Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both men had served in the Prince of Wales 's Own Volunteers where d'Alembord had succeeded Sharpe to the command of the first battalion 's light company . |
| 2 | The attention has catapulted Singleton to the fore of the newwave of black film-makers and he has been taking full advantage of the limelight , running off his mouth on issues of Black America and the worldwide struggles of the oppressed , with a revolutionary fervour that threatens to eclipse even his hero and mentor , Spike Lee . |
| 3 | In his original proposals for the government 's composition , Fatos Nano had named Rucaj to the ministerial-rank post of Chair of the National Security Committee ( described by Le Monde of May 14 as the Sigurimi ( secret police ) reorganized ) . |
| 4 | He was an eccentric who , amongst other exploits rode a bull named Jupiter to the hunt and attracted the attention of George III . |
| 5 | Davies has helped Cardiff to the top of the Heineken League First Division with some commanding displays and deadly goalkicking , and gets his chance in the West Wales line-up owing to Stephens 's knee injury . |
| 6 | Di halted the unveiling ceremony in the City of London , called David to the platform and told him she was ‘ delighted ’ with the picture . |
| 7 | When the moderates finally marched out and surrendered their authority to Cromwell , the radical remnant called Moyer to the Speaker 's chair and sat on until the military evicted them . |
| 8 | And has he invited Joan to the day do and that ? |
| 9 | Or perhaps Gloucester had simply discovered that Hastings ' distaste for Woodville authority would not , after all , extend to the deposition of Edward V. Mancini , as well as later sources , has references to Gloucester sounding out the loyalty of Hastings and others , and a clumsy enquiry may have alerted Hastings to the duke 's intentions as well as warning Gloucester that Hastings would not co-operate . |
| 10 | Or perhaps Gloucester had simply discovered that Hastings ' distaste for Woodville authority would not , after all , extend to the deposition of Edward V. Mancini , as well as later sources , has references to Gloucester sounding out the loyalty of Hastings and others , and a clumsy enquiry may have alerted Hastings to the duke 's intentions as well as warning Gloucester that Hastings would not co-operate . |
| 11 | How then had they crossed Wilderland to the Shire ? |
| 12 | A £215m fraud has since been discovered at ISC which has brought Ferranti to the brink of collapse and is likely to cost the group its independence . |
| 13 | However , they have underestimated Tamburlaine to the extent that they believe that he will always be a ‘ sturdy scythian thief ’ and that he will never change . |
| 14 | Having brought Othello to the point where he proclaims ‘ I 'll see before I doubt ’ , and when he knows , ‘ Away at once with love or jealousy ! ’ ( 191ff . ) , |
| 15 | She had smiled on the new young courtier , and she had helped him , and he had been fascinated by her , for although she was ageing , there were still easily discernible traces of the famous beauty who had led armies into battle and lovers into bed ; who had brought Ireland to the brink of something so truly great that its fame would echo down the centuries . |
| 16 | Quite apart from the fact that Heather 's psychiatrist might know more of what was in her mind than anyone , Kingdom had accompanied Heather to the Skein of Geese on 10 September . |
| 17 | Law had indeed brought Asquith to the point of conceding all that could be hoped for from Ulster 's resistance , but he was unable to seize the fruits . |
| 18 | The technology has brought Britain to the forefront of speech recognition in nine months — thanks to a team of three researchers , Dr Roger Moore , of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment , says . |
| 19 | It was pure chance that had brought Jean-Claude to the attic window that same afternoon . |
| 20 | The Welsh connection may have brought Morgan to the duke 's notice during his control of the Herbert lands , but it was Morgan 's legal expertise rather than any regional pull which Gloucester valued . |
| 21 | The Welsh connection may have brought Morgan to the duke 's notice during his control of the Herbert lands , but it was Morgan 's legal expertise rather than any regional pull which Gloucester valued . |
| 22 | Few Beijing campuses still possessed these reminders of the ‘ cult of personality ’ which had led China to the brink of civil war . |
| 23 | The lifting of a kettle lid by the steam from boiling water may have led Watt to the discovery of steam power . |
| 24 | Mesmerised by the scene he had witnessed , and agonised by the scene he had just had with Mrs Figgis-Hewett , when he saw her costume and vainly attempted to dissuade her , Auguste recalled his prime duty and reluctantly despatched Alfred to the dining room to prepare for the serving of wines at the Prince 's table . |
| 25 | Neither philosophy nor textual criticism , however , had led Lewis to the form . |
| 26 | The response was to start an unbeaten run of 19 games which has swept Wigan to the verge of a third consecutive double or , as John Monie , their coach , put it , ‘ halfway towards another successful season ’ . |
| 27 | Bayezid II was won over by Mueyyedzade 's arguments and not only appointed Kemalpasazade to the Taslik medrese but also charged him with writing a history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish to serve as a companion piece to that being written in Persian by Idris Bitlisi |
| 28 | At first Emma had taken Ruth to the school twice a day , and fetched her home at midday and at night . |
| 29 | Stephen took particular note of it after he had taken Lyn to the Mootwalk and parked the car in the market square . |
| 30 | ‘ You mean … my daughter had taken Celia to the beach alone ? ’ |