Example sentences of "[adv] to [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Before she could utter a word , however , he suddenly slid his hand down to hers and raised it to the candlelight .
2 She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat .
3 Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’
4 ‘ I got down to it and stopped it .
5 He walked down to it and put his eye to a hole in the wood .
6 Then suddenly an old man pushed his way through to me and shook my hand .
7 She hurried over to him and loosened his collar .
8 He strode briskly over to her and took her in his arms .
9 He rose from his chair , came over to her and took her hand in his .
10 Presently Wexford moved over to her and touched her shoulder .
11 Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me .
12 A black boy with extensions on his hair walked over to her and asked her to dance .
13 The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair .
14 Nurse Bodkin bustled over to her and put her arm around her shoulder , making soothing noises and easing her into a sitting position on the bed .
15 He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders .
16 He went over to her and placed his hand on the small of her back , running his fingers down the smooth channel that ended in the tight hole of her anus , feeling her shudder at his touch .
17 Sir Fulke went over to her and patted her gently on the shoulder .
18 Plus , of course , you might have time to get over to her and hit her , knock her out before she could even gather a decent breath , but it 's dangerous , edge-working stuff and you 'd rather not have to think about that .
19 Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair .
20 And then he looked , when he put it out he looked over to me and said I could see your face Irene .
21 ‘ Then , at the end of the reception , Larry came over to me and asked what I had said to the bride 's father .
22 A woman hurried over to me and took me by the hand .
23 She came over to me and rested her hands on my shoulders .
24 She heard Ben come into the market-room , but when the kitchen door did not immediately open , she went over to it and saw him throwing off a wet sack that he had been wearing over his head and shoulders like a cape .
25 There was a long narrow mirror by the window and she went over to it and examined herself , full-length but in sections .
26 He went over to it and jerked his head impatiently when she did n't immediately follow him .
27 She moved close to him and touched his cheek .
28 She turned quickly to him and rested her cheek against his chest .
29 They went up to her and calmed her and helped her to bed .
30 Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other .
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