Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path turned inland and met the road to Sandweg which cut through arable land , punctuated by low , brooding barns . |
| 2 | Ann whispered the question to Harry while the new arrival was being led upstairs by her cousins to see the house . |
| 3 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 4 | Belcher was by reputation difficult to please , and , of the surveyors who piloted the fleet to Canton during the Opium war of 1840–1 , Richards alone received his praise . |
| 5 | Milton laughed and passed the poem to Pooley . |
| 6 | Burgon winded his way through the Bangor defence and passed the ball to Minnis whose shot was well saved by Brown . |
| 7 | Quick as a flash the doctor had cut the cord , passed the child to Matilda Jenkins , and was stitching away at Sarah as if his own life depended on it . |
| 8 | Miss Calagarri then signed and passed the document to Mr. Morgan . |
| 9 | She passed the bottle to Clare . |
| 10 | She passed the snapshot to Juliet , who took it with feigned interest . |
| 11 | Eileen passed the letter to Philip . |
| 12 | She believes she passed the habit to daughter Cherie as she puffed 50 a day during pregnancy . |
| 13 | Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house . |
| 14 | He had half , then passed the cup to Lee . |
| 15 | After a moment or two she passed the receiver to Zen with an exclamation of disgust . |
| 16 | Oliver passed the receiver to Rain . |
| 17 | He passed the box to Lee who had followed Maura over the street and picked his daughter up in his arms . |
| 18 | Absently he squeezed more insulating oil on to his fingers and passed the tube to Jezrael . |
| 19 | The airliner passed the information to controllers at West Drayton and an RAF rescue Wessex helicopter was sent to Snowdon . |
| 20 | When he 'd finished he wiped his mouth and passed the jar to Joseph . |
| 21 | Mary took a perfume spray from her handbag , applied the scent to wrists and neck . |
| 22 | In 1769 he obtained a cadetship in the East India Company 's army at Madras , made the journey to India , but seeing no prospect of advancement there , returned to London via China . |
| 23 | This was not how I wished to catch my first sight of the fabled city of Lazarillo de Tormes and of Gil Blas , who in Le Sage 's novel made the journey to Salamanca only from Oviedo in the north . |
| 24 | Those who made the journey to London might have done so for a variety of reasons . |
| 25 | It was painted purple with the company name in white and made the journey to London twice weekly . |
| 26 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
| 27 | Reports suggesting Ferguson would go to Stamford Bridge for anything between two and three million pounds while the ex-Rangers forward , Robert Fleck , made the journey to Tannadice , were knocked down by McLean . |
| 28 | Peasants came to her to be reminded of a particular tale the details of which they had mislaid in the mists of childhood ; more sophisticated members of the community , less concerned with the tale than the teller , made the journey to Elling in an effort to keep alive a tradition that had died elsewhere . |
| 29 | The evidence of the available texts and manuscripts is against such an emendation , however , since none of them has such a reading ; and it seems more likely that Ibn Hajar means no more than that Molla Fenari was in his twenties when he made the journey to Egypt . |
| 30 | Of the order of procedure I will ask , and beyond that I leave Shrewsbury 's cause to Prior Robert , who made the journey to Wales to find Saint Winifred , and brought her relics here . |