Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [noun prp] and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to reach Norway the two men took the jeep to Ostend and drove through Belgium . |
| 2 | The delegations supported sending an international peacekeeping force to Yugoslavia and said that military action in solving internal political disputes was inadmissible . |
| 3 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 4 | However , contrary to Mr Brown 's instructions , S took the car to Gatwick and left it there while she was on holiday . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you 'd have taken the regular boat to Sanderstown and spent a night or two there . ’ |
| 6 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 7 | When he sensed that the politicians were afraid enough of the army to come to terms with him ( as they seemed to be after learning that troops based in Algeria had seized control of the island of Corsica on 24 – 25 May ) , he flashed a red light to Algiers and moved on the political front in Paris . |
| 8 | Cranston handed the reins of his horse to Athelstan and went over to the ‘ doctor . ’ |
| 9 | The former noted the importance of external aid to Cambodia and established an " International Committee on Reconstruction of Cambodia " to supervise the disbursement of aid . |
| 10 | K. S. Karol points out that it was the same meeting of the Central Committee ( on 11 July ) which both endorsed Khrushchev 's announcement on 9 July of virtually unlimited economic aid to Cuba and approved his decision to withdraw all Soviet economic aid from China , and argues that the Cuban affair gave Khrushchevan unexpected internationalist alibi' for his anti-Maoist campaign ( Karol : 1971 , p. 204 ) . |
| 11 | During his stay in Tanzania on the first leg of his seventh visit to Africa , the Pope called for more international aid to Africa and urged the international community " to inaugurate a new era of solidarity with Africa , based on justice and respect " . |
| 12 | Convinced that the Chinese communists were supplying the Vietcong ( Communist guerrillas of South Vietnam ) , the Eisenhower administration increased its aid to Diem and sent several hundred " advisers " to organize the army of South Vietnam , though the President drew back from a full commitment of US forces . |
| 13 | Tite introduced the delegation to Palmerston and said that neither he nor Coningham , who was also present , had organized the delegation which represented 200 of the 230 competitors . |
| 14 | Philip offered to return all his gains of the last year on one condition : that Henry gave Alice in marriage to Richard and made his barons , both in England and on the Continent , swear an oath of fealty to Richard as heir . |
| 15 | In the middle of October he staged a triumphant return to London and set about rebuilding his position , a process from which Gloucester emerged as the main beneficiary . |
| 16 | In the middle of October he staged a triumphant return to London and set about rebuilding his position , a process from which Gloucester emerged as the main beneficiary . |
| 17 | Laing and Costain had been medium and small building firms respectively in the north of England before both moved south to London and prospered … |
| 18 | At the end of January 1944 the United States suspended its supplies of petroleum to Spain and advocated a full embargo on exports . |
| 19 | Once she had figured it all out , she had put her plan to Josey and waited to see her friend 's reaction . |
| 20 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |
| 21 | The masher turned his attention from the girl to Neil and moved towards him menacingly . |
| 22 | To watch the programme , a month later , they went with their child to Newcastle and took a room at the Station Hotel . |
| 23 | Wednesday lost 2-1 at home to Coventry and convinced Francis that he needed a stop-gap replacement for his crocked goal ace . |
| 24 | A GRE spokesman said all the staff were being offered a transfer to Lytham and added that the firm would do its best to accommodate their wishes if they did n't want to move to Lytham . |
| 25 | So he accompanied the engine to Brooklands and installed it in the owner 's aeroplane . |
| 26 | Meanwhile ‘ Hinton Manor ’ went light engine to Shrewsbury and worked the excursion coaches from there leaving Machynlleth at 1310 and arriving in Barmouth at 1341 . |
| 27 | He switched his attention to Tessa and waggled the gun . |
| 28 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 29 | Mr Browning out of the kindness of his heart and because Mr Landor I believe was once his champion when no one thought anything of him brought the old gentleman to Siena and prevailed upon Mr Story his friend to take him in . |
| 30 | He changed the name to Lionheart and began buying businesses on the cheap , some from distressed sellers , others from receivers . |