Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 2 | For example , when he was invited to visit Bridgnorth ( Shropshire ) in early July , rival crowds made alternative bonfires , " where about one they drank Dr Sacheverell 's health and the other his confusion " , with the inevitable result that the two groups eventually fell to blows . |
| 3 | On the following day the Senate was compelled to " freeze " the legislation after opposition deputies successfully appealed to the Supreme Court to block Senate ratification of the law until a ruling had been made on the constitutional legality of the AP 's parliamentary conduct during the lower house vote . |
| 4 | February 24 , 1977 The solicitors successfully appealed to Kerr J. and the third party notice was restored . |
| 5 | November 2 , 1978 The solicitors successfully appealed to the House of Lords and the third party notice was restored . |
| 6 | Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again . |
| 7 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 8 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 9 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 10 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 11 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
| 12 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 13 | When in position the confection obviously had to be protected from the effects of the sea water until the frogman had positioned the mine and was ready to ‘ an ’ it . |
| 14 | The barely submerged class antagonism much alluded to in the local humour is both true and false . |
| 15 | ( The General Next to God , Collins ) Many of his far-reaching proposals only came to fruition during the social reforms after the Second World War . |
| 16 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 17 | According to Eugen Dijmarescu , Minister of State for Economic Orientation , the state was paying out some 30,000 million lei per month in subsidies , while the population 's total monthly income only amounted to 26,000 million lei . |
| 18 | Sheila only came to two more group meetings . |
| 19 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 20 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 21 | And given the extensive fear of denunciation for critical or defeatist comment , it is hardly surprising that negative remarks about the speeches rarely came to light . |
| 22 | Finally , and seeing he was getting nowhere , overcome by an incipient lethargy induced by the excesses of the previous night and exacerbated by the heat , the priest slowly rose to his feet and picked up his hat . |
| 23 | ‘ What aspects of the club most appealed to you , sir ? ’ |
| 24 | As their numbers grew so they spread out from the areas still occupied and the abandoned warrens slowly began to be reoccupied . |
| 25 | Suddenly running the club successfully seemed to be the most important thing in her life . |
| 26 | But his funds only ran to buying a Modigliani drawing . |
| 27 | to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much |
| 28 | From then on , South Metropolitan cars only ran to Penge on odd occasions , usually as football extras on Saturday afternoons , or for track maintenance . |
| 29 | She 'd pointed out that it was stupid to talk about Tupperware parties as a means of raising funds since funds raised at Tupperware parties naturally went to the manufacturers of Tupperware . |
| 30 | Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged . |