Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other metalepses include letters written to Mira by the characters she invents , and arguments with terrorists of her own creation . |
| 2 | Ryder has spoken to NME about the pressures of touring the last LP , ‘ Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches ’ , recording their new LP ‘ … |
| 3 | One man who came to Aswan at the Queens request , was a youthful-looking Frenchman with a shock of curly hair and a slightly puzzled expression behind his glasses . |
| 4 | Only I spoke to Dass about the curtains , Mr Feather . " |
| 5 | The 112 wooden boxes and 34 tin trunks have now been moved to Lincoln from the attics at Belton House , the former Brownlow seat . |
| 6 | Spy fever gripped the country and a couple seen sketching the Royal Albert Bridge were , as a result of information given by a boy scout to a sergeant of the Royal Scots , arrested in the nearby tea gardens and escorted to Devonport by the police . |
| 7 | They tramped along to Ballechin among the ferns and sheltering oaks , smelling the cheesey smell of cows among the mist . |
| 8 | Apricot sat closer and closer to Bernard on the stairs , and he edged further away , distancing himself from temptation . |
| 9 | A network of volunteers collects wounded birds around the country and delivers them to Aegina at the collectors ' expense . |
| 10 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 11 | WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months . |
| 12 | which is very natural , and so she ships them off to Germany to the relatives |
| 13 | It is no longer a steam locomotive but a fast diesel pulling a trail of red , white and blue carriages , an express that rumbles down to Ashqelon between the orchards and the sea . |
| 14 | James Tarry , third to Alner in the men 's championship table , stayed on 11 at the Bicester , where Sue Sadler completed a double on Big Order and Straight Bat . |
| 15 | Being able to return to William in the evenings brought back a sense of reality and made a difference to the whole trip . |
| 16 | Yet , on the one hand this contradiction has been hidden by privileging Gregory 's comments and neglecting the importance of the Epistulae Austrasiacae and the writings of Venantius Fortunatus ; on the other , it has been explained by the apparent lack of educational opportunities available to Gregory in the households of Nicetius and Avitus . |
| 17 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |
| 18 | And I 'm going to Spain with the girls . ’ |
| 19 | Our trip , in August 1968 , was to be in the utmost secrecy and we were to fly to Johannesburg under the names of Mr Aitken and Mr Goodman . |
| 20 | Cecilia was willing to do anything to make up to Tina for the deprivations of her childhood , though what these deprivations were she hardly knew . |
| 21 | The list of foreign players attracted to Whaddon over the years has been endless . |
| 22 | He confirmed that in the event of Spain being preferred to England in the seedings , then Spain would play in Turin and Belgium in Calgiari . |
| 23 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 24 | The Romanian Parliament had issued objections on Nov. 28 to the referendum 's being held in those Ukrainian territories which between 1918 and 1940 had been part of Romania , namely Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia , but which had been ceded to Ukraine under the terms of the Molotov-Ribentropp pact . |
| 25 | While Namibia , Hong Kong , Taiwan and Spain won a trip to Scotland for the finals , by contrast RWC appeared to have failed to maximise on the potential of the Qualifying Tournament . |
| 26 | The four drove to Suez with the boats and some dummy limpet mines , infiltrated the heavily guarded dock area and launched themselves into the water . |
| 27 | The Sligachan Hotel and campsite soon become familiar to visitors to the Isle of Skye and they mark the start and finish of a classic walk — through Glen Sligachan to Camasunary on the shores of Loch Scavaig and back . |
| 28 | Lear 's letters to Gould in the years after they parted company were long , funny , warm and chatty ; but they were also the letters of a nostalgic and lonely expatriate . |
| 29 | Émile , enthusiastic about Jean-Claude 's work in general ( and me in particular ) , had sold the idea to Frontenac on the grounds of Jean-Claude 's association with la Sologne . |
| 30 | I can take it over there for the first service which is free anyway and I can take it back to Swansea for the others ca n't I ? |