Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr. Welch recommended them to the committee , who noted the report but took no further action . |
| 2 | In the 17 hours they were missing after losing their way , they trudged the forest to keep up their body heat until they eventually reached a path with white arrows which led them to the edge of the forest . |
| 3 | It was precisely their erudition , their cultivation , their financial security , their disdain for the mediocre that led them to the gas chambers . |
| 4 | The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based . |
| 5 | Skirting the marshy end , they slowly climbed the gentle slope on the other side to join the carriage drive which led them to the stable . |
| 6 | Talbot led them to the wardroom and gestured them to their seats . |
| 7 | He gestured towards the table with an amiable smile and led them to the gate . |
| 8 | Myeloski led them to the room where the girl had been found . |
| 9 | The count simply abandoned the small , expensive aircraft and led them to the car . |
| 10 | One of the crooks was picked up half-a-mile away and he led them to the tot who was sitting unhurt on a pedestrian walkway . |
| 11 | Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour . |
| 12 | The choice of Natal is strange as captain Craig Jamieson , the man who led them to the Cup in 1990 , is still very much involved in rugby . |
| 13 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 14 | It was only after the demise of the ruling reptiles that the class had the opportunity to capitalize on the evolutionary advantages which propelled them to the dominance they have enjoyed ever since . |
| 15 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 16 | In the first two weeks I sat down , worked out the six major things I needed to do and tabled them to the group executive within six weeks . |
| 17 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 18 | Mrs Aboud led me to the balcony from where it was evident that many of the surrounding buildings — like those elsewhere in the Arab quarter — had been devastated , their roofs smashed in and their windows punched out of their frames . |
| 19 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 20 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 21 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
| 22 | The sad consequence on the children 's lives of the circumstances of their birth led me to the conclusion that pregnancy in elderly women might not be appropriate and the whole programme was stopped . |
| 23 | ‘ The William S. Paley Collection ’ ( 28 February-16 May ) consists of eighty-four mainly intimate-scaled early modern works acquired by the late founder of CBS , and bequeathed to a foundation that in turn conveyed them to the Museum of Modern Art in New York , where Paley was chairman emeritus at the time of his death in 1990 . |
| 24 | The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement . |
| 25 | The local officers , usually J.P.s , and known as undertakers , then bought goods at market prices and sold them to the household at royal prices . |
| 26 | We asked them to the meeting and we look forward to listening to you later on in the agenda . |
| 27 | Only a mad dash got them to the meeting on time . |
| 28 | Then Mum thanked them and said she would pay them later for their trouble and invited them to the funeral . |
| 29 | So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's . |
| 30 | Mr Patrick Corbally Stourton , who went out to work in Australia several years ago , and is now managing director of Originals Outback Limited , invited me to the opening of the first comprehensive exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Central Western Desert of Australia to be seen in Europe . |