Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had just finished an article about pawnshops , the meat of which had been supplied by Rose , who had come round again and invited Sally-Anne to tea at the Buildings . |
| 2 | Her father , David Hammond , aged 25 , allegedly beat Sukina to death in the family home in St Paul 's , Bristol , last December 6 after he became annoyed when she would not spell her name . |
| 3 | Indeed , he hopes to lead England to gold at the Chess Olympiad in Manila now the mighty Soviet chess machine is defunct . |
| 4 | John Crawley : 70 against the Pakistanis , then a century to lead Cambridge to victory in the Varsity match |
| 5 | He recently compared ICBMS to cavalry in the 1940s : an outdated weapon with increasingly limited uses , still defended by die-hard supporters . |
| 6 | Since the Duke supported Constantine 's claim he may well have brought Bertrand to Normandy on the theory that it was safer than leaving him behind to foment trouble . |
| 7 | Tonight 's game against Turkey will not have any influence on USA'94 : we are alreay qualified — but a win might take Norway to top of the FIFA ranking and i guess all the players want to show that they can perform even in such a ‘ meaningless ’ game . |
| 8 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 9 | So you 'll take Paul to church in the morning will you ? |
| 10 | Beatty 's aim was to keep Hipper so closely engaged that the Germans could not break off the action until Jellicoe arrived ; Hipper 's task was to lure Beatty to destruction at the hands of Scheer . |
| 11 | A portion of the original stone jetty still stands at Armadale , within sight of the modern ferry port linking Skye to Mallaig on the mainland . |
| 12 | MAN FOR THE JOB GARRY Schofield played the game of his life when he led Britain to victory in the second Ashes Test in Melbourne . |
| 13 | — GRAEME Hall , who is joining Arsenal next month as an apprentice professional , signed off from school athletics with a fine double in the shot and javelin before helping Stockton to victory in the intermediate relay . |
| 14 | This errand of death which took Nizan to Spain for the fourth time within fourteen months was symbolically appropriate . |
| 15 | Younis and Wasim Akram added 46 for the ninth wicket , taking Pakistan to victory from the depths of 95 for 8 |
| 16 | That night , Edward took Erica to dinner at the Savoy Grill in the Strand and explained that he would not be leaving after all . |
| 17 | I remember that , a few years later , when I took Richard to London for the first time , we experienced a very heavy raid . |
| 18 | ‘ You took Heather to dinner at the Skein of Geese in Haslemere on the tenth of September , did n't you , Doctor ? ’ |
| 19 | Another victory in the incandescent heat of Austria , where Stewart had led for twenty-three laps , brought Emerson to Monza with the title within his grasp : he needed just three points to clinch the championship . |
| 20 | This machine , which was raced in only three races , took Mackenzie to victory in the Sunflower International meeting at Kirkistown in October . |
| 21 | From the seed sown by Peggy Secord , our President , when she brought Medau to England in the early 1930s , the roots were established to feed a wide geographical spread and incorporate various branches of Medau work . |
| 22 | In Paris he bought mince pies and English marmalade , took Colette to tea at the British Dairy , shared a blazing plum pudding with her at Christmas , drank whisky instead of wine at a dinner party at Fouquet 's , spent two summer holidays in Dieppe because it was so English , and there made friends with Walter Sickert , William Nicholson , Reggie Turner , Ada Leverson , Marie Tempest and Max Beerbohm . |
| 23 | Bernard also accompanied Minton to Spain in the summer of 1949 . |
| 24 | Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia , and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials . |
| 25 | Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia , and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials . |
| 26 | After all , Changez was needed in the shop even more urgently now that Anwar had so enfeebled himself on the Gandhi-diet in order to get Changez to Britain in the first place . |
| 27 | Tradition has always maintained that it was Apollinaire who introduced Braque to Picasso towards the end of 1907 . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're absolutely right , ’ said Ellen to Bernard on the first night of their wedded life . |
| 29 | ‘ Your mother 's bound to go to heaven , ’ said Ellen to Bernard on the afternoon of the morning his mother left . |
| 30 | Enough money came in by mid-March for Chris , a Courtaulds worker for 18 years , and Lorraine to take Leannda to Boston for the first step in the long road to restoring her sight . |