Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harthacnut chose to remain there , presumably because he was exercised by the threat which Magnus posed to his own position , and this left Harold Harefoot , Cnut 's other son by Ælfgifu of Northampton , to dispute the English throne with his half-brother 's supporters , headed by Queen Emma and Earl Godwin . |
| 2 | Keith shouted to his own man . |
| 3 | With uncanny certainty , Theda knew that Lady Merchiston referred to her own words . |
| 4 | She referred to her own family : parents , brother and sisters who all spoke English at home . |
| 5 | Such generosity of spirit , added to their many talents , made the Fawcett family the most popular in Baldersdale . |
| 6 | Mulroney added to his own discomfort by admitting that he had deliberately waited until the last moment before calling a conference of Premiers , in an effort to increase the pressure upon the dissenting provincial leaders . |
| 7 | He was drawn to the traditions of Sephardism , he had once explained ; that rigorous and secluded tradition appealed to his own sensibility , in the same way that " free-thinking " Jews seemed to him to come too close to the rational Unitarianism which he despised . |
| 8 | Karl was not unintelligent when it came to his own interests , his own career . |
| 9 | When it came to his own treatment by this doctor , he was surprised to find him more abrupt than gentle . |
| 10 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 11 | Mr Prior has been involved in planning new kitchens while working in major restaurants and hotel groups , so he decided to use all his experience when it came to his own establishment . |
| 12 | And it was shortly after that when I retreated to my own cabin and the comfort of a Freezobalm . |
| 13 | Finally , Sarah turned to her own daughter . |
| 14 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 15 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 16 | Then he withdrew to his own rooms to let them get on with it . |
| 17 | Quite possibly it reverted to its former use . |
| 18 | I reverted to my own adaptation of that simplest of all codes of operation , the ‘ 0 ’ Group . |
| 19 | In a conversation in July with Cloyce K. Huston of the American mission in Japan , MacArthur reverted to his former view that a peace treaty should be arrived at as soon as possible . |
| 20 | He walked to his own office . |
| 21 | She escaped to her own room and sat down on the bed , huddling in her damp raincoat and picking at the stitches of the band on her arm . |
| 22 | It was rebuilt after a fire in the thirteenth century , altered and restored in contemporary style in the seventeenth , but returned to its former state in the 1920s . |
| 23 | However , now that they had family responsibilities and were beginning to put down roots , they returned to their former church-going . |
| 24 | When their secondment did come to an end , 22 returned to their former jobs , 7 continued their secondments , 14 moved to another employer and 7 entered entirely new jobs . |
| 25 | At this point we take up the experience of those who returned to their former jobs . |
| 26 | They have sought to damage the interests of people legitimately seeking political asylum , having fled from oppression , who if they returned to their own countries would face further oppression and possibly death . |
| 27 | Anerley School were not at Banstead for long ; they returned to their own school in November 1942 but had to move again , this time to Yorkshire when the flying-bomb blitz started . |
| 28 | She shuddered and returned to her former seat . |
| 29 | And Anjelica Huston returned to her own home saying that she had been humiliated for the very last time . |
| 30 | Flavia Sherman was still wrestling with the turmoil of emotions that had kept her awake long after she returned to her own hut through the stormy jungle night . |