Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunset had been grand but remote , like listening to a radio signal from some distant country with only a weak transmitter : when a surfer caught a wave or came to grief , you had to filter out a lot of static and strain to follow what was happening . |
| 2 | Earl Douglas Haig , a Lt. General , was put in charge of the British Expeditionary Force that went to France , and he was promoted to Field Marshall . |
| 3 | In arguing the Slovak case for the altar Mr Richard Marsina , a historian charged with heading the Slovak commission for drawing up claims , points to Prago-centrism — one of the grievances that led to Slovakia following its path to independent statehood . |
| 4 | Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat . |
| 5 | He had got restlessly to his feet and was leaning over the green wooden railing that came to waist height at the edge of the veranda , but after a suppressed exclamation he wheeled to face his sister again . |
| 6 | The firm 's fourth quarter net profits were $6.3m — up from $1m last time — on turnover that rose to $88.7m from $61.5m last time around . |
| 7 | Among the unexpected aspects that came to light was this situation with regard to individual help . |
| 8 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 9 | Precious little chance of that happening , thought Hugh , listening and observing with a pleasure that recalled to mind some of his earliest and most tentative exchanges with Brother Cadfael , dealing trick for trick and dart for dart , and feeling their way over small battlefields to a lasting friendship . |
| 10 | ‘ As for the terms in which St Paul expressed it — well , there you are he used any sort of figure that came to hand : he picked up a rhetorical metaphor from a cynic preaching in the market … . |
| 11 | Lynsey 's grandfather was Dr James McVicker from Ballymoney , and he toured with the British Lions rugby side that went to South Africa in 1924 . |
| 12 | ‘ Christopher was in the Durham side that lost to Northumberland in the National Boys ’ Club Championship semi-final . |
| 13 | Last Friday the same fifteen ran in thirty one points against Transvaal … in all there are seven changes to the side that lost to West hartlepool in the last league game … tomorrow they ca n't afford to break … it 's got to be win or bust . |
| 14 | DeFreitas was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England squad for the second Test at Lord 's yesterday the only change from the side that lost to Australia in Manchester . |
| 15 | DeFreitas was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England squad for the second Test at Lord 's yesterday the only change from the side that lost to Australia in Manchester . |
| 16 | It 's indicative of the changing face of Antrim hurling that today 's side only includes five of the side that lost to Tipperary in the 1989 All Ireland final , Dominic McMullan , James McNaughton , Dominic McKinley , Gary O'Kane and Paul McKillen . |
| 17 | The doctor , still chatting away , put her stethoscope in her ears and listened to Phoebe 's chest and heart , then had her sit up and tapped her back . |
| 18 | To determine the origin of the cloned IRS-PCR products , amplification products were used as probes and hybridized to Sfi I partially digested GM06318 DNA ; all 7 products tested hybridized to a fragment between 600 and 670 kb in size and multiple smaller fragments ( data not shown ) . |
| 19 | Four years later he left the house of William Pickering and moved to Cable Street , Liverpool . |
| 20 | Duncan Smith , prosecuting , said the two men were unhappy with the business deal and went to Mr Hawthorne 's home with a crowbar and a handgun . |
| 21 | I got into bed beside my sleeping daughter , peeled aside all but one of the covers and went to sleep . |
| 22 | Captain Faulknor was still concerned about the ship 's speed and said to Jenking , ‘ that it would be better to stand out to sea for the night . ’ |
| 23 | One of the grown-ups from along the street noticed the brooch and said to Gloria , ‘ You 're in luck ! |
| 24 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 25 | MARCUS DALY-FERRIERA , 27 , is a Royal Engineers corporal and came to pentathlon through the Army Triathlon in 1987 . |
| 26 | The woman paused before getting into the driving seat and said to Ward in near-perfect English , ‘ I think you 're a bloody fool , but if you 're determined to press on , I suggest you have a word with Alberto Fernandez when you get to Tolambo . |
| 27 | Joseph Thomas , engineer , was born in Roche and came to Looe to retire after a distinguished career . |
| 28 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 29 | Pebbles stretched out her neck and responded to Eddery 's exhortations with the utmost gameness to go a length up . |
| 30 | After a while , the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow , sleepy voice , ‘ Who are you ? ’ |