Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [vb past] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sold the chemist 's business in 1872 and moved to new premises at Plymouth Hoe . |
| 2 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
| 3 | But Mr Salinas 's people are acutely aware that lack of competition and cosiness with the state have resulted in the squandering of billions and led to insufficient capital investment . |
| 4 | Similarly , Mr Yeltsin , like Mr Gorbachev , was born into a peasant family during the calamitous 1930s and came to political maturity during the first days of Khrushchev , when hope began to dawn after Stalin 's long night . |
| 5 | A severe drought [ see p. 37146 ] continued to affect large parts of the country throughout 1989 and led to heavy losses in agriculture and serious declines in hydroelectricity output . |