Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first impulse was to run away , to run blindly anywhere , as fast as she could go , because the cry quite certainly came from the direction in which the dilapidated signpost was pointing — and that signpost pointed to DANGER . |
| 2 | In particular distinctions were drawn between errors of law going to jurisdiction and errors of law within jurisdiction and between errors of law on the face of the record and other errors on law which in neither case went to jurisdiction . |
| 3 | Gossip in the quarter reported that Rosalie 's son had overheard that Simone had decided to ‘ have ’ Modi for a bet and , when that story came to Modi 's ears , he turned from her disgusted . |
| 4 | Indeed , the captaincy of that side fell to Albert in mid-season after the retirement of Ted Smith and so he became the first Palace skipper to lead our club to a Football League championship . |
| 5 | In 1988 the UNHCR recorded its first budget deficit , of US$7,000,000 , while in 1989 this deficit rose to $38,000,000 . |
| 6 | This concession led to Cripps and Laski joining D. N. Pritt as " Unity " supporters on the Labour NEC . |
| 7 | Things have now finally reached the point which our Führer at the outbreak of this struggle prophesied to world Jewry in his great speech : ‘ … should Jewry once more succeed in again plunging the nations into a new world war , it would be the end of that race , and not ours . ’ |
| 8 | Figures 4–6 , above , show that whereas only 5% of items from the Main Building were placed on reserve , this figure rose to 23% in the case of material from the Advocates ' Library , and 45% in the case of books outhoused in the Annexe . |
| 9 | This figure rose to 93% of women with children under 9 , showing a more universal agreement on the subject of childcare than on any other issue . |
| 10 | This figure rose to 45pc in some areas such as west Belfast , he said . |
| 11 | In time , this practice led to highways with up to half a dozen parallel tracks ; the one in use at any given moment depending on the weather and on how much maintenance local labourers had carried out . |
| 12 | Just a few hours before this programme went to press we spotted a tremendously exciting traditional band at the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany and invited them to join us tonight . |
| 13 | This philosophy appealed to Prince Charles and he was keen to give it a go , but , like everything else in the Duchy , the home farm had to pay its way . |
| 14 | Before the four-cylinder half of this plan came to fruition , Rudd , now engineering director , hired a new recruit from Jaguar — ‘ a bright young man called Mike Kimberley ’ — to head up vehicle engineering and lead the team that put the existing twin-cam engine in the Europa . |
| 15 | This plan came to grief , however , when Waters , in an attempt to establish friendly relations , gave a prospective producer a copy of one of his books , which showed the idiosyncratic director palling up with one of Charles Manson 's gang — a gesture which was in even worse taste than it might sound , as the producer proved to have been a good friend of one of the gang 's victims . |
| 16 | However , this plan came to grief following the Battle of Worcester , on September 3rd. 1651 , in which the Scottish army was thoroughly defeated by Cromwell 's troops . |
| 17 | This work led to Helen Chadwick being short-listed for the Tate Gallery 's Turner Prize in 1987 The citation referred to her " striking use of mixed media " . |
| 18 | But in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 the Extended HGSC Index underperformed , as it did in 1992 up to the date when this issue went to press . |
| 19 | As this issue went to press the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis announced its acquisition of 437 multiples by Beuys , rivalling the collections of the artist 's works in the Guggenheim Musem and Dia Center for the Arts in New York . |
| 20 | Laura , knowing how much this vehicle meant to Bernard , had a miniature of it made for her husband , which he kept in his office . |
| 21 | Whereas last year 90% of exports from this sector went to Europe the 1990 figure is 92% . |
| 22 | Van Gelder had just left the bridge when another loudspeaker came to life , the repeated double buzzer identifying it as the radio-room . |
| 23 | Although correct at the date this leaflet went to print , postal fees , charges , compensation and other conditions are subject to revision from time to time , and services may be added to or withdrawn . |
| 24 | This woman complained to school and everything , and there she was , crying her eyes out , because her dog is suffering as a result of my campaign — with my daughter lying buried in Scotland ! |
| 25 | Some instinct whispered to Jackson that this was important . |
| 26 | It is particularly appropriate that the eighteenth-century house at Kenwood , situated on the northern fringe of Central London at Highgate , should show this exhibition devoted to Adam , who remodelled an earlier building on the site between 1764 and 1769 to create a handsome suite of state rooms culminating in a magnificent library for a fellow Scot , Lord Chief Justice Mansfield . |
| 27 | Observation of this pattern led to Julian Tudor-Hart ( 1971 ) formulating his ‘ inverse care law ’ which he stated as ‘ … the availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need of the population served ’ . |
| 28 | This invention came to Obod , near Cetinje , from Italy in 1493 , only twenty-five years after the death of Gutenberg and within the lifetime of Caxton . |
| 29 | The jury at Bristol Crown Court were told that when details of this attack came to light , a second girl had accused the boy of raping her two years earlier , when she was thirteen . |
| 30 | The jury at Bristol Crown Court were told that when details of this attack came to light , a second girl had accused the boy of raping her two years earlier , when she was thirteen . |