Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Every three months she returned to Henley to meet with other students — some international — also doing the course . |
2 | Will he ensure that any suggestion of parachute recruits going to Lichfield to train with Royal Army Medical Corps recruits of both genders would be ruled out of court immediately ? |
3 | Under this treaty , a vast area from Calais in the north to Aquitaine in the south was to be ceded to Edward to hold in full sovereignty . |
4 | In early 1945 I went with U Kyaw Min to Ceylon to talk to British forces which were then thought to be waiting for a seaborne invasion of Burma . |
5 | Two weeks ago he secretly flew back to Sarajevo to speak to 10-year-old Natasha Mihaljcic 's only surviving relative . |
6 | The concept of allyah — immigration to Palestine to live on agricultural settlements — was a passionate ideal which took priority over all other considerations . |
7 | In Keeton 's words , ‘ it was left to Dicey to formulate in general principles the assumptions on which political association was founded ’ . |
8 | Furthermore , a battle was regarded by many as an invitation to God to intervene in human affairs , and God had the disconcerting habit of bringing defeat upon those who faced the prospect of victory with overconfidence . |
9 | MISS Whiplash yesterday announced in a letter she was returning to Britain to stand as Corrective Party candidate in the Newbury by-election . |
10 | We fly to Copenhagen on Monday on the 11.45 SAS flight from Glasgow , then catch the late afternoon flight to Bornholm to arrive in good time for dinner at Svaneke , our base for six days . |
11 | As fighting continued , thousands of refugees fled to Zagreb to escape from Serbian fighters who were seizing territory and advancing amid the supportive bombardment of the army . |
12 | Returning to London to work for Grand Metropolitan , he became managing director of Le Coq D'or , was a partner at Le Boulestin and Grand Metropolitan Hotels ' group food and beverage director . |
13 | Going to America to study after high school and my military service instead of turning pro . |
14 | Trained in Ryazan during the wartime years , he returned to Poland to rise to divisional command ( Major-General ) at the age of 33 . |
15 | There had been a time in the seventh century when Anglo-Saxon kings with many men 's death on their consciences went to Rome to die in penitential garb . |
16 | Sanctions would cease to be applied from 15 November , while the senior patrician figure of Christopher Soames ( Winston Churchill 's son-inlaw , no less ) was sent to Zimbabwe to act as temporary governor to supervise new elections and restore the country 's trade . |
17 | On 23 March 1106 Paschal II wrote to Anselm to announce in veiled words that a compromise had been reached : |