Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it .
2 Her joking tone matched his almost to perfection .
3 Why else had he come up to Tucker 's for fags when he could have got them closer to home ?
4 I 've brought out a pack of cards , but when you know you 've got them only to while away the hours , they are as exciting as a stack of washing up .
5 Musk oxen were formerly widespread across the low tundra , but hunting by man has now restricted them mainly to north Greenland and the Canadian far north .
6 The revelations of evil that I had experienced had brought me only to confusion and powerlessness .
7 Frustration had brought her almost to screaming-point .
8 This page and Outlook , page 27 Ferranti action : Ferranti International is planning legal action against some intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts which have brought it close to collapse .
9 In the 14 previous games under his management , Coventry had drawn eight , five of them goalless , and another point would have edged them closer to safety .
10 Well , both of them should have been wearing their life jackets before they were over water , and X should not have stowed the dinghy in the locker area when he could have kept it closer to hand on one of the spare rear seats .
11 Easy one for Ormanroyd but he 's headed it straight to Forest Black , Pearce continues his run into the box and a headed came in from Crosby .
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