Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling and MacDermott were trapped in a cave and rounded up , thus ending the wartime career of the man who became known to the Germans as the ‘ Phantom Major ’ . |
| 2 | For all his faults , Lij Yasu was remembered by many as a more comprehensible ruler than Haile Selassie , who failed to conform to the popular image of an Abyssinian monarch . |
| 3 | Police are concerned about an old man who failed to return to the Robert Huggins Home for the Elderly in Acklam , Middlesbrough , after leaving to go shopping on Monday afternoon . |
| 4 | The first Cistercians were men who sought to return to the simplicity of Benedict 's Rule and to its strict observance which they argued had been altered out of all recognition by the Cluniacs who spent much of the day in a long and elaborate round of services in choir . |
| 5 | Haydon , who painted Wordsworth on Helvellyn in 1842 , noted that ‘ His head is like as if it was carved out of a mossy rock , created before the flood ’ , and those who tried to penetrate to the character beneath the face of the old man used the same ‘ stony ’ vocabulary . |
| 6 | A friend who tried to go to the man 's aid had to be held back . |
| 7 | It was the gentleman who seemed to spring to the door and open it to let the two heavily laden customers out . |
| 8 | She said to Rourke , ‘ You wanted to know if I 'd lent out keys to anyone — the telephone engineer , you said , and the man who came to see to the new extension around the back . ’ |
| 9 | The dancing stopped , and while those who 'd travelled to the all-dayer on coaches from Brighton , Hereford , Nottingham , Northampton , Leeds and Sheffield looked bemused at the sound of the King , the West Midlands regulars looked straight to Dermot Ryan , one of the three brothers behind promotions company Chuff Chuff . |
| 10 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 11 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 12 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 13 | The ship 's captain , Benjamin Saint Clair , who was among those who managed to swim to the coast , said passengers had apparently panicked during a heavy rainstorm , contributing to the disaster . |
| 14 | And for those who liked to go to the office every morning by the 8.15 there were class rooms and classes where nobody learnt very much but where everybody thought they were doing something . |
| 15 | Of those who did go to the 30,000 polling booths , set up in mosques and schools , few expressed enthusiasm about the current leaders . |
| 16 | And then there was the attempt not to issue a questionnaire to every household but to reserve the questionnaires in the Town Hall for four week days Saturdays to will honour the people who did n't actually have Friday who were at home perhaps walk in to the City Centre you might be able to pick one of these up and then there was the problem distrib in distributing the questionnaire because despite of the assurance given to the consultants they were nevertheless distributed amongst the numerous St Albans and believe you me even those likely people who did go to the press do sometimes for every that we having suddenly fully congressed to see whether perhaps there might be a consultation questionnaire lurking within it . |
| 17 | Unlike the kings of Israel who had aspired to the title of ‘ Son of Yahweh , Jesus displayed utter trust in his heavenly Father though the outlook was black as night ; utter obedience to his Father , even though it would take him to a cross ; and utter readiness to suffer — in bloody sweat there and then , and the blood , sweat and hell of crucifixion thereafter . |
| 18 | One in particular caught his attention : a blonde couple by the name of Jensen , Norwegians , who had sailed to the island on their 16 — foot boat along with their young son , Axel . |
| 19 | He was saved from sinking even lower by the balm of a journey he made in an open cart to Zweeloo with his landlord , who had to go to the market in Assen . |
| 20 | In victory , Major sidled up to the MPs who voted for his rivals , including one-nation characters such as Chris Patten , Kenneth Clarke and William Waldegrave , who had rallied to the reassuring establishment figure of the Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 21 | Who had gone to the trouble of making such notes ? |
| 22 | Second , other employees who had gone to the canteen on commencing a shift had not been dismissed and none of them knew that they risked that penalty . |
| 23 | It came to focus on a headhunting approach to find this talent , not necessarily people who had gone to the right schools and universities . |
| 24 | Estabrook glanced back over his shoulder at the thugs , who had gone to the fire , presumably to divide the loot by its light . |
| 25 | Lists of players who had gone to the front were now being compiled , and by Aug 1915 Crawford himself realised that things could not continue as they were . |
| 26 | She had spent most of the first hour of the journey deep in conversation with the Doctor , who had gone to the flight deck to check up on Sheldukher . |
| 27 | He went on to tell Oliver the story of another young boy , who had gone to the police to tell them about the gang , but who had finally been hanged one morning for being a thief . |
| 28 | Everyone was there : the host families , the pianists , Mildred Fender , Susan Tilley , Richard Rodzinski , John Giordano , Dudley Moore , the judges , the people who had thrown the parties , the people who had gone to the parties . |
| 29 | After some confusion , the sergeant who had gone to the Fleet Street address offered by Richard Beales , the philandering accountant , had tracked his man . |
| 30 | The second Superbike event was reduced to three laps when a first aider , who had gone to the assistance of Kevin Mitchell who had crashed at Ballysally roundabout , suffered a seizure . |