Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] to [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TV producer led them to one of the last suites on the left and a young man in pullover and jeans swung round on his chair . |
| 2 | A friend in Joan 's office was active in the Womens ' Loyalist Action Association and invited her to one of its meetings . |
| 3 | The ball bounced near Scott and he trapped it with his left foot , then swivelled and hooked it to one of the young boys with his right , smiling to himself . |
| 4 | He mentioned it to several of his male colleagues . |
| 5 | Vass leaned back in his chair and subjected her to one of those arrogant black looks of his . |
| 6 | ‘ I showed it to some of my friends and they have had a good laugh about it . |
| 7 | Worcester were wobbling at 33 for three but Hick guided them to 158 for five . |
| 8 | He put an arm around my shoulder and steered me to one of the leather sofas which had a girl where other sofas have cushions . |
| 9 | On the third floor , she led him to one of four doors , which opened on to a firelit bedroom , with a great canopied bed , steaming water-jugs and wash-basin , and a garderobe in the thickness of the walling with candle-shelf , stone seat and chute . |
| 10 | According to Bede , Wulfhere reigned seventeen years ( HE 111 , 24 ) , which led him to 675 for Wulfhere 's death , reckoning forward from 658 , but if Wulfhere did not become king until 659 a seventeen-year reign would suggest 676 for his death . |
| 11 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
| 12 | I was n't on the hill that evening but Mrs Goreng sent me to one of the big communal TVs they had set up on poles in the Praça . |
| 13 | Captain Meredith treated him to one of his freezing looks . |
| 14 | His spare time took him to many of Yorkshire 's fixtures . |
| 15 | His first major title — the Strachan Professional — received little publicity , but his 38-minute four-frame coup de grace on Parrott to wrap up a 9–3 win took him to fifth in the rankings and made anything seem possible . |
| 16 | He did not volunteer any further suggestions but took her to one of the few French restaurants he knew in Soho , where hopefully she would not be reminded of the man she loved . |
| 17 | Damian took her to one of the balcony restaurants , and they shared a dozen fresh oysters on the shell in the cool sunlight . |
| 18 | So I sent it to another in New York , and he took it . ’ |
| 19 | He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity . |
| 20 | So , before I left London , I took it to one of the maids at Richmond Palace , and do you know what she said ? ’ |
| 21 | This talk/slide show took us to many of the stations forming part of the former Cambrian system . |
| 22 | A speedy journey in the boats took us to one of the 365 islands in Lough Erne . |
| 23 | It was during these anxious weeks of searching that Halim , our grave-robbing friend , took us to another of his Ming-porcelain burial-grounds , located several hours from Makassar and about half an hour 's march from the nearest hamlet . |
| 24 | He introduced me to one of the Curriers in the Golden Cock . |
| 25 | The Royal Oak introduced you to some of the complexities of co-ordinating financial and statistical data with details of the premises and the personal particulars of the key staff . |
| 26 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
| 27 | His father actively supported the parliamentarian cause in the English civil war but John Duncombe 's sympathies were Royalist and his marriage , on 12 July 1646 , to Elizabeth , daughter of a former chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Sir Humphrey May [ q.v. ] , allied him to one of the Stuarts ' most loyal families of servants . |
| 28 | The Earl of Argyll , Archibald Campbell , introduced him to many of the Scottish nobles , and he found some of them less objectionable than he 'd expected . |
| 29 | Hannele introduced him to two of ficers in some sort of private uniform and they were conducted to a stateroom . |
| 30 | Bob introduced him to some of the usual crowd , and Morris asked Bill Waddy , who was buying , for a Pernod . |