Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] 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 You leave Livingston by crossing the River Almond and entering Mid Calder which was a significant centre in the past , as this was where the old Ayr road met the Edinburgh to Glasgow Turnpike .
3 Ann whispered the question to Harry while the new arrival was being led upstairs by her cousins to see the house .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 It was ultimately the inability of the access streets to cope with a hugely increased traffic problem which choked the markets to death in the 1960s and led to their demolition .
7 Milton laughed and passed the poem to Pooley .
8 Burgon winded his way through the Bangor defence and passed the ball to Minnis whose shot was well saved by Brown .
9 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 .
10 Miss Calagarri then signed and passed the document to Mr. Morgan .
11 Up to then he had been supported by the British Council , who now passed the buck to Bloomsbury House .
12 Common decided to discontinue further experiments because of the trouble and cost and passed the patterns to Thomas Brown and his son , iron-founders of Alnwick , who emigrated to New York State with them in 1824 .
13 She passed the bottle to Clare .
14 She passed the snapshot to Juliet , who took it with feigned interest .
15 Eileen passed the letter to Philip .
16 She believes she passed the habit to daughter Cherie as she puffed 50 a day during pregnancy .
17 Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house .
18 He had half , then passed the cup to Lee .
19 After a moment or two she passed the receiver to Zen with an exclamation of disgust .
20 Oliver passed the receiver to Rain .
21 He passed the box to Lee who had followed Maura over the street and picked his daughter up in his arms .
22 Absently he squeezed more insulating oil on to his fingers and passed the tube to Jezrael .
23 The airliner passed the information to controllers at West Drayton and an RAF rescue Wessex helicopter was sent to Snowdon .
24 When he 'd finished he wiped his mouth and passed the jar to Joseph .
25 Mary took a perfume spray from her handbag , applied the scent to wrists and neck .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Those who made the journey to London might have done so for a variety of reasons .
29 It was painted purple with the company name in white and made the journey to London twice weekly .
30 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 .
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