Example sentences of "to a [noun] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The will-they , won't-they teaser comes to a clinch this evening when Sharon 's husband Grant goes out on the booze again . |
| 2 | Finally , traffic on a busy road was brought to a standstill this afternoon … by a train . |
| 3 | Finally , traffic on a busy road was brought to a standstill this afternoon … by a train . |
| 4 | ONE OF Darlington 's busiest streets could come to a standstill this morning as taxi drivers pay respect to a young colleague who died suddenly . |
| 5 | If the yeast foods caused you to have an abdominal reaction , then you may find the weight loss came to a standstill this week . |
| 6 | The controversy came to a head this weekend in the annual Town versus Gown match in Oxford , when Jodi Evans was told at the last minute that she could n't play in the men 's game . |
| 7 | Things came to a head this year when the full extent of Charles 's friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles was revealed by royal author Andrew Morton . |
| 8 | But Crosby 's future only came to a head this week when he reacted angrily to claims of an approach for Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell . |
| 9 | I were only saying to a lady this morning about ee aye our Emma used to come to Leyland with a a wad of ten shilling notes new and we 'd go to er Southport would n't we ? |
| 10 | The decision to return to the States was taken after a visit to a specialist this week , and Palace physio David West will accompany him on the trip . |
| 11 | ‘ Jeff told me you promised your parents that you 'd treat them to a holiday this autumn in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary — but that now you 're starting to worry about how you 're going to pay for it . |
| 12 | So It 's a pleasure an a compliment for RAF Kemble to play host to a squadron this week and next . |
| 13 | I ca n't tell you whether the national critics are being unnecessarily difficult or whether it is truly deserving of some of the harshest write-ups to be given to a film this year . |
| 14 | During a telephone call to a neighbour this weekend , Ms Gibson apparently indicated she intended to continue her holiday . |
| 15 | I 'm going to a ball this summer and I have to wear a formal full-length dress . |
| 16 | The issue could even boil up to a climax this weekend when Bowe and his voluble manager Rock Newman are due in London to attend the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year awards programme . |
| 17 | To a Keynesian this explanation for general unemployment sounds perversely counterintuitive . |
| 18 | Up to a point this claim is justified , although a more interesting comparison might be with Alvin Toffler 's Third Wave , rather than his Future Shock This comparison , however , brings out some of the weaknesses as well as the strengths of Naisbitt 's study . |
| 19 | No she said she wanted to go to a party this weekend . |
| 20 | You 'd better warn him that I 'll expect to see him some time tomorrow , if he does n't feel up to an interview this evening , that is ! ’ |
| 21 | The 1 km successes were to come to an end this afternoon . |
| 22 | There are , therefore , some grounds for modest optimism that the slump in the housing market may come to an end this year , although prices are likely to fall by as much as 3% or 4% from current levels before stabilising . |
| 23 | There is The Times front page of 16 November 1976 , on which I announce that ‘ the Lebanese civil war — or at least that stage of the conflict that cost … almost 40,000 lives — came to an end this morning when a Syrian army , 6,000 strong and accompanied by hundreds of tanks and heavy armoured vehicles , occupied the entire city of Beirut . ’ |
| 24 | As The Lord of the Rings came to an end this temptation , too , grew upon him . |
| 25 | Years of danger and frustration for Blackfriars staff are to come to an end this summer with the installation of a traffic light controlled crossing over Stamford Street . |
| 26 | There is one encounter worth mentioning before we bring to an end this account of Lewis in 1939 . |