Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alhassane Salif N'Diaye on Feb. 28 replaced as Minister of National , Secondary and Higher Education Balla Keita , who became a Minister-delegate to the Presidency , and on March 2 all schools and higher educational institutions were closed down . |
| 2 | A MAN who led a killer to his godfather avoided prison yesterday . |
| 3 | David Livingstone , a geography master at Rugby who led an expedition to Borneo , said : ‘ It was a memorable trip which will give the pupils tremendous confidence in the way they tackle travel as adults . |
| 4 | It was also regularly inspected by the Station Commander , who appointed an officer to be in charge of the aircraft . |
| 5 | TWO men who battered a man to death with hockey sticks after he shouted racist taunts at them walked free from the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 6 | May I please use your pages to thank everybody who made a donation to my collection towards insulated sleeping mats for London 's homeless ? |
| 7 | Those are not my words , those are the words of Mister , who made a presentation to Social Services on behalf of the Trust . |
| 8 | The alarm rang out in the temples of hell that something was up in Judea and that there was a baby born in Bethlehem who posed a threat to the rebellious empire . |
| 9 | Ellwood did n't want her back in Hilary Todd 's office and close to people who posed a threat to him . |
| 10 | Conservator Nathan Stolow , who contributed a chapter to the National Gallery 's own guide to art transport , has called for public accounting of the way in which the paintings were prepared and restored for travel and attacked the National Gallery for creating an exhibition advisory committee composed of officials from the tour 's participating institutions . |
| 11 | Hastings ' previous dealings with the Tula tribe would seem rather to diminish the role played by force of personality in this affair , but the traveller and eccentric socialist R.B. Cunninghame Graham , who contributed an introduction to Hastings ' book , did not for that reason forbear to indicate that force of personality was precisely what it showed . |
| 12 | Her boyfriend , despatch rider Andre Hanscombe , 29 , helped in a reconstruction with little Alex and a friend who bore a resemblance to Rachel . |
| 13 | Emma Nicholson 's Private Member 's Bill against hackers , which failed to make the grade in the last session of Parliament , required anyone who entered a computer to his or anyone else 's advantage , or to another 's prejudice , to be charged with a serious offence , with a maximum penalty of 10 years . |
| 14 | A 29-YEAR-OLD Kilmarnock man who beat a nightwatchman to death in Dumfries was jailed for life yesterday . |
| 15 | However , the scheme came to grief because of the entrenched opposition of Cabinet Secretary , Sir Maurice Hankey , who believed a tunnel to be a major threat to national security . |
| 16 | One story now in the mythology of the prison service concerns a governor who granted an interview to a prisoner but rather summarily refused his request . |
| 17 | Fisons enjoyed another buoyant session , helped along by a few comforting words from broker Hoare Govett , who hosted a presentation to institutions on Wednesday . |
| 18 | All three of England 's players who did not play against the Railways on Wednesday — Gladstone Small , Eddie Hemmings and Alec Stewart — get a game today , although there is a slight doubt about Phillip DeFreitas , who suffered a reaction to an elbow injury sustained during fielding practice . |
| 19 | I had an aunt who rented a field to a shepherd . |
| 20 | Its only legacy will be the widespread attraction the store held for millions of day-trippers who based a visit to Liverpool around a trip to Owen Owen 's . |
| 21 | The mathematician Thomas Hood [ q.v. ] was one who acknowledged a debt to Smith . |
| 22 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 23 | The Prince , who began a visit to Hong Kong as the Princess returned to Britain early yesterday , is said to have ‘ warmly endorsed ’ the decision to speak out . |
| 24 | Other sketchbooks reproduced in this volume include those of Robert Henri who recorded a trip to Spain in 1906 following the death of his wife , and of David Levine who was commissioned to do a series of drawings of European cities and buildings by Esquire Magazine in 1960 . |
| 25 | To the disappointment of the crew , who fancied a trip to the East , Powell decided that India would be recreated entirely in the studio . |
| 26 | Grahan Buxton who lost a daughter to a drunkne driver says police need tougher powers . |
| 27 | The Pine Valley experience has helped to relax the normally intense Faldo , who lost a play-off to Curtis Strange in 1988 , finished third in 1990 and occupied fourth place 12 months ago . |
| 28 | The delegation was supported by a petition signed by 96 prominent Kuwaitis , who demanded a commitment to parliamentary democracy , an independent press and judiciary and freedom of speech and association . |
| 29 | He was content to leave matters there to his Secretary of State for Scotland , Sir John Dalrymple , Master [ later Earl ] of Stair , who offered a pardon to all those chiefs who would swear allegiance to the new king by New Year 's Day , 1692 . |
| 30 | And yet the inventiveness of the British is without parallel : There is a legend about an American engineer who sent a package to a British engineer . |