Example sentences of "men [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Alan Ball admitted his men had it all to do after his men crashed to South Africa , the Australian wicket went for a duck as a defending champion slumped said we are going to have to do it the hard way now , we just did n't play very , we did n't get it together against New Zealand in the first match and today we were never in the picture , our brothers never really had a chance of any attempt of a hundred and seventy , but full credit to South Africa they are a rate , a better to side
2 One night in August 1969 , therefore , the two men drove to Hallington to reconnoitre the line .
3 The Queen 's Men came to Stratford in June , and we went to see the play .
4 When Sikh men came to Britain in the fifties it was with the hope of making some money ( usually to buy more land for the family farm ) and returning .
5 Presently one of the young men came to Flavia ‘ We want to dance , we need support , Aunt Rosette is against it , wo n't you go and ask Uncle Albert ? ’
6 Miguelito , on the other hand , had gained face the closer the men came to action — perhaps because he so obviously enjoyed killing , Trent thought as he watched Miguelito thumbnail more cocaine into his nostrils .
7 The assumption that women were dominated by their reproductive systems ( women belonged to nature , while men belonged to culture ) was implicit in all medical attitudes .
8 The men began to hand in their weapons to their officers , stationed there for that specific purpose .
9 And there was this parish here , Wenhaston , and Westleton which is the next one , there were about a hundred and fifty men went to sea out of these two parishes .
10 I think maybe half a dozen men went to war from Baldersdale , and poor Sidney Fawcett from West Birk Hatt was shot and killed while trying to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp .
11 Byrne was one of the heroes of Sunderland 's FA Cup campaign last season , hitting seven goals as the Roker men marched to Wembley .
12 The sergeant stood in front of his men and when the Inspector came along , all the men stood to attention , and the sergeant said , ‘ All correct , sir . ’
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