Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most systematic study of legacies sub modo , while drawing attention to the Scaevolan cases in which trusts are construed , points out that this amounted to no more than an isolated and sporadic tendency . |
| 2 | In Stein 's day the jade searchers of Chinese Turkestan had already taken to a kind of superficial mining , even if this amounted to no more than burrowing through overlying deposits to search the cobble bed down to depths of up to some twenty feet . |
| 3 | Run by the few fell to the many , and |
| 4 | We all came to the same conclusion — the powers that be were determined to make an example of some poor regional company . |
| 5 | that went to the same one talking differently . |
| 6 | One used to be called the bottoms and one used to be called the Meadow Flats and yet they both led to the same place . |
| 7 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It turned out we both went to the same school , ’ Vlitos says , ‘ so things got very friendly . ’ |
| 9 | You may discover early on in an interaction through words that you share common ground ( that you both went to the same school , for instance ) . |
| 10 | It 's like saying why is somebody a better pianist than his colleague , even though they both went to the same conservatory . |