had been troubled by dreams in which he found himself face to face once more with his victims . |
| 8 | But suppose that he proceeds in the general direction from where he assumed by voice came and suddenly found himself face to face with a stranger who looked very similar to myself . |
| 9 | It was at this point that he found himself face to face with Cinzia Miletti . |
| 10 | This has often treated technology as an end in itself , and not queried its wider relationship to firm activity or weighed its contribution to performance . |
| 11 | Bank Management stated that there was no policy of discrimination against IBOA members in NIB and re-emphasised its commitment to equality . |
| 12 | At least 80 per cent of this enormous output found its way to rubbish tips via household dustbins . |
| 13 | Although we changed its name to corduroy to give it a touch of class , there is no evidence that the French every called it corde du roi or that kings ever wore it . |
| 14 | Most of his paintings were elaborate , detailed , large-scale affairs , some of which found their way to city municipalities in Canada and Australia . |
| 15 | The popular broadsheet category eventually almost disappeared , however , as one by one the popular broadsheets changed their format to tabloid ( see Table 3.4 ) . |
| 16 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 17 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
| 18 | It helped his team to edge 3 matches to 2 ahead in the series hosted by John Laing plc . |
| 19 | Ramsey invited his Master to lunch and invited Knox to meet him . |
| 20 | Durán , due to take office on Aug. 10 in succession to Rodrigo Borja Cevallo of the Izquierda Democratica ( ID — Democratic Left ) , completed the composition of his Cabinet on July 20 , and underlined his commitment to free-market policies by including in it members of the business sector . |
| 21 | He was awarded damages and drew his salary to retirement age . |
| 22 | He devoted his life to politics for a twofold purpose : to ensure that the useless slaughter of the First World War was not repeated , and that the survivors of that horrific experience should live in a better world . |
| 23 | He devoted his life to writing and submitted numerous articles to Scottish and English magazines , but success eluded him and he was unable to support himself . |
| 24 | During the day John worked in the cotton trade , and in his spare time he devoted his energy to music and various activities , such as acting as the secretary for cricket clubs , always with the intention of promoting his business career . |
| 25 | Unionist candidates used his letter to Law as an election leaflet to reassure their supporters and to parade his capture to the nation . |
| 26 | JAMAICAN umpire Steve Bucknor changed his attitude to trial by television on the second day of the second cricket Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday . |
| 27 | He failed the end of year exams after the first year and changed his subject to sociology , in which he later attained a degree . |
| 28 | As part of the marriage settlement he changed his surname to Smith-Cumming , later becoming known as Cumming . |
| 29 | Then he dedicated his life to music and the pursuit of women , and we found we had things in common . |
| 30 | I found myself face to face with Jack Nopps . |