Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She believes she passed the habit to daughter Cherie as she puffed 50 a day during pregnancy . |
| 2 | Oliver passed the receiver to Rain . |
| 3 | PETER WRIGHT , the Boroughmuir prop whose international career took off after he made the switch to loose-head , was able to reflect yesterday on how quickly fortunes can change in sport , writes Mike Aitken . |
| 4 | His progress was predictably rapid , and after eighteen months he made the move to television , even though it was only as an assistant on Pets and Vets , an animal welfare show . |
| 5 | I lowered the torch to floor level just in case anyone was watching and squeezed the bag gently . |
| 6 | Slowly Grant lowered the shotgun to waist level . |
| 7 | In this way , two of the RAF 's great leaders , the one who saved this country from invasion in 1940 and the other who paved the way to victory in 1945 will be rightly commemorated . |
| 8 | Presumably this could happen if the employee retired and sold the information or if he joined company X and yet sold the information to company Y. It may be a recognition by the Court that the attitude of the courts generally towards employees since 1913 has , in some cases , been over generous . |
| 9 | By the early 1990s the BBC had lost interest altogether , and the TCCB cynically sold the product to satellite broadcasting . |
| 10 | These are the results of the HSE 's latest survey , which charted the exposure to hardwood dust among employees of 41 companies . |
| 11 | It was a convenient gathering point for all non-trainload traffic to and from South Wales , and also became the gateway to south-west England with feeder services to Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth and so on . |
| 12 | The German question became the key to peace and security in Europe , and without its resolution no détente would be possible . |
| 13 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |
| 14 | The HMIs who produced the Supplement to Curriculum 11 – 16 ( DES 1977 ) had an intense debate on this very matter . |
| 15 | The former Lithuanian nationalist leader Vytautas Landsbergis , who led the country to independence , said he was surprised at the ‘ success ’ of Mr Lozoraitis . |
| 16 | Eleanor Pitman led the way to expansion in KENT , qualifying as a teacher at the first exam in 1955 , followed closely by Nellie Button and Cicely Harris . |
| 17 | Pushing a renegade curl from his forehead , he divested the boot of our luggage and led the way to reception , where we said goodbye to Sandy , the lady driver . |
| 18 | A member of the Scottish Girls ' team for the European Team championship , she led the side to victory in the Home Internationals . |
| 19 | The group entertained the Bishop to coffee afterwards and presented him with a memento to mark his 49 years in the priesthood . |
| 20 | The new Commonwealth was at least a genuinely voluntary union , and yet it was far from clear that it provided the answer to nationality differences that had for so long eluded the Gorbachev leadership . |
| 21 | The Indian Tamil plantation voters , along with the Tamil Muslim and Christian voters in other parts of this Sinhalese-Buddhist island , helped the party to victory in the poorer areas . |
| 22 | Corbett caught the reference to medicine . |
| 23 | The taxpayer bank 's foreign exchange department continually monitored the day to day situation and decided what certificates should be purchased and at what time before maturity they should be sold . |
| 24 | Brian snatched the boy to safety . |
| 25 | However , when the Union representative reported the vote to Management , he was informed they wished to change the original agreement . |
| 26 | One of those attacks involved the stabbing to death of Rolan Adams by a racist mob . |
| 27 | Mr Bell used the case to back Labour 's broadcast . |
| 28 | Too many local authorities used the changeover to milk people of money that they did not have through bills that they could not have anticipated and therefore provided for . |
| 29 | The four-and-a-half gallons of oil take about ten minutes to warm up to the minimum 40°C , and we used the time to taxi around the sheltered bay within Calshot Split , checking for debris and driftwood and surveying the area . |
| 30 | From its inception in April 1864 , George Healey was Honorary Secretary of the Liverpool Society for over 50 years , and still found the energy to back James Paul in his efforts to establish a national society . |