Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] to [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It was one of the magnetic forces that drew them overseas , and led them to disappointment quite as often as to wealth .
2 The pair had been trapped in an upstairs ' room until firefighters smashed their way in through a window and led them to safety down a ladder .
3 It was even more surprised that night when two hundred grim-faced nomes tracked it to its earth , lit a fire in the entrance , and speared it to death when it ran out , eyes streaming .
4 William Waldorf Astor made the collection in Italy and brought it to Hever where it forms a magnificent sight among the glorious display of shrubs and climbing and herbaceous plants .
5 Then he walked over to the assemblage of components he had constructed earlier and tore it to pieces systematically .
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