Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amidst the usual panic that surrounds such occasions , I tried to keep calm and asked Mother to hand me the landing net . |
| 2 | In 1774 he emigrated to America where he edited an influential newspaper and became friend to Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson and George Washington . |
| 3 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 4 | Desiderius was well-educated in the law and became treasurer to Chlothar II ; he succeeded one brother , Syagrius , as governor of Marseilles , and subsequently he was elected bishop of Cahors in place of his other brother , Rusticus , who had been murdered . |
| 5 | His acrid and accusing farewell to London was Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ( 1920 ) . |
| 6 | Their Botanomancy range is based on elementary herbalism and offers top to toe treats such as Smaragadine , £4.75/500ml , a shower gel made of nettles , roses , peppermint and orange peel , and Fagner 's , £3.25/200ml , a foot lotion perfumed with violets . |
| 7 | The method is only available for use with virtual storage systems , and offers access to records in three ways . |
| 8 | Using genetic engineering , the company Delta Biotechnology has inserted into yeast the human gene for the manufacture of haemoglobin , the protein that gives blood its scarlet colour and transports oxygen to tissues around the body . |
| 9 | The report noted that the industrialized countries could improve the lot of 1,100 million people living on an average per capita income equivalent to less than US$370 a year by increasing and targeting aid to countries committed to reducing poverty . |
| 10 | These are survivals of a formerly widespread practice of lighting communal bonfires on New Year 's Eve or another date near the winter solstice , originally to drive out old evils and bring fertility to crops and cattle in the coming year . |
| 11 | He did and made love to Rebecca . |
| 12 | I am to be legitimated , and made heir to Duart . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did a parachute jump , abseiled the White Cliffs of Dover and rode tandem to Paris . |
| 14 | The candidate will spend most the campaign making speeches throughout the constituency , not infrequently at thinly attended meetings , and canvassing door to door where possible . |
| 15 | British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies . |
| 16 | In education such a policy would improve performance indicators immediately as a much higher percentage of youngsters would then achieve three or more Highers and gain entrance to university ; success all round ! |
| 17 | This one period a week course brings in guest speakers , involves group discussion and co-operation , and encourages sensitivity to adult values . |
| 18 | The gardener 's idiom is distinctive , and adds vigour to Mary Leapor 's poetry . |
| 19 | The Centre has its own library and conference rooms and has access to services for oligonucleotide and peptide synthesis and microsequencing as well as to powerful computer and database services . |
| 20 | But within six months John was spotted by a Luton talent scout while playing in a county schools match and moved south to Kenilworth Road . |
| 21 | Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities , and to encourage resistance to Milan . |
| 22 | While Syria made the appropriate public disclaimers , insisting it was serious about eradicating drugs and denying sanctuary to terrorists headquartered in the Bekaa Valley , Washington could take no independent action without risking the charge of meddling in Syria 's internal affairs and thereby still further inflaming Arab sensitivities throughout the Middle East . |
| 23 | Values , he argues , select problems and attach significance to items of knowledge and so constitute a basis of meaning that is tied to the social function of knowledge . |
| 24 | Individual partners have contributed in many ways , stressing the point that the school can identify and seek response to needs within a clearly agreed framework . |
| 25 | Easy to plumb in and cheap to operate … and say goodbye to tea towels ! |
| 26 | Pop to the toilet if you feel the need and say farewell to family and friends , ensuring you arrange carefully how to meet them afterwards . |
| 27 | They were all there on the last day , even down to the original.horse-drawn trams , rattling or gliding past in stately line-astern , a fleet from decades gone , past the Central Hotel and the ‘ Mal ’ , up Hope Street , and bidding farewell to Argyle Street under the gateway of the Hielan' Man 's Umbrella . |
| 28 | This new product range involved a change from skilled technical configuration and test work to volume assembly , with short cycle times on individual operations . |
| 29 | It is considered that a service call access scheme would enable staff to become aware and provide assistance to users . ’ |
| 30 | What racegoers contribute , and what sponsors pay in order to link their name with races and provide champagne to clients , is only about £70m . |