Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stabbed Ben to death with a pair of dress-making scissors and then tried to kill herself . |
| 2 | IAN WRIGHT proved a point to manager George Graham at Highbury last night as he led Arsenal to victory in their delayed third round replay against First Division Derby . |
| 3 | She had just finished an article about pawnshops , the meat of which had been supplied by Rose , who had come round again and invited Sally-Anne to tea at the Buildings . |
| 4 | Her father , David Hammond , aged 25 , allegedly beat Sukina to death in the family home in St Paul 's , Bristol , last December 6 after he became annoyed when she would not spell her name . |
| 5 | Thus most Tories supported the war with France in William 's reign as both necessary and desirable , whilst it was a House of Commons with a Tory majority which committed England to war in defence of a balance of power in 1701 . |
| 6 | Charles Boyce rode Emigrant to victory in 1858 with one arm strapped to his side . |
| 7 | It was sport 's classless society and allowed Edwards to glory in his enduring ambition . |
| 8 | But to the surprise of western political spectators , last autumn 's elections returned Iliescu to power in preference to the policies of Emil Constantinescu and the Democratic Convention , an anti-government coalition promising civil liberties and a free market economy . |
| 9 | On that same day , Franco ordered Varela to detour to Toledo . |
| 10 | Certainly Jesus revealed God to man in way the written Old Testament alone could never have done . |
| 11 | With 10 needed off the last three overs of the day , Waqar worked Salisbury to mid-wicket for three . |
| 12 | MAN FOR THE JOB GARRY Schofield played the game of his life when he led Britain to victory in the second Ashes Test in Melbourne . |
| 13 | Beatty was rocketed to stardom by Elia Kazan — the director who brought Dean to stardom in East of Eden — and , unlike Nicholson , he had influential friends and relations . |
| 14 | In The Independent , Justine Picardie took Faludi to task for skating over the reasons why older feminists like Germaine Greer and Betty Friedan had modified the radicalism of their youth in the light of experience . |
| 15 | That night , Edward took Erica to dinner at the Savoy Grill in the Strand and explained that he would not be leaving after all . |
| 16 | ‘ You took Heather to dinner at the Skein of Geese in Haslemere on the tenth of September , did n't you , Doctor ? ’ |
| 17 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 18 | When they returned from Anglesey , Christine took Anna to school with her , where she started to learn ‘ in leaps and bounds ’ . |
| 19 | This time Seitz , in an otherwise logical column , took Norman to task for going to a sports psychologist and suggested that Levi was ‘ probably ’ a better ‘ all-round ’ player . |
| 20 | The maritime chronometer took Britain to pre-eminence in safe navigation and helped secure the empire . |
| 21 | He defended himself vigorously , and took Theo to task for parroting their father 's words . |
| 22 | This machine , which was raced in only three races , took Mackenzie to victory in the Sunflower International meeting at Kirkistown in October . |
| 23 | In Paris he bought mince pies and English marmalade , took Colette to tea at the British Dairy , shared a blazing plum pudding with her at Christmas , drank whisky instead of wine at a dinner party at Fouquet 's , spent two summer holidays in Dieppe because it was so English , and there made friends with Walter Sickert , William Nicholson , Reggie Turner , Ada Leverson , Marie Tempest and Max Beerbohm . |
| 24 | Davies , Strudwick and Johnson persuaded Nicholas to hand in her resignation because they could see that she was having an impossible time of it . |
| 25 | Dr Atkinson took John to hospital in her own car . |
| 26 | Keegan led Newcastle to promotion in 1984 but the club failed to build on the success . |
| 27 | Lawrence Rowe scored a triple and two single centuries , a certain A. M. E. Roberts made his Test debut , and Tony Greig bowled England to victory with 13 wickets in the final Test . |
| 28 | John Emburey did take Mahanama 's wicket , but the 40-year-old off-spinner is clearly not the bowler he was back in 1982 when he bowled England to victory in Sri Lanka 's inaugural Test in Colombo with a second innings six for 33 . |
| 29 | John Emburey eventually took the wicket , but the 40-year-old off-spinner is clearly not the bowler he was back in 1982 , when he bowled England to victory in Sri Lanka 's inaugural Test in Colombo with a second-innings 6-33 . |
| 30 | Heartbroken father Bill , 51 , who introduced Paul to golf as a young boy , said : ‘ I 'm distraught . |