Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Francis who gave Cantona his foothold in English football by bringing him to Sheffield for a one-week trial last January . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll drive you there — you got ta be there , they want you — ; we 'll take you to Hull in a chauffeured car . |
| 3 | These accusations were denied by the government , the BSP , and the Soviet ambassador , Viktor Sharapov , who at a press conference on Aug. 26 said that his only contacts with the government and the BSP had been official ones at which he had delivered the statement of the State Committee for the State of Emergency ( the Soviet coup leaders ) and Gorbachev 's subsequent repudiation of it , and had discussed the forthcoming visit to Moscow of a Bulgarian economic mission . |
| 4 | The Lithuanians are to make an even more serious challenge to Moscow at a special republican party congress later this month , which is expected to restore its pre-war independence from the Soviet Communist Party . |
| 5 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 6 | There was thus some political pressure from Conservative Ministers to ensure that Boards allocated overheads to their contracting activities properly and secured an economic profit , but the contractors ' association director was so politically inept in following this up that Citrine had no difficulty in exposing him to Whitehall as a biased anti-nationaliser who was unwilling to accept a reasonable accommodation . |
| 7 | He jerked his poncho up , felt about in the pocket of his filthy jeans and produced a screwed-up bit of paper which he handed to Ward with a few muttered words . |
| 8 | Dana had travelled from Berlin to Salamanca on an old motor bike that was to play a large part in our lives both in Spain and in England . |
| 9 | Though watched by Louis , Gomez held out his hand to Trent in an unspoken plea for absolution . |
| 10 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 11 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Nearly all the records are for the period December to March with a distinct peak in February , but there have been two April records since 1947 , one for May ( 2nd , 1956 , Rye ) , one for October ( 16th , 1969 , Pevensey ) , and one for 13 November 1971 in the Adur Levels ; there are also two old records for November . |
| 14 | As they reached St-Cloud , he turned to Edouard with a sudden anxiousness in his face . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note how Trade Indemnity , which has been an active user of this Z-Score approach for many years , used the technique as part of its overall risk assessment procedures to provide advance warning , allowing it to reduce exposure to MCC to a nominal sum by the time it failed . |
| 16 | That was a time when the proudest moment of Denis 's young life had been being brought by his mother to Fitzgerald 's Park to see his father , brave and bold and handsome in his dress uniform , standing firmly to attention with his company as His Majesty King Edward VII — who seemed to Denis like a huge teapot with his cigar puffing steam like a spout — and Queen Alexandra moved sedately among the flower displays at the Great Cork Exhibition . |
| 17 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 18 | ‘ We know they are a good side and I am sure they will come to Cardiff with a great deal of confidence , but our approach to any big game is exactly the same . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Whenever we came back to Woodbrook after a long absence , the servants would always have a fire and a meal ready to greet us , ’ Phoebe 's sister Antoinette once told me . |
| 20 | Paasio also stated that " the reference to Germany as a possible aggressor contained in the [ 1948 ] Treaty of Friendship , Co-operation and Mutual Assistance between Finland and the Soviet Union [ see p. 9228 ] reflects values … which no longer prevail " , although the essential content of the treaty " retains its significance " . |
| 21 | Britain is protesting to Germany over a planned mission to Baghdad by former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt . |
| 22 | Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres . |
| 23 | Koons reacted by shipping the work to Germany on a long-term museum loan , at which point the court held him in contempt , a charge which carries a daily fine . |
| 24 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 25 | Rory , who had been sitting next to Jessica on a large warm stone , stood reluctantly . |
| 26 | Extend your stay and travel , by air , to Cairo , for a 3 night stay , before returning to Luxor for a final 4 nights to unwind . |
| 27 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 28 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |