Example sentences of "to [noun prp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll drive you there — you got ta be there , they want you — ; we 'll take you to Hull in a chauffeured car . |
| 2 | Though watched by Louis , Gomez held out his hand to Trent in an unspoken plea for absolution . |
| 3 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 4 | Under the Panama canal treaties , the United States is to hand over all military facilities to Panama in a gradual ‘ draw-down ’ before the end of 1999 . |
| 5 | It was a three-hour ride to Amantani in a small , partially covered boat across Lake Titicaca : one hundred and thirty miles long by forty-one miles wide ; at 3,812 metres the highest navigable water in the world . |
| 6 | This telegram was sent on to the Prime Minister 's office in London and on 29 April Winston Churchill ruled [ HP 41 ] that all anti-partisans ( including by inference " Croats " and " Slovenian White Guards " who were mentioned to Churchill in an accompanying minute by Sir Orme Sargent ) should , as Stevenson urged , " be disarmed and placed in refugee camps " . |
| 7 | Alexandra came down the steps in her new green clothes , under which she had managed to put her old comfortable corset when Lyddy had left the room to polish her boots , wearing a smile that was partly triumph at her illicit comfort and partly the satisfaction of having taken five hens ' and four pullets ' eggs to Dora in a little rush basket that very morning . |
| 8 | Any devout Jew would recognise this ‘ star from Jacob ’ as referring to David in a Messianic sense . |
| 9 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |
| 10 | Horowitz drove back to Freiburg in a philosophical mood — the registration number of Tweed 's Mercedes had not been on the list . |
| 11 | He now travelled to Spain in a small English ship which was chased by pirates . |
| 12 | ‘ I could tell you tales about that one which would make your hair curl , ’ Natasha whispered to Maggie in a conspiratorial tone , and winked . |
| 13 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 14 | The course runs parallel to Karon Beach in the region of Chalon Bay before returning to Phuket in a loose figure of eight . |
| 15 | After several more months as a prisoner of war , he escaped again and this time succeeded in making his way to England in a small boat . |
| 16 | We stand to England in a different relationship since John 's day , and no prisoner for whom I have offered ransom can vanish now without an account being demanded . |
| 17 | Although George was disappointed that Scotland narrowly lost the senior title to England in a shoot-off after a draw , there were compensations for the team with three other trophies , the Captain 's Cup , the Dragon Cup and the Thistle Cup . |
| 18 | I 'm probably going to have some sort of a frothing fit before it and be flown home to England in a wooden crate . ’ |
| 19 | QUITE HOW it happened I 'm still not sure , but about a year ago I was shamelessly conned into driving Christie Hennessy to Cork in a rented car . |
| 20 | Following an exchange of fire the Ju88 flew back to Sicily in a damaged condition and with one crewman wounded , but one Beaufighter — T3239 ‘ B ’ crewed by Flt.Lt . |
| 21 | Hess would never get to Scotland in a 110 . |
| 22 | Runner-up to Miinnehoma in a thrilling duel for the Sun Alliance at the Festival , he then landed a valuable prize at Liverpool . |
| 23 | tomorrow night Swindon have a chance to get even nearer the top of the table … they 're at home to Birmingham City … while Oxford are chasing a place in the next round of the cup … they 're at home to Swansea in a third round replay … |
| 24 | She turned to Cameron in a little movement of appeal . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe he 's used to servants , ’ I said to Helen in a loud voice , as I held the door open for him to slide in next to Jeeta and Jamila . |
| 26 | She had n't spoken to Matthew in a long time . |
| 27 | Recent commissions have included design influences from traditional Victorian to geometric Art Deco to Mackintosh in a wide variety of hardwoods . |
| 28 | François Couperin , captivated by Corelli 's sonatas , produced his own earliest ones under an Italian-sounding anagram of his own name and in later years paid homage to Corelli in a splendid Apothéose . |
| 29 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 30 | I strongly predict that the changes that have come about in the Soviet Union are likely to come to China in a different form but to the same degree in the years that lie ahead . |