Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stabbed Ben to death with a pair of dress-making scissors and then tried to kill herself . |
| 2 | When the Kyburgers sold Burgdorf to Bern in 1384 the townsfolk had already acquired burgher rights . |
| 3 | IAN WRIGHT proved a point to manager George Graham at Highbury last night as he led Arsenal to victory in their delayed third round replay against First Division Derby . |
| 4 | When Edward invited Harry to Oxford for Eights Week he informed him of his expectations from Lincoln College . |
| 5 | When Mazarin invited Cavalli to Paris in 1660 to provide an opera with text by Buti for the young king 's marriage , the master encountered all sorts of difficulties and had to substitute a performance of his Xerse in the Louvre , with an overture and ballet music by Lully . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Thus most Tories supported the war with France in William 's reign as both necessary and desirable , whilst it was a House of Commons with a Tory majority which committed England to war in defence of a balance of power in 1701 . |
| 9 | He recently compared ICBMS to cavalry in the 1940s : an outdated weapon with increasingly limited uses , still defended by die-hard supporters . |
| 10 | Charles Boyce rode Emigrant to victory in 1858 with one arm strapped to his side . |
| 11 | It was sport 's classless society and allowed Edwards to glory in his enduring ambition . |
| 12 | But to the surprise of western political spectators , last autumn 's elections returned Iliescu to power in preference to the policies of Emil Constantinescu and the Democratic Convention , an anti-government coalition promising civil liberties and a free market economy . |
| 13 | On that same day , Franco ordered Varela to detour to Toledo . |
| 14 | Certainly Jesus revealed God to man in way the written Old Testament alone could never have done . |
| 15 | ( One may note that in 1327 John translated Orleton to Worcester against Mortimer 's opposition , and in 1333 to Winchester in defiance of Edward III . ) |
| 16 | With 10 needed off the last three overs of the day , Waqar worked Salisbury to mid-wicket for three . |
| 17 | Despite this rivalry the new Emperor restored Bavaria to Henry in 1154 , bringing him to the height of his power as a German prince . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Beatty was rocketed to stardom by Elia Kazan — the director who brought Dean to stardom in East of Eden — and , unlike Nicholson , he had influential friends and relations . |
| 20 | This errand of death which took Nizan to Spain for the fourth time within fourteen months was symbolically appropriate . |
| 21 | Then he sent Richard to Aquitaine with orders which went beyond the terms of the Treaty of Montlouis . |
| 22 | In The Independent , Justine Picardie took Faludi to task for skating over the reasons why older feminists like Germaine Greer and Betty Friedan had modified the radicalism of their youth in the light of experience . |
| 23 | That night , Edward took Erica to dinner at the Savoy Grill in the Strand and explained that he would not be leaving after all . |
| 24 | I remember that , a few years later , when I took Richard to London for the first time , we experienced a very heavy raid . |
| 25 | ‘ You took Heather to dinner at the Skein of Geese in Haslemere on the tenth of September , did n't you , Doctor ? ’ |
| 26 | Edward had had to defer rather than abandon his plans , however , and in 1356 he sent Lancaster to Normandy with a small force of no more than 1,000 archers and 1,400 men-at-arms , which included supporting contingents from Normandy and from the Breton garrisons . |
| 27 | Yeah , cos we was there in the August , they were n't , we moved in , in the July , there , and the girls were , Matthew was just four , cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him , it was like , it was like they were going on the following Wednesday , and he told me on the Friday , he came in on the Friday night , they planned , it was our dad , Crystal and Danielle , Crystal and Danielle , but she said even if I go out in the middle of . |
| 28 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | When they returned from Anglesey , Christine took Anna to school with her , where she started to learn ‘ in leaps and bounds ’ . |