Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , encouraged by her parents , she slowly got to grips with her studies . |
| 2 | WHYTE Crucial clearances but rarely got to grips with Hateley or McCoist 6 |
| 3 | When they eventually got to Paris , they found that they might just as well have stopped and had a meal in Hanover . |
| 4 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 5 | The tow rope snapped twice on the way and was getting shorter and shorter before we eventually got to Darlington . |
| 6 | Samuel Palmer was what eventually led to Keating 's discovery . |
| 7 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 8 | A dynastic struggle conducted under the hovering threat of Turkish occupation eventually led to Ferdinand of Habsburg gaining the throne , but his effective authority existed over only a fragment of Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia . |
| 9 | Sharpe 's current illness apart , he also missed several months with repeated hernia problems which eventually led to surgery . |
| 10 | There they eventually led to coalition governments . |
| 11 | ‘ I rarely used to Hasselblad . |
| 12 | 11 To there friends who knew her , her self-assertion was born from nothing but a necessary and confident determination to succeed in an area where women rarely rose to prominence . |
| 13 | He eventually moved to Berlin , where he changed his name to Reuter . |
| 14 | Another , this time from a lance-corporal serving on the western Front and evidently of an extreme Nazi mentality , expressly referred to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ in a malevolent tirade , thanking inter alia the Stürmer for remaining true to its principles on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ and applauding the introduction of the Yellow Star now also in the western occupied territories : ‘ … |
| 15 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 16 | Such misunderstandings between the colonizers and the colonized naturally led to problems . |
| 17 | ( c ) Under anti-discriminatory legislation The Sex Discrimination Acts 1976 and 1986 These apply to all partnerships irrespective of the number of partners ( before 1986 they only applied to partnerships with six or more partners ) . |
| 18 | Adding up all of the costs of the items mentioned so far amazingly only amounted to £230.58 . |
| 19 | The value of contracts in 1986/87 only amounted to £120 million ( Stoker , 1988 , p. 186 ) . |
| 20 | However , new investment only amounted to £91m . |
| 21 | Although his yearly stipend only amounted to £6.00 or so in today 's values , he was soon witnessed to be spending the equivalent of thousands of pounds on various good works for his village . |
| 22 | Differences of opinion over Dorotheum 's long-term strategy with Alfred Karny , head of Dorotheum 's board of directors , apparently led to Ressler 's forced resignation . |
| 23 | It is even a good idea to hold on to congratulatory memos ( perhaps appended to slips telling you of pay increases ) or any other correspondence which might at some distant date help you to defend yourself against unfair criticisms of your capabilities . |
| 24 | ( Well , I only got to page 8 … ) . |
| 25 | The increased use of antiseptic techniques , the isolation of bacteria and recognition of their role in disseminating disease , and the gradual spread of improved nursing under the inspiration of Florence Nightingale , all led to improvements first in voluntary then in Poor Law hospitals . |
| 26 | The rise in the price of oil had little immediate impact , but the collapse of world stock markets , the fall in demand , especially in the USA , for Hong Kong exports and the fear that Japanese banks would cut back on investment all led to growth predictions being revised downwards , in some instance to negative growth . |
| 27 | Savings included reductions in subsidies for agricultural exports and increases in state controlled prices , particularly for fuel ( which rose by between 19 and 45 per cent ) , which together amounted to $426,000,000 . |
| 28 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 29 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 30 | For example , in the Shove case , the sum awarded by the High Court under the first two headings in the above list alone amounted to £7300 : not a trifling amount . |